developed a lot of food allergies, ones bad enough to kill you? 

It could actually be just the reverse. In order to get CH's there would be a trigger. It could be the food allergies your getting are triggering the CH's.

Hi Campergirl. I haven't heard of this being associated with ch. Some of us have allergies and some don't. I have food sensitivities.

The thing about ch, it won't kill you.

Charlotte

No food alergies here.... Just seems when everyone has "sinus" trouble is when I get hit the worst. And of course my head goes right along with the barometer... It goes to around 30 and over and I'm gonna get hit - the higher it goes the worse I'm gonna get hit.

Ya know -- a lot of people have trouble with barometric pressure hurting them -- maybe we should do a "scientific" study on that. I've been "watching" it for about the last year but not documenting it. Might prove to be interesting...

But back to food alergies -- a lot of people here are triggered by MSG and have to watch it real close. Some have to watch chocolate and of course alcohol triggers a big part of this community.

But in all the years I've been around we just haven't pinpointed any ONE thing...

Hugs BD

campergal wrote on Aug 3^rd, 2009 at 3:58pm:


yes (crab and shrimp, which ironically I used to make my living evaluating), and I carry an epi pen....

also later life hay fever...neither seem connected with ch in any way I can determine (both happened years after clusterville membership...)

Best,

Jon

I took Zoming this time. Has anyone, another crazy question, have cataracts get started or get worst with the use of that med?

I wanted to say, if any of you with the life-threatening allergies are not in the US, ask your doctor about an allergy medication called Ketotifen. This medication has given my life back to me.

I had to use an epi pen almost every time I left the house before this drug.

My allergist worked with the company that wanted the FDA to approve it for asthma, which unless it's allergy induced, does not work. It has given me my life back. I haven't had to use an epi pen except for maybe twice, due to drug allergies. Not due to some random person's perfume closing my throat up. My allergist writes the prescription,and I get the medication from Canada.

Hope this helps someone else.
PFDAN (And itch-anaphylaxis free days and nights..)
Mystina

Grinner62 wrote on Aug 4^th, 2009 at 11:50pm:



Thats a problem for many of us.

No allergies here only to aspirin and its kin.

No food allergies bad enough to kill me but at least 4 that make me DAMN uncomfortable.  

I can't eat eggs, banana's and have to severely limit how much if any I eat of potatoes or avocado's.  I have discovered through a bit of research that it is the potassium in each that I can't handle, they give me a SEVERE stomach ache, enough to double me over moaning and groaning for hours after-wards.  

Oh Ya and Milk... lets just say (without going into detail) that milks not a good idea for me either.    

No.  While I was episodic Nitrites and Nitrates would trigger me, so no ham or bacon and very little lunchmeat or hot dogs.  Since going chronic they bother me very little most of the time.

Jerry