Allergies

B'Elanna Torres 7 of 9 · **Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:08 am Allergies**

Who here has to put up with awful springtime allergies, or allergies in general??

I NEVER NEVER used to have any at all till just 2 years ago!! 2 summers ago, out of no where, suddenly my eyes got all ichy around my friend's cats when i was spending the night there - and mind you had i been around these cats tons of times before! So suddenly since that, i'm allergic to cats - if i don't touch my eyes i'm fine!

Now just last summer for the very first time ever, i'm suddenly allergic to tree pollen in the spring - AWFUL!! My eyes get SUPER ichy and watery, and my nose gets all stuffed up. My eyes are the worst part, and it's absolutly MISERABLE!!! Absolutly nothing helps. So i'm suck like this for i'd say another 2-3 weeks till the trees are done budding...grrr! Atleast i'm all good after that.

What about the rest of you?

Founder · **Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:26 am**

Shellfish....damn shellfish.

nadia · cookie Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 8560 Location: Australia

I'm not that bad but my finger sweld up heaps when i got stung by a bee and then a wasp!

lionhead · **Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:15 am**

i'm allergic to a lot of things. The worst is Horses.Which is a real shame because i like horses, my sister rides them and ridesi n contests but i can't see them since i would be sneezing and rubbing my eyes the whole time i'm there.

Been al ong time though since i had an allergic reaction.
the other things i'm allergic too are things i don't know how too cal in english.

nadia · cookie Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 8560 Location: Australia

^^^Discribe it then^^^

lionhead · **Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:27 am**

okay.

Well, firsly those things flower give off in spring. pollen you call them?

Then there are those little creatures that live in dust, kinda flea like. If i would breath in one of htem i go all out of breath and i need medicne to stop it.

Then there is Hay(you call it that? its the dried up grass).

i think i'm also allergic too sawdust, but it could be just irritating when it gets in my nose.

I'm also highly allergic too that stuff you put on your face too become a clown. When i put that on my face swells up and i get all red and bumpy.

nadia · cookie Joined: 08 Apr 2005 Posts: 8560 Location: Australia

^^^Do you mean Dust Mites? (those flea like things?)

lionhead · **Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:58 am**

Birdy · Socialist Joined: 20 Sep 2004 Posts: 13502 Location: Here.

I'm allergic to dustmites and also to pollen (from trees and stuff).
The first one I knew, but a year ago I was tested again and that revealed that I was allergic to that too, and cats. Never noticed anything; the summer is the time when I least sneez.

Anyway, I found a CURE! Yeah, really, and it works really good. In Holland it's called 'Oralgen', and they're drops you put under your tongue 2x a week (20 drops). You do that for about 3-5 years, and if all goes well you're immune to them... The drops are just some synthetic allergens you take in every week, so your body gets used to it.

They said to me that in the first year, I shouldn't expect to see much difference; but I did! I sneez a LOT less, really, normally it would be 20x a day, now it's like 10x a week! really! So cool.
The only thing is that you can't get pregnant during the time that you're taking those drops

But I'm really happy about it, it works perfectly for me

madlilnerd · **Mon Apr 11, 2005 1:39 pm**

some washing detergents cause my skin to look like a Xindi's, but I'm pretty good apart from that. My mum's friend is awful, she's a vegetarian whos allergic to cats, peanuts, dust mites, onions and (sometimes) wheat. Sometimes she doesn't get an allergic reaction to wheat, sometimes she does.
Dust mites used to make me cough, but I grew out of it when I grew out of my asthma.
I'm pretty lucky when it comes to allergies, but not so much in other fields. Like if I get bit by a mosquito or a flea I always get a scar even if I don't scatch it. I scar and bruise very easily.

Seven of Nine · **Mon Apr 11, 2005 2:38 pm**

Leo Wyatt · **Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:08 pm**

I don't know if you can call this allergy. My kids and I have asthma, so we can not be outside too much during the summer. Or we will have asthma attacks. And plus we are allergic to the pollen too.

lionhead · **Mon Apr 11, 2005 3:18 pm**

B'Elanna Torres 7 of 9 · **Mon Apr 11, 2005 9:45 pm**

Arellia · **Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:09 pm**

Asthma, I would say, is more linked to immune disorder, accompanied with allergies. I used to have asthma, and not a very good immune system. I lived in a place that was awful for allergies (Torching of ricefields, EXTREME dust problems, rotting of ricefields, chemicals in the ricefields...ylch). I still have slight allergies (Less since I moved) but after I started taking vitamins and minerals and eating better, I was cured of asthma, which was pretty amazing to me...but I wouldn't complain.

Theresa · **Mon Apr 11, 2005 10:23 pm**

I had a bad reaction to something in an IV once, made me totally freak out and make my mother take the IV out, (she's a nurse), but no real allergies.

Leo Wyatt · **Tue Apr 12, 2005 7:52 am**

I am allergic to PCN=pencillin I don't know the correct spelling. I misplaced my dictionary.

sabammeke · Ensign Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 54

I'm allergic to dirt mites, pussycats, and a lots of flowers and trees , I hate that, but in spite of that, I like The summer and Sping

(who doesn't)

Captain Patrick · Commodore Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 2421

I am allergic to tree pollen, mold spores, cats, and much more and the bad thing is that the tree pollen and mold spores are really heavy in the area that I am in, so I am almost always have itchy eyes, waterier nose and much more.

Oliver · **Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:13 pm**

I don't think I have any allergies at all. Not any that I know of anyway.

Captain Patrick · Commodore Joined: 06 Mar 2005 Posts: 2421

^^ lucky you!

madlilnerd · **Wed Apr 13, 2005 2:37 pm**

Really poisonous E numbers that they put in luminous candy bars totally mess my body up. I was sick for days once because of it, and they can give me mood swings too.