I became allergic to strawberries during my late teens/early 20's. It started off with just an itchy mouth and I still ate them for a few years. Then one day my whole face swelled and my throat felt toght. I've avoided them since then. I won't even do artificial flavoring.
I also developed lactose intolerance in the last year or so, althou g I suspect I've always been sensitive and just didn't botice. I drank milk like it was my job as a kid and I've had stomach/digestive issues since late childhood. I just connected the dots a year ago when I had a bathroom incident where I thought I would die. I still eat ice cream and small amounts of cheese but I always pay for it. This thread is freaking me out because I don't want to get more allergies.
I discovered I am allergic to mangoes a few months ago. My entire mouth goes numb and starts to itch like crazy. I've never gone out of my way to eat mangoes so it was a surprise to me.
There is cross reactivity. I think poison ivy is one.
With age I have developed oral sensitivity syndrome, food intolerances and food allergies.
The oral sensitivity and intolerance started around 30-ish. The allergy around 40.
I react to certain varieties of apples, peaches, nectarines and raw almonds. Not a true allergy, but my mouth swells pretty badly. Cooked, I can eat them without a reaction.
I have an intolerance to shrimp. I'm told it's not a true allergy. If I got a tidbit in an egg roll I'd be fine. But if I had a shrimp cocktail, the stomach pain would make me pray for death. Like mrs described.
I'm allergic to soy and will break out in a nasty rash if I ingest it.
I became allergic to bananas after making banana oil in o-chem lab in college. Hives, breathing issues, even in the proximity of bananas. I got pregnant 6 yrs later and the allergy went away. I can eat as many bananas as I want now.
Lactose has become more bothersome as I've gotten older. I still eat cheese though.
I developed lactose intolerance in my early twenties. That was not fun to discover. I can't drink any regular milk or eat ice cream. I can have small amounts of hard cheese and very, very small amounts of soft cheese with enough Lactaid pills but it's a hard balance to hit and not really worth it. I used to be able to eat Lactaid ice cream but the last time I tried it made me sick. I stick to almond milk now.
My 42 year old cousin has developed a shellfish allergy over the last couple of years. She posted once about having a minor reaction the last time she ate shrimp; then posted that she'd had a more noticeable reaction when she'd eaten it that night. I was surprised that some of us had to tell her to lay off it altogether, because the next time she could wind up in the ER.
I discovered I am allergic to mangoes a few months ago. My entire mouth goes numb and starts to itch like crazy. I've never gone out of my way to eat mangoes so it was a surprise to me.
There is cross reactivity. I think poison ivy is one.
Yup. Poison ivy and poison oak. Fortunately I dont live in an area that has them and I don't go traipsing around in the woods
Oh, and I'm allergic to quinoa, but that's because my dumbass husband didn't wash it before cooking it. "But if you're cooking it in water, why do you need to wash it?" It's a good thing he's pretty.
What? Is this a thing? I'm horribly allergic to quinoa, but only within the last few years. I've eaten it three times (the last one was accidental), and my reaction has gotten progressively worse. I duff not raelize that washing it made a difference (though I'm not likely to find out, either).
I've also developed an allergy to morphine. Good thing we discovered that when I was already in the ER.
Post by discogranny on Oct 8, 2015 22:59:11 GMT -5
Avocado here too. Interesting that there are so many of us with that one.
Mangoes most recently. I had this divine dessert with mangoes at a restaurant then had to have H pull into a walgreens on the way home so I could get liquid Benadryl ASAP due to the terrible hives and trouble breathing. It was pretty scary.
With age I have developed oral sensitivity syndrome, food intolerances and food allergies.
The oral sensitivity and intolerance started around 30-ish. The allergy around 40.
I react to certain varieties of apples, peaches, nectarines and raw almonds. Not a true allergy, but my mouth swells pretty badly. Cooked, I can eat them without a reaction.
I have an intolerance to shrimp. I'm told it's not a true allergy. If I got a tidbit in an egg roll I'd be fine. But if I had a shrimp cocktail, the stomach pain would make me pray for death. Like mrs described.
I'm allergic to soy and will break out in a nasty rash if I ingest it.
This is interesting for helping to predict what you might react to.
Interesting.
I'm off the standard charts allergic to ragweed (like allergist calling in all his staff to see the level of reaction after 30 secs of injection) but have no issues with the foods listed as likely cross reactions, thank goodness.
Oh, and I'm allergic to quinoa, but that's because my dumbass husband didn't wash it before cooking it. "But if you're cooking it in water, why do you need to wash it?" It's a good thing he's pretty.
Me too except it was me because it was my first time cooking quinoa myself and I had no idea it was necessary. It did nothing to DH but I broke out in hives all over and was in the ER at 3am. People don't believe that I'm allergic to it because so many people with other sensitivities can eat quinoa as their substitute. From what I've read, once you've reacted to it you'll probably react to washed quinoa too. Good thing I don't like quinoa anyway
I don't know for sure that I'm allergic to penicillin, but both my brother and sister had allergic reactions to it in their 20's so I just say that I am.
I just ate two dried nectarines, and started coughing and got itching in my nose and throat. I don't know if this is real, or because this thread has convinced me that I have Oral Allergy Syndrome, and I have worked myself into a fruit-eating tizzy.
I'm also off the charts allergic to ragweed. A couple of years ago I had allergy testing done and I am supposedly very allergic to watermelon. The funny thing is I've never had a reaction. The allergist basically said keep eating until one day your mouth tingles. After that, stop.
My poor great-grandma developed a horrendous allergy to uncooked tomatoes at the age of 98. Fresh out of her own garden too. This woman used to live off of tomato sandwiches all summer. She lived to be 104 but there are a lot if family jokes about how the last 6 years weren't worth it~ she was never the same after losing her tomato.
(Please note she was fully mobile, had no dementia or other issues and was in fantastic health until she caught pneumonia).