Do you have any allergies? How do you deal with them? Do you feel like they stop you from doing certain things that you possibly want(ed) to do? This came to mind earlier today when I started having some sort of weird coughing fit in a restaurant. I think there was just a lot of dust or something. I had horrible, horrible allergies growing up, though. I was/am allergic to pollen, cats, and dust. My allergies have seemed to mellow out quite a bit now that I'm older though. I think that they might've been caused by all of the construction going on when I was young. (My elementary, middle, and partially high school were all under construction.) Growing up, I hated being outside in the spring and summer because of it. And if my friends had cats I couldn't go to their houses. I used to take claritin daily in middle school to keep it under control because otherwise my eyes would get so red and puffy it would look like I was crying and people would ask me what was wrong, which was really embarrassing lol. Haha and one time in 5th grade there was an assembly and I kept sneezing and sniffling the whole time until the stash of kleenex I had in my pocket ran out and I was so miserable I gave up even using kleenex and I ended up sneezing on this boy's face LOL and he freaked out so bad. I almost started crying because I felt so bad haha.
I'm allergic to soap, it's horrible! Not all soaps, but most of them. They make me break out into a rash So I use hypo-allergenic soaps and products.
I'm not allergic to anything but dust, which kinda sucks because there's always some dust anywhere I go. It used to be so bad that I wouldn't be able to breathe out of my nose, only my mouth. As I got older, it seemed to get better. Now I can actually breathe through my nose, which my doctor says is 100x better than breathing out of my mouth. My doctor always told me I could get shots to fix it up but I've always been too lazy. I never really cared much about breathing out of my mouth... but I guess its really bad for you because the air isn't purified before it goes into your lungs.
I just found out Im allergic to cats. Which sucks, since I was planing on buying a cat before the end of the year. My nose was so runny and I couldnt breathe through my nose and I was sneezing a lot.
A few years ago I developed some sort of chronic sinus congestion problem. Perhaps it's allergies... I hope I get better before I retire...
Omg, I can't imagine how horrible that would be! D: Are you allergic to things like Purell too? Awww I'm sorry to hear that. I have a love hate relationship with cats because of my allergies lol. I think they're really pretty but hate getting close to them. Maybe it's a sinus infection? Well.. on second thought maybe not if it's lasted this long. You should try taking Claritin and see if it helps maybe?
I hate my unusual allergies. I have some sort of allergic rhinitis variation, but we never bothered to treat it because it's said that it's more of a permanent problem that you have to deal with forever. It's not grave, but it still affects my singing voice and it's annoying since singing is a big part of my life, even though I'm not as naturally gifted as other people.
I get seasonal allergies pretty bad. I didn't used to have problems with anything until a couple years ago. Then I found out I was allergic to most animals Dx Luckily, I'm fine around cats and dogs. I just keep a few Claritin in my purse just in case. It was kind of funny how I found out about my allergy to horses, though. I was helping a friend band her horse's hair at the county fair when I started sneezing like crazy. Apparently my eyes also looked pretty bad, because as I wandered around the fair everyone kept asking why I was crying. So, I made up a bunch of bs stories about dead pets and such
Yeah, no symptons. They happen in the morning, the mucus-like thing filling up my throat about halfway. Makes my voice naturally hoarse all throughout the day.
As mentioned above by danneva, cat allergies are a result of a protein in cat saliva (deposited onto the fur when the cat grooms). Therefore allergy symptoms might be averted or reduced if you buy a cat with shorter fur. Also, it is said that the Siberian and Russian Blue breeds are less likely to trigger symptoms, but I'm not sure how expensive one of these will be...
I was allergic to eggs when I was young, and to soaps too(wuold get a slight rash on my skin) Luckily I had grown out of the allergy to eggs
I'm allergic to dust, pollen, sea food, ibuprofen, iodine, penicillin and latex, which is great, since I have to wear gloves every day... Those allergies used to be really bad, but since I've started a homeopathic treatment it's getting really better, except for the drug ones, which I'm not allowed to test yet, since they used to be pretty strong. As for the gloves, I just have to buy my own latex-free gloves, since the hospital doesn't provide them...
I used to have a lot of environmental allergies. However because I have been getting allergy shots for many years, I am no longer allergic to many of the things that I once was allergic to.
I thought homeopathy has no scientific basis, so it's odd that you're using it (I recall that you're in medical school). What does a homeopathic treatment for dust or pollen allergy contain? Maybe I should get some allergy shots, but I've already developed chronic sinus problems from the allergies, so it's probably too late now.
I'm allergic to so many things. Grass, certain types of trees, bunnies, dogs, cats, birds (have them all), siblings, dust, and worst of all, latex and adhesive. I'm horribly allergic to latex. haha I can't wear any types on band-aids. they make things worse.
There's a great discussion regarding homeopathy in the scientific community, but it can't be denied that it has a huge scientific base! Although it still faces a lot of prejudice from the purists... Half of my teachers and other doctors I know claim it's useless, but the other half vouches for its effectiveness, both with a large research base. For the matter, I am taking part in a research project to evaluate the homeopathic treatment on patients with respiratory issues and the preliminary results have been very positive. I don't have the exact numbers right now, but if you're interested I could get them for you! :yup: In fact, my college was the first to introduce the Homeopathy subject as an obligatory discipline. We have a huge ambulatory that treats loads of chronicle diseases with homeopathy. Also, it's important to observe that it's generally meant to be used on long term treatments. There's no way a homeopathic medicine will cure your tonsillitis or something like that, although some very irresponsible doctors and even pharmacists tend to prescribe it instead of effective antibiotics or anti-inflammatories, which tend to discredit even more the homeopathic treatment. And don't even get me started on those irresponsible manipulation pharmacies! Edit: Yay! My 100th post!