allergies

ferny · Jan 31, 2005

I'm wondering, what are you guys allergic to? As far as I know, I'm not allergic to anything.

LaFoto · Jan 31, 2005

Lucky you!
Me neither.
OK, I once got stung by a bee (not a wasp) and the reaction my body showed was somewhat fierce, my hand and arm up to my ellbow looking as if inflated...

Husband and son are highly allergic to very many things, though and I don't envy them in the least.

hobbes28 · Jan 31, 2005

I'm allergic to all seafood and Benadryl. All of them cause the same reaction of my throat swelling to the size of a basketball and a very fast drive to the hospital.

Scurra · Jan 31, 2005

I'm allergic to work... does that count?

Alison · Jan 31, 2005

Most all antibiotics, penicillin, erythromicin and keflex being the big ones. All shellfish and dust mites too. I had allergy shots when I was younger that helped a lot. I also carry an epi-pen with me just in case I accidentially eat some shellfish, like Hobbes I need a very quick ride to the hospital but the epi-pen can give me extra time.

lizheaemma · Jan 31, 2005

AlisonS said:
Most all antibiotics, penicillin, erythromicin and keflex being the big ones. All shellfish and dust mites too. I had allergy shots when I was younger that helped a lot. I also carry an epi-pen with me just in case I accidentially eat some shellfish, like Hobbes I need a very quick ride to the hospital but the epi-pen can give me extra time.

Wow, between you and Hobbes! Have you taught you son how to dial 911?
How are they for allergies?

I'm allergic or (sensetive) to most chemial cleaners and really unnatural smelly things like perfume and hair spray, artifical sweetener and msg.

I'm horrible to try to feed and terrible in resteraunts!

ferny · Jan 31, 2005

So you people who are allergic to stuff, how did you first find out? I'm guessing you had a reaction that made you rush to the doctor. Do they really do those skin test things to find out what your body doesn't like?

ferny · Jan 31, 2005

What's msg?

Alison · Jan 31, 2005

ferny said:
So you people who are allergic to stuff, how did you first find out? I'm guessing you had a reaction that made you rush to the doctor. Do they really do those skin test things to find out what your body doesn't like?

For the seafood I had a lobster dinner one night on Cape Cod and about 10 minutes after we started eating my throat got very sore. It got to where I could barely swallow and my Mom called 911. I was about 13 at the time I think. After that they did a full panel of allergy testing and the little dots that show if you are allergic are usually about the size of a quarter. My arm turned red from my wrist to my elbow with shrimp and lobster. For the medications I got hives and had similar problems with my throat closing.

lizheaemma · Jan 31, 2005

monosodium glutamate

http://kyky.essortment.com/whatismonosodi_paq.htm

Alison · Jan 31, 2005

lizheaemma said:
Wow, between you and Hobbes! Have you taught you son how to dial 911?
How are they for allergies?

So far the boys are pretty good allergywise. My youngest has a sensitivity to a lot of foods when I was nursing. I had to cut out tomatoes, all dairy and chocolate :shock:. It was the best diet I was ever on :mrgreen:. He's also allergic to Zythromax, got a rash. Otherwise (let me knock on wood) they haven't had anything serious.

fadingaway1986 · Jan 31, 2005

I'm allergic to penicillin and sulphur (the only antibiotic I can take is erythromycin)...

and i'm also allergic to wasps...

I don't know what happens when i have penicillin and sulphur because they found out when i was too young to remember... But mum said the doctors have said I am only allowed to have it under life-threatening situations.. (so i assume its very serious?)

When I get stung by a wasp - around the area I was stung swells up... and while most people would get a red spot somewhat comparable to a mosquito bite, I get a red raised "spot" comparable to the size of a squashed tennis ball... (or maybe a cd would be a better description?)

Not sure when we found out about the wasps either...

But one of the stories I remember about wasps...

It must have been the school holidays and my brother and I were home, and mum and dad at work... I went off to check the mail... I got the mail... and went to walk back down the driveway (which was pretty long) and suddenly realised I was being attacked by wasps... I ran inside screaming - and told my brother to get our neighbour... which he did... and she came back, and just tipped vinegar all over me... Turns out a bunch of european wasps had built a nest under the letterbox... And when I went to get the mail - they thought I was coming to hurt them - so they beat me to it... I was covered in red marks all over my legs for aggggeeesss...

... and the funny thing is - I still remember what was in the mail... It was an envelope that the yellow pages sends out with all those stupid little advertisements. (Like mailing sticker ads, etc)... I shudder everytime those arrive in the mail now...

Yup... that was another long story you didn't wanna know!

ferny · Jan 31, 2005

AlisonS said:
For the seafood I had a lobster dinner one night on Cape Cod and about 10 minutes after we started eating my throat got very sore. It got to where I could barely swallow and my Mom called 911. I was about 13 at the time I think. After that they did a full panel of allergy testing and the little dots that show if you are allergic are usually about the size of a quarter. My arm turned red from my wrist to my elbow with shrimp and lobster. For the medications I got hives and had similar problems with my throat closing.

Ouch!

I guess I could be allergic to seafood but I wouldn't know because I don't eat fish. No-one in my family has an allergy that I know of. Are allergies or certain ones hereditary at all?

http://kyky.essortment.com/whatismonosodi_paq.htm

So there's lots of food you have to stay away from? I guess it isn't all bad. You can't eat crap, only good stuff?

*tries to put a good spin on it*

fadingaway1986

I Burn Easily and I don't like wasps or yellow pages either

:mrgreen:

I don't think I've ever been stung. I think I may have been once when I was little. But whenever I bring it up no-one else remembers. When I was stupid and little I used to smack wasps with the back of my hand when they got near me.

Alison · Jan 31, 2005

All this talk about wasps is making me itchy. I stepped on a wasp nest when I was about 4. It was awful and I'm terrified of bees and hornets and wasps now. Spiders and mice don't bother me, but a bee will send me running!

ferny · Jan 31, 2005

I hate spiders! I have loads of marks on my ceiling where they've been killed. I should give it a wash again and paint it.

I hate them. They come into my room and they die. I think they've got the idea now. It's been ages since I last had the bash one with a shoe.

Mice I like. Small and furry.