ARE YOU ALLERGIC

123kingarthur

I have always have been allergic to Kiwifruit and some anti-biotics but it is getting worse I had a bad attack the other night from Marmite and now I cannot eat Lemon Curd I have added these to my list but the Doctor thinks I need an Epi-Pen for an emergency does anyone know about these

allan1954

123kingarthur https://www.drugs.com/epipen-auto-injector.html

scrips49

123kingarthur

You're the only other person I have heard who is allergic to Kiwifruit. Thirty years ago I was violently ill after eating some and I've never eaten it since. I'm not allergic to anything else though. Epi-pens seem to be pretty common though.

bvbc

123kingarthur You have got link from Alan

ellieclarke1989

123kingarthur I have a slight allergy to anything strawberry 🍓 flavoured. I am sorry you have so many allergies.’

caro120

123kingarthur

unusual assortment of foods there, is there a common denominator?

sure isn't spread used with the marmite or curd?...

i've just ordered sunflower seed spread for people with dairy allergies for relatives visiting, see what that tastes like.

think epipens essential for anaphylaxis or throat closure - what symptoms do you have? I think they quite easy to use and best to have your own.. mate in US had bad reaction made worse by fact they had to hunt round for a pen.

can have medic alert locket with instructions where pen is kept if a stranger helping you..

i think they can go out of date too so that's something to bear in mind. hopefully will never need it, good luck...

caro120

123kingarthur

ps makes you wonder if allergy to the fruit or to some crop spray they use on it... they apparently grown in china where may use different substances..

can live without them but have you tried a tiny amount of organic fruit in controlled situation? then again got to be genuine organic without cross-contamination!

joshpt

allan1954 Thanks for link

123kingarthur

allan1954 Thank you for this reply I now understand why I was not given a EpiPen because I do have a thyroid condition but the Doctor has given me some tablets to take each day

123kingarthur

scrips49 Yes me I am I only have to eat anything that a kiwifruit has been near and I am off to the hospital. I did ask the doctor if I was the only person and he said no many people are allergic to these.
since then I cannot eat marmite or lemon curd and the doctor has given me tablets to take each day

bigdaddy0714

Penicillin is my cryptonite

caro120

bigdaddy0714

that's a pain with mould on foods which could be invisible to naked eye, I use veggie and fruit wash on some things, think made with coconut oil and a bottle lasts us ages.

123kingarthur

bvbc SORRY YES

ringralph

I’m allergic to quite a few things, including mosquito bites, long haired dogs, cold and some pollen.

caro120

ringralph

sometimes people react more to mosquito bites (or more likely to get bitten) if b vits low, I think you can get blood test for some of those but not biotin when I asked.. (they do it in america)

caro120

ellieclarke1989

is that with real strawberries or chemical flavourings? some of which used to be made from petrochemicals I think?

jimvee288

Hello.
Air fresheners in cars make me sneeze yup.

caro120

jimvee288

absolute poison to me, often I get burning on skin.. can't see anything but feels like sunburn - same with my fibromyalgia and perfume has killed my social life a fair bit, you only need one person stinking of smellies in a pub or restaurant and got to get out quick.

some perfumes cause swelling of lips, heart rhythm goes, usually that type preceded by persistent cough which gives me some warning. God knows what they put in the stuff and I used to wear it so presume get sensitised to it, is known to affect nervous system which can probably have knock on effect on other bodily functions!

jimvee288

caro120
That is frightening, there must be something pretty horrific chemical wise in that. I'm allegic to Shake n Vac as well which smells similar and also those plug in air freshners.

ellieclarke1989

caro120 it just seems to be strawberry flavouring

chibi88

Oh that's terrible for you 🙁 Kiwi's such a nice refreshing fruit. I've suddenly developed a bunch of allergies and intolerances over the last few years, but only black currant is dangerous for me.
Good luck with the epi pen!

caro120

chibi88

really weird this development of allergies - or were they always there and just managed to pin down the cause?

i blame modern life of course! be good to know in microdetail how these things work though, I know cat hair had a protein identified that latched into the allergy.

I guess is some sort of damaged immune system, sometimes they say we too healthy and things like tapeworms and babies damp down the immune system a bit.. i guess a lot in brains to go wrong really and we do make a lot of demands on it.

123kingarthur

chibi88 Yes they are and I love them but now after having become allergic to them if a small slice happened to get on another fruit I start to react

chibi88

caro120 You could get philosophical about it and think it's a world balance thing. Back in cavemen times, they lived to 30 and 50 was the 102 of the day. Now we're living in to our 90s and some into the 100s, the world's found a new way to kill us off? Or socioscientific, we weren't designed to live this long and our immune system goes kaput 30+.
I'm sure there's a solid biochemical explanation for it, maybe it is routed in the modern world, but I don't think we've figured it out yet as a species.

caro120

jimvee288
oh shake and vac, air fresheners, don't they just stink.. god knows what they do to animals with sense of smell 300 times stronger, surprised don't make them disturbed, neurotic maybe why dogs bark and bark and bark...