Hi @Azmtick - those are all great questions! Many long-term controller or preventative medicine inhalers do contain an inhaled corticosteroid. These prevent and reduce airway swelling. They also reduce mucus in the lungs. They are the most effective long-term control medicines available. It's important to keep taking your controller medicine even when you don't have symptoms because they prevent asthma symptoms. Stopping your controller medicine may increase your asthma symptoms and the risk...
@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...
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...
Hello @CarlaR and welcome to the community! 🤗 Have you had any allergy testing done? It would be good to bring this up to an allergist to confirm if it's a food allergy vs. oral allergy syndrome (OAS). Having OAS symptoms to nuts can also be signs of anaphylaxis. Nuts are more likely to cause a serious allergic reaction which must be treated with epinephrine and immediate medical attention. If you don’t know if you are having OAS symptoms or anaphylaxis to any foods, it's important to talk...
Hi there, I have started to show signs of oral allergy syndrome, itchiness in mouth and lips when eating avocado, almonds and peanut butter. In the last 2 days I’ve noticed when eating things with rapeseed oil (canola oil) I’m having the same symptoms along with a feeling of pressure in my sinuses and throat. Could this be a sign of oral allergy syndrome?
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