Allergies Anyone?

[BlackestLily]

Does anyone here have allergies? If so what are they?

And specifically for those who have detailed food allergies, how do you go about eating your favorite foods while avoiding the allergen? Are there special places you go to online for recipes in how to make baked goods when you're allergic to a key ingredient? Or do you simply avoid contact with that food for good and call it a loss when going to restaurants and not being able to eat most things?

 

[Perduabo]

I seem to be allergic to maraschino cherries. I can't eat even one without going into horrible bouts of vomiting soon after.

The odd thing is I can eat other types of cherries, so I'm not sure if that qualifies as an allergy, but whatever.

 

[Rorschach Blues]

Just hayfever for me. But it causes pretty bad conjunctivitis.

 

[Adam]

Yep. Just the basics, really. Dust, pollen and that kind of stuff. But when they hit, they are bothersome. This is why I always have an over-the-counter remedy on hand here at home.

 

[goddess_nemesis]

The only thing I'm allergic to is penicillin. I have to let my doctor or any physician know that is what I'm allergic to so they don't prescribe or give that to me for any illness.

 

[Lord Doctor]

a few things 🙁

 

[EcEu]

Mayonnaise

specifically raw egg.

I think it has to do with the denaturalization process an egg goes through when it is cooked.

If i eat anything with raw egg ingredients, bad things happen.

 

[ninontchka]

Alcohol... too much booze n liquor makes me red n itchy... so usually before drinking i take 2 pills of antihistamine...

if at the end of the night i feel that 2 pills wasn't enough.. i drink like a gallon of ice cold water and just try to get it out of my system

 

[rhiannon]

How about...not drinking?? 🙂 It's not like you can't avoid alcohol! 🙂

I'm allergic to cats.

 

[Adam]

How about...not drinking?? 🙂 It's not like you can't avoid alcohol! 🙂

Yeah, but it can be awfully fun under the right circumstances. 😀

 

[starburstz91]

Especially during this season, I sneeze constantly.

Ugh. So annoying.

Food wise, I'm allergic to wal nuts, which.. is fine, I guess. I don't eat to many things with nuts.

Except for those Drumstick ice cream cones with the nuts on top.

Yumyum. 🙂

 

[rhiannon]

Yeah, but it can be awfully fun under the right circumstances. 😀

I don't know....it never seemed fun enough to me to be worth the throwing up that happens the next morning! 🙂

 

[Bugman]

No food allergies,but this plagues me every winter.

http://www.peopleagainstcedars.com/html/cedar__the_plague_of_trees.html


Ever wished you would die so you would feel better? That's how i feel from about December to February every year.

 

[Adam]

I don't know....it never seemed fun enough to me to be worth the throwing up that happens the next morning! 🙂

Well that's if you overdo it, which is never good. But I don't want to hijack this thread. Allergies are ass. I'm so glad I'm not allergic to pets or foods, because I feel like I'd be missing out on so much.

 

[lemoncake]

Dust makes me break out in hives on my arms, I hate it. I can't eat dairy or I get sick and pollen makes me sneeze and get all stuffed up. This stupid rain is killing me, I feel like I am in a fog and I can't wake up.

 

[chicago]

I don't think I'm allergic to coffee, but I avoid it because it makes my stomach hurt pretty bad.

I'm allergic to pollen and pet dander, cats especially. When I go to my mom's (they have 3 cats and 2 dogs) I tend to spend the entire time with itchy red eyes and a stuffy nose. If I get the actual pet dander on my skin, it because red and itchy, and if I am too close to the cats for a prolonged period of time, I have trouble breathing.

Luckily, I can't have pets here and my boyfriend's dog has never given me a problem aside from being generally annoying.

 

[CrystalLight]

Sulfa.

 

[milagros317]

Hay fever. I get quite congested (and sometimes have sneezing fits) when the pollen count is high. 🙁

 

[Marquis De Sade]

Sulfa.

So you're allergic to the smell of matches?!

I'm allergic to Allergy Season. I honestly don't even know what's in the air but it sucks.

Until I got myself a Neti pot. Now I feel like Win and could care less about allergy season so...

Ignore me. I'm not allergic to anything anymore.

Except maybe to people who drive like they're living in Bullet Time.

 

[chicago]

So you're allergic to the smell of matches?!

Sulfa, not sulfer. It's "a group of drugs that includes those with and without antibiotic characteristics. Antibiotic sulfonamides were the first antibiotics used to treat infections, although today are used much less frequently given their common side effects. Common sulfa antibiotics include Septra®, Bactrim® and Pediazole®."

 

[Marquis De Sade]

Sulfa, not sulfer. It's "a group of drugs that includes those with and without antibiotic characteristics. Antibiotic sulfonamides were the first antibiotics used to treat infections, although today are used much less frequently given their common side effects. Common sulfa antibiotics include Septra®, Bactrim® and Pediazole®."

Mai brain haz teh hurt.

 

[Musicroxmysox]

General outdoors stuff...oh and Claritin. Yea you read that right.

 

[McNoodle]

I am allergic to Sulfa drugs and any of the cillins (including Penicillin). I am also allergic to Crown Royal Whiskey for some reason. I have never had an allergic reaction to any other kind of alcohol including other whiskeys. That pink insulation also really bothers my skin but not sure if it is allergy related or merely an irritant.

 

[Mephistopheles]

How about...not drinking?? 🙂 It's not like you can't avoid alcohol! 🙂

I'm allergic to cats.

You can buy hypoallergic cats nowadays; they just deleted the enzyme in cat's saliva that causes the allergy (when they lick their fur it gets spread on the hairs which then causes the reaction).

 

[desdemona]

Lots of stuff... dust, pollen, mold (I've never been tested... I just know I react with sneezing, watery eyes, hives, asthma attack, etc.), pine needles (xmas with real trees growing up sucked), pets (yes, animal dander of all kinds - including horses and cows), and raw eggs (I can tolerate small amounts of eggs used in products like mayo but I prefer not to) - the good news for me is no flu vaccine! I have asthma and allergy symptoms that plague me year round. I live on antihistamines, antileukotrienes, bronchodilators, and Clear Eyes.