Hello @Pranoti Ingale and welcome to the community! A runny nose is a sign of allergies. Other symptoms for allergies can be an itchy nose or eyes, sneezing, rashes, cough, chest tightness, among others. Allergens are the most common asthma trigger , this is called allergic asthma . Your doctor can diagnose you with allergic asthma by performing an exam, talking about your medical and family history, and/or performing allergy testing . The best way to avoid allergic reactions is by avoiding...
@BenR that's interesting what your allergist said about "gateway allergens". Oral Allergy Syndrome (OAS) symptoms can be worse with high pollen counts, that might've been why you reacted to the tomato sauce like you mentioned. @Sally Raynard welcome to the community! It sounds like a second opinion and allergy testing may be beneficial for you. Both Chronic Idiopathic Urticaria (CIU), also known as Chronic Spontaneous Urticaria (CSU), and OAS can be confusing, especially with limited...
Also tomato’s and strawberries will enhance your allergy symptoms. According to my allergist . She called them gateway allergins. In Dominican Republic I had tomato sauce on a pasta . I got bad hives . They think it was what ever was in the air mixed with the tomatoes perfect storm .
I have been dealing with chronic idiopathic urticaria for 2 years. I don’t typically see hives, just itching all over randomly. I get itchy mouth, tongue and throat as well from time to time. I have thought it was CIU. I have reacted to foods at times - walnuts, eggplant, bananas, avocado… but mostly I really can’t pinpoint my trigger. Maybe it’s both CIU and OAS? I know from allergy testing 20 + years ago that I am allergic to most environmental things- especially dust, mold, pollen and...
As always, I greatly appreciate the sincere effort of AAFA to write a well researched and thoughtful article on the role of local honey in seasonal allergies. I always find such article informative. Unfortunately, in this particular case, I would like to point out that this article can benefit from several major updates as some of the stated facts are not accurate. For instance, the section "what does science say about honey and seasonal allergies" start with a bold claim that unfortunately...
This is also affecting the Midwestern states. Our air quality alerts keep going off daily! It's frustrating for me limiting my time trying to get my yard work done. My lung capacity has since decreased decreased over the last few months between the pollen and fire pollution causing me to be put on immunotherapy with Dupixent. I really detest putting more chemicals into my body!
I learned some time ago that the combination of wheat bread and fresh tomato would give me a "head cold" and I got a lot of those before I figured it out. I cut out wheat for a while, because I'm wheat sensitive, and I could eat fresh tomatoes just fine, but it's easier to avoid tomatoes, so I do that, with minimal wheat consumption. I just got another "head cold" with no tomatoes in sight and the only thing I'd had different recently was fresh bell pepper... with bread and hummus. It always...
Hi Moe, thank you! I have not had a recent allergy test, I only know from experience that I react to grass pollen and mold spores. Interesting about the mugwort pollen.... I'll ask my doctor about it - thanks for the allergy testing link. Ten plus years ago I had a food allergy test and I wasn't allergic wheat or tomato, only eggs and dairy. I was trying to get to the bottom of my chronic joint pain, which was miraculously solved by eliminating wheat from my diet, per the doc's suggestion...
Welcome to the community @ConeMonkey ! Thank you for sharing your experience, it's always helpful hearing from others. It's interesting that your symptoms are similar to a head cold! Have you had any recent allergy testing done? I'm curious if you have any allergic reactions to pollen. Tomatoes are similar to Timothy and Orchard grass pollen, bell peppers are similar to Mugwort weed pollen. It is weed pollen season currently, so pollen counts are peaking. During peak pollen times, people...
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