Bloody f*cking food allergies D or D?

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On Saturday I gave into temptation and had my first cup of coffee in around 3 years. It was a DECAF latte and it was amazing, wonderful, a joy, an almost orgasmic experience. Now I look like Zelda from Terrahawks despite popping antihistamines like they are going out of fashion. 'Snot fair!!!

― smee (smee), Monday, 16 December 2002 15:11 (twenty-two years ago)

dud of duds.
i get breakouts from too much alcohol, but i'd rather pay the price than go without hence today i resemble pepperoni pizza

― minna (minna), Monday, 16 December 2002 15:17 (twenty-two years ago)

You poor thing,you have my sympathy! I'm allergic to almost everything but not alcohol(yet)thank God.

― smee (smee), Monday, 16 December 2002 15:21 (twenty-two years ago)

A tolerable dud. My recently developed shellfish allergy hasn't stopped my from eating the wonderful stuff. I just consider the puffiness and burning part of the fun.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Monday, 16 December 2002 15:22 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm allergic to chocolate. I get a bad rash if I eat it and an asthma attack - though this allergy peaked at age 16 and now I could get away with a nibble. Can't push my luck though.

I used to get sick if I ate eggs, or peppers, or guacomole, but that was a stomach thing and so I don't know if that can actually be termed "allergy".

My dad almost died after drinking some orange crush - so you gotta be careful man! No food allergy complacency here!

― marianna, Monday, 16 December 2002 16:07 (twenty-two years ago)

There's a certain kind of yellow food colouring that I happen to be allergic to - if I consume it then bits of my face swell. It's not used in many foods at all nowadays, happily, but earlier this year my aunt brought us some fairy cakes with little yellow icing stars on top - next day had to go into college with huge swelling on my upper lip, looking a bit like the elephant man.

― Chriddof (Chriddof), Monday, 16 December 2002 16:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I am allergic to loadsa things, I react in 2 ways - I either become like a hyperactive child (or somebody with a serious speed habit) or I get a severe outbreak of eczema, which can result in me being almost housebound coz I can't move my hands and arms because of the hacks and infections and stuff - yuk. Eczema sucks. But at least I dont have it all over me all the time so I'm lucky.

― smee (smee), Monday, 16 December 2002 16:32 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm with marianna on this one - nothing to be complacent about. Had a friend with shellfish allergy rushed to the hospital with full system crash - all the swelling was on the inside preventing breathing and all those other things necessary for life. Big DUD.

― H (Heruy), Monday, 16 December 2002 16:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Does lactose intolerance count? Lactaid is my friend.

― Bryan (Bryan), Monday, 16 December 2002 17:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Don't care, as life with shellfish is not worth living. (I'm not entirely joking here.) Also my allergy is really quite minor, and I'm fairly convinced that deliberately avoiding things to which you are only slightly allergic tends to make your allergy worse -- whether this is psychosomatic or has to do with building up resistances I don't know, but this has certainly been the case with every allergy I've ever had, none of which are in any way debilitating.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Monday, 16 December 2002 17:15 (twenty-two years ago)

Colin is OTM.

― Bryan (Bryan), Monday, 16 December 2002 20:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Oh no, it's really the opposite-- each reaction that you have tends to get worse, so you could build up to having a really bad reaction.

I'll say dud... the worst is going home to NJ & ordering a latte after dinner, forgetting that for some reason most restaurants there put cinnamon all over the top of the foam. Then I feel like a dork asking for another w/o the cinnamon, but I'm really allergic to it. I miss cinnamon in backed apples & cinnamon sugar toast, but the last time I had it, my throat swelled up... not fun.

― lyra (lyra), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 05:54 (twenty-two years ago)

My allergy to celery is completely classic, as I despise it anyway. But then most soups have celery in them and that isn't so great.

Luckily I only really seem to get a big reaction if I consume large quantities of celery though.

― Melissa W (Melissa W), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 08:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Depends on your reaction Colin, if you think it's worth it then it's your call innit? Usually I'm quite good and avoid the things that cause the worst reaction in me coz the consequences are just too painfull and long lasting.
As to the tolerance thing, I find the opposite, the more times I react to something, the worse it gets each time

― smee (smee), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 08:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Alls I know is that my shellfish allergy isn't noticably worsening, so let me die with a crabcake in my hand.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 10:19 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm fairly convinced that deliberately avoiding things to which you are only slightly allergic tends to make your allergy worse

Isn't this the whole concept of allergy shots? Gradually increase your dosage so that you can tolerage small amounts of the things you are allergic to. (I might be completely misinformed on this topic tho)

Of course, then there is a barrier. I think I had allergy shots for 10 years, then suddenly at age 17, my shots caused me to have an asthma attack.

― marianna, Tuesday, 17 December 2002 10:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Nobody knows marianna, that's the problem. That and everyone is different and reacts different ways so it's pot luck really. Each to their own and all that, you know your own body better than anyone else so it comes down to personal choice and luck. Me, I'd rather avoid stuff that could cause a bad reaction but it's easier said than done!
Mmmmm latte......

― smee (smee), Tuesday, 17 December 2002 10:27 (twenty-two years ago)

twenty years pass...

So why have our immune systems suddenly gone haywire? One theory notes that we (mostly) eradicated hookworms by the 1980s in the United States. And tapeworms. All the classic parasites are mostly kaput. Without those actual threats, our immune system downshifts to tackle the biggest possible threat on the horizon. Which, these days, might be cashew butter or Camembert.

“It’s looking for stuff to do and it’s staying busy,” Warren said. “But it’s busy doing stupid stuff like reacting to walnuts and birch pollen.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2023/09/08/real-reasons-food-allergies-are-rise/

― scott seward, Monday, 11 September 2023 13:59 (two years ago)

Or "dyspepsia," which was much more common in the old days then it is now, was often actually food allergies.

― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Monday, 11 September 2023 14:08 (two years ago)

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