<strong>Fur? Are you sure it's not the dander that you're allergic to?
Yeah, I'm allergic to just about every mold spore, pollen, grasses, weeds, dust mites, animal dander (especially cats), and whatever the chemical is in Advil (this one is common for people with Asthma, like myself). Fortunately I have no food allergies (that I know of).
I hate my allergies. I started taking shots in both arms every other week since I was five years old (and never once cried over it). Pffft. Needles sure don't ever bother me now. Big or small, I've had them all.
Cat dander is especially bad for me. If I just sit in a chair where a cat has been, within half an hour I will break out in hives all over my body and will be wheezing and having severe problems breathing. I also have to limit my exercise outdoors (or take extra doses of my medication) because even after going on a brisk two-mile jog, my throat and lungs start to close up and I begin wheezing terribly.
What's worse, I have some bad pollups in my sinuses that have cropped up over the past two and a half years that mess with my sense of smell. I *literally* am blind to smells. You could spray perfume on my upper lip and I wouldn't smell it. There's a serious downside to this, too, as I can't smell things like gasoline or kerosene either (that is, I can't smell the additive in them that makes them smell). I could be doused in gas and I would just think it was water. I can't even smell sulfurous odors. In a recent chem lab everyone was complaining of the awful smell and I was like, what smell?
Sorry to hear that , StarfleetX. Asthma is a bad disease, and sinus pollups are difficult to cure. Is this Etmoidal pollups : there is two therapy for them : the first one that must be try in first is the chemical one : corticoid spray basically. If it's fail you may have a surgical procedure consisting of removing the pollups of the etmoid.
I hope that in this 4 july your allergia will not worry this holiday day.
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</strong><hr></blockquote>
Well "freres d'unfortune or compagnons d'unfortune" is an expression designing two people sharing the same unfortune : friends in adversity if you prefer. What is the english expression for that ?
<strong>I have a lot of traditional allergies such as polen,dust mites,many types of mold,a large number of foods etc. and I am also sensitive to many types of chemicals,it is basically impossible for me to live in a "normal" enviroment and maintain my health.The name of my illness is usually called Multiple Chemical Sensitivity,it is the same illness that is called among veterans of the gulf war Gulf War Syndrome.It sucks mostly because it is very difficult to get useful medical information about it and its treatment,many doctors scoff at the concept and the majority of those that don't are basically quacks.I've been extremely sick at times,weighed as little as 120 pounds,was so sensitive that I reacted to almost everything,but I am a lot better now,actually healthier than I ever have been in my life.Allergies and sensitivities are very difficult to deal with,especially if they are multiple and long term.In my opinion they only way to successfully manage them is through lifestyle modification,a healthy diet and a lot of exercise have helped me a lot,also I live at the shore where there are fewer allergens in the air and I go surfing and swimming a lot (not in chlorinated water) .</strong><hr></blockquote>
Sorry to ear that two. Living in moutains is also a good way of life, above 3600 feets there is no more acaridan and thus no more dust allergia. There is still other graminae but generally mountain is good for allergic people.
And after moving to the States, hayfever every spring and fall. Drives me nuts.
I've played through concussions, severely sprained ankles, separated shoulders (well, shoulder singular), bloody appendages, but a runny nose and itchy eyes? I'm the biggest ÜberWUSS there is.
[for instance, children that grow up dealing with farm animals do not get allergies to pollen and the like . . . suposedly. They adapt to the bacteria onthe animals and their systems are
more flexible...]
I suffer from allergies. I have hayfever, and at times (certain years) it's very bad (eyes swelling shut, difficulty breathing, terribly runny nose). Normally though, it's mild and medication suppresses my symptoms.
However, to respond to your comment: I too have seen the trend that allergies are becoming more commonplace. I think the tendency to develop allergies stems from a few different areas. First, I think we as allergy sufferers are susceptible to developing immune disorders. Something in our genetics. Something inherited. For example, in my family, three of five children (we're all adults now) have hay fever, and a fourth child has pet allergies. My father suffers from allergies as well. Oddly enough, the three of us that have more of our father's characteristics (favial features, mannerisms, etc.) are the allergies sufferers.
Second, I strongly believe the sharp increase of allergies in the world are through the increased use of chemicals. Chemicals suppress our immune sytems, and those most susceptible or prone to developing immune disorders end up developing a plethora of problems, such as hay fever, environmental disease, Lupus, Alopecia, etc. The list goes on.
I grew up in the country, around animals, being outside much of my life (during the 70s, when home video games were rare), and regularly exposed to forage crops (including playing in hay lofts), and in spite of this lifestyle (and other friends with similar lifestyles in my area) allergies still developed around the age of 7.
I think lifestyle might have some bearing today, but by and large I strongly believe we should be looking at genetics (of course) and chemicals (a more likely controllable cause).
I sympathize with all allergy suffers, and can attest that with age, often they lessen. I'm 32, and my allergies are far less severe than they were during my teen years (oh, perish the memories).
<strong>I too suffer a pollen allergy, or hayfever as it's more commonly known. I take one antihistamine every day and have a nasal inhaler (ewww) and eye drops to take as well.
A lot of people seem to think that hayfever isn't that serious but it can actually make life miserable in the summer months.
J :cool: </strong><hr></blockquote>
Summer months?! Do you actually have more than one month of summer up there in Bonnie Scotland?!
<strong>Pennicillin and Hay Fever. The only one that make much of a diffrence in my life is the Hay Fever though as there are many other AntiBiotics to choose from.</strong><hr></blockquote>
both here as well. a doctor asked me once if i remembered what my reaction was. i think because he thought maybe i'd outgrown it? or there was another flavor now? anyway all i could offer was i was about six and i remembered a rash, swelling and itching.
<strong>[for instance, children that grow up dealing with farm animals do not get allergies to pollen and the like . . . suposedly. They adapt to the bacteria onthe animals and their systems are
more flexible...]
...
Second, I strongly believe the sharp increase of allergies in the world are through the increased use of chemicals. Chemicals suppress our immune sytems, and those most susceptible or prone to developing immune disorders end up developing a plethora of problems, such as hay fever, environmental disease, Lupus, Alopecia, etc. The list goes on.
I grew up in the country, around animals, being outside much of my life (during the 70s, when home video games were rare), and regularly exposed to forage crops (including playing in hay lofts), and in spite of this lifestyle (and other friends with similar lifestyles in my area) allergies still developed around the age of 7.
</strong><hr></blockquote>I don't buy the idea that allergies are prevented by exposure. First, allergies are caused by exposure - when the pollen (or whatever) contacts the body, the immune system remembers it, thus causing allergic reactions at a later time.
Second, it's when chilren are exposed to substances that they develop allergies to them - children exposed to large quantities of nuts, or pollen, or some other potential antigen, that the immune system starts to respond to it. If you're not exposed as a child, you're less likely to develop an allergy to it.
Third, chemicals don't suppress the immune system. Of course, everything is chemicals. And allergies aren't a result of suppressed immunity, they're a result of over-active immunity.
Im allergic to alcohol, after several pints I become very red, by head starts spinning and Im falling about all over the place, I believe this is a quite common allergy, no?
Very common among Asians,but not actually an allergy,cause by lack of enzymes to break down alcohol.
[quote]
Third, chemicals don't suppress the immune system. Of course, everything is chemicals. And allergies aren't a result of suppressed immunity, they're a result of over-active immunity.
<hr></blockquote>
Some industrial chemicals do supress immunity,and some hypercharge it as well.
<strong>Im allergic to alcohol, after several pints I become very red, by head starts spinning and Im falling about all over the place, I believe this is a quite common allergy, no?</strong><hr></blockquote>Probably not an allergy, though. Probably you're not metabolizing alcohol efficiently, which causes the flushing. If it was an allergy you'd have an allergic reaction - rash, sneezing, etc.
I think about half the things people think to be allergies are not allergies at all.
<strong>Probably not an allergy, though. Probably you're not metabolizing alcohol efficiently, which causes the flushing. If it was an allergy you'd have an allergic reaction - rash, sneezing, etc.
I think about half the things people think to be allergies are not allergies at all.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I also get a burning desire to start fights, and to pinch nice girls asses. Surely this is a documented allergy?
Actually if you want to be technical only immunoglobulin mediated reactions are termed allergies,or hypersensitivities.Other types of reactions concerning either known or unknown mechanisms
<strong>Im allergic to alcohol, after several pints I become very red, by head starts spinning and Im falling about all over the place, I believe this is a quite common allergy, no?</strong><hr></blockquote>
alcohol has many effects : one of it is to vasodilate the little bloods vessels of your skin : it's the explanation why you become red (and you would notice that Pathologic alcoholic people are red, due to the permanent change of the size of the vessels of the skin), one other effect of Alcohol is on the nervous system, which explains the others symptom of your illness.
but perhaps you already know that and was just kidding ,
Comments
<strong>Jamie -- heard of Telfast? That's apparently the UK brand name for Allegra (fexofenadine).
And Oilseed Rape/Rapeseed is also known as Canola.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I have tried Telfast, it's not very superior for me than Clarythine : but you can always try Jamie.
<strong>Fur? Are you sure it's not the dander that you're allergic to?
Yeah, I'm allergic to just about every mold spore, pollen, grasses, weeds, dust mites, animal dander (especially cats), and whatever the chemical is in Advil (this one is common for people with Asthma, like myself). Fortunately I have no food allergies (that I know of).
I hate my allergies. I started taking shots in both arms every other week since I was five years old (and never once cried over it). Pffft. Needles sure don't ever bother me now. Big or small, I've had them all.
Cat dander is especially bad for me. If I just sit in a chair where a cat has been, within half an hour I will break out in hives all over my body and will be wheezing and having severe problems breathing. I also have to limit my exercise outdoors (or take extra doses of my medication) because even after going on a brisk two-mile jog, my throat and lungs start to close up and I begin wheezing terribly.
What's worse, I have some bad pollups in my sinuses that have cropped up over the past two and a half years that mess with my sense of smell. I *literally* am blind to smells. You could spray perfume on my upper lip and I wouldn't smell it. There's a serious downside to this, too, as I can't smell things like gasoline or kerosene either (that is, I can't smell the additive in them that makes them smell). I could be doused in gas and I would just think it was water. I can't even smell sulfurous odors. In a recent chem lab everyone was complaining of the awful smell and I was like, what smell?
<img src="graemlins/hmmm.gif" border="0" alt="[Hmmm]" />
I hate allergies.
[ 07-03-2002: Message edited by: starfleetX ]</strong><hr></blockquote>
Sorry to hear that , StarfleetX. Asthma is a bad disease, and sinus pollups are difficult to cure. Is this Etmoidal pollups : there is two therapy for them : the first one that must be try in first is the chemical one : corticoid spray basically. If it's fail you may have a surgical procedure consisting of removing the pollups of the etmoid.
I hope that in this 4 july your allergia will not worry this holiday day.
<strong>Latest installment of Powerdoc Teaches English:
WTF is a 'brother of unfortunate'?
Well "freres d'unfortune or compagnons d'unfortune" is an expression designing two people sharing the same unfortune : friends in adversity if you prefer. What is the english expression for that ?
[ 07-04-2002: Message edited by: powerdoc ]</p>
<strong>I have a lot of traditional allergies such as polen,dust mites,many types of mold,a large number of foods etc. and I am also sensitive to many types of chemicals,it is basically impossible for me to live in a "normal" enviroment and maintain my health.The name of my illness is usually called Multiple Chemical Sensitivity,it is the same illness that is called among veterans of the gulf war Gulf War Syndrome.It sucks mostly because it is very difficult to get useful medical information about it and its treatment,many doctors scoff at the concept and the majority of those that don't are basically quacks.I've been extremely sick at times,weighed as little as 120 pounds,was so sensitive that I reacted to almost everything,but I am a lot better now,actually healthier than I ever have been in my life.Allergies and sensitivities are very difficult to deal with,especially if they are multiple and long term.In my opinion they only way to successfully manage them is through lifestyle modification,a healthy diet and a lot of exercise have helped me a lot,also I live at the shore where there are fewer allergens in the air and I go surfing and swimming a lot (not in chlorinated water) .</strong><hr></blockquote>
Sorry to ear that two. Living in moutains is also a good way of life, above 3600 feets there is no more acaridan and thus no more dust allergia. There is still other graminae but generally mountain is good for allergic people.
And after moving to the States, hayfever every spring and fall. Drives me nuts.
I've played through concussions, severely sprained ankles, separated shoulders (well, shoulder singular), bloody appendages, but a runny nose and itchy eyes? I'm the biggest ÜberWUSS there is.
more flexible...]
I suffer from allergies. I have hayfever, and at times (certain years) it's very bad (eyes swelling shut, difficulty breathing, terribly runny nose). Normally though, it's mild and medication suppresses my symptoms.
However, to respond to your comment: I too have seen the trend that allergies are becoming more commonplace. I think the tendency to develop allergies stems from a few different areas. First, I think we as allergy sufferers are susceptible to developing immune disorders. Something in our genetics. Something inherited. For example, in my family, three of five children (we're all adults now) have hay fever, and a fourth child has pet allergies. My father suffers from allergies as well. Oddly enough, the three of us that have more of our father's characteristics (favial features, mannerisms, etc.) are the allergies sufferers.
Second, I strongly believe the sharp increase of allergies in the world are through the increased use of chemicals. Chemicals suppress our immune sytems, and those most susceptible or prone to developing immune disorders end up developing a plethora of problems, such as hay fever, environmental disease, Lupus, Alopecia, etc. The list goes on.
I grew up in the country, around animals, being outside much of my life (during the 70s, when home video games were rare), and regularly exposed to forage crops (including playing in hay lofts), and in spite of this lifestyle (and other friends with similar lifestyles in my area) allergies still developed around the age of 7.
I think lifestyle might have some bearing today, but by and large I strongly believe we should be looking at genetics (of course) and chemicals (a more likely controllable cause).
I sympathize with all allergy suffers, and can attest that with age, often they lessen. I'm 32, and my allergies are far less severe than they were during my teen years (oh, perish the memories).
Good luck.
<strong>Jamie -- heard of Telfast? That's apparently the UK brand name for Allegra (fexofenadine).
</strong><hr></blockquote>
Thanks, found it, manufactured by <a href="http://www.aventispharma.co.uk/main/0,1003,EN-GB-30092-48337--,FF.html"; target="_blank">Aventis Pharma UK</a>.
Will try and get a hold of some.
J :cool:
<strong>I too suffer a pollen allergy, or hayfever as it's more commonly known. I take one antihistamine every day and have a nasal inhaler (ewww) and eye drops to take as well.
A lot of people seem to think that hayfever isn't that serious but it can actually make life miserable in the summer months.
J :cool: </strong><hr></blockquote>
Summer months?! Do you actually have more than one month of summer up there in Bonnie Scotland?!
<strong>
Summer months?! Do you actually have more than one month of summer up there in Bonnie Scotland?!
Ok, you got me
Oh and don't forget Summer Nights!
**Jamie starts singing songs from Grease...
J :cool:
PS The small straight side of Jamie would like to apologise for this outburst of gayness. Apologies for any inconvenience it may have caused.
<strong>Pennicillin and Hay Fever. The only one that make much of a diffrence in my life is the Hay Fever though as there are many other AntiBiotics to choose from.</strong><hr></blockquote>
both here as well. a doctor asked me once if i remembered what my reaction was. i think because he thought maybe i'd outgrown it? or there was another flavor now? anyway all i could offer was i was about six and i remembered a rash, swelling and itching.
<strong>[for instance, children that grow up dealing with farm animals do not get allergies to pollen and the like . . . suposedly. They adapt to the bacteria onthe animals and their systems are
more flexible...]
...
Second, I strongly believe the sharp increase of allergies in the world are through the increased use of chemicals. Chemicals suppress our immune sytems, and those most susceptible or prone to developing immune disorders end up developing a plethora of problems, such as hay fever, environmental disease, Lupus, Alopecia, etc. The list goes on.
I grew up in the country, around animals, being outside much of my life (during the 70s, when home video games were rare), and regularly exposed to forage crops (including playing in hay lofts), and in spite of this lifestyle (and other friends with similar lifestyles in my area) allergies still developed around the age of 7.
</strong><hr></blockquote>I don't buy the idea that allergies are prevented by exposure. First, allergies are caused by exposure - when the pollen (or whatever) contacts the body, the immune system remembers it, thus causing allergic reactions at a later time.
Second, it's when chilren are exposed to substances that they develop allergies to them - children exposed to large quantities of nuts, or pollen, or some other potential antigen, that the immune system starts to respond to it. If you're not exposed as a child, you're less likely to develop an allergy to it.
Third, chemicals don't suppress the immune system. Of course, everything is chemicals. And allergies aren't a result of suppressed immunity, they're a result of over-active immunity.
[quote]
Third, chemicals don't suppress the immune system. Of course, everything is chemicals. And allergies aren't a result of suppressed immunity, they're a result of over-active immunity.
<hr></blockquote>
Some industrial chemicals do supress immunity,and some hypercharge it as well.
[ 07-04-2002: Message edited by: Rick1138 ]</p>
<strong>Im allergic to alcohol, after several pints I become very red, by head starts spinning and Im falling about all over the place, I believe this is a quite common allergy, no?</strong><hr></blockquote>Probably not an allergy, though. Probably you're not metabolizing alcohol efficiently, which causes the flushing. If it was an allergy you'd have an allergic reaction - rash, sneezing, etc.
I think about half the things people think to be allergies are not allergies at all.
<strong>Probably not an allergy, though. Probably you're not metabolizing alcohol efficiently, which causes the flushing. If it was an allergy you'd have an allergic reaction - rash, sneezing, etc.
I think about half the things people think to be allergies are not allergies at all.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I also get a burning desire to start fights, and to pinch nice girls asses. Surely this is a documented allergy?
<strong>Im allergic to alcohol, after several pints I become very red, by head starts spinning and Im falling about all over the place, I believe this is a quite common allergy, no?</strong><hr></blockquote>
alcohol has many effects : one of it is to vasodilate the little bloods vessels of your skin : it's the explanation why you become red (and you would notice that Pathologic alcoholic people are red, due to the permanent change of the size of the vessels of the skin), one other effect of Alcohol is on the nervous system, which explains the others symptom of your illness.
but perhaps you already know that and was just kidding ,
<strong>
I also get a burning desire to start fights, and to pinch nice girls asses. Surely this is a documented allergy?</strong><hr></blockquote>
No it's only a strong addiction with ladies
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