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Originally Posted by Brambledog
Nanc, I hope you're feeling ok now, scary stuff...
I had to just let you know that my mum has had exactly the same symptoms quite a few times over the last five years or so, and still hasn't worked out exactly why. She has been to ER a few times with it, it looks really frightening at the time, and makes her feel really poorly, and then tired and wobbly for about 24-48 hours after. She has to take a kind of mega-anti-allergen tablet that she calls a 'bomb' - makes her sleep for a day, and then she feels a bit better. The docs have checked out all sorts of things like laundry detergent changing, a plant she might have brushed against, new clothes, different food etc, but nothing has been conclusive. Her best guess is a plant in her garden that she is allergic to, and she wears gloves now - it does happen less often now.
Hopefully you and your docs will be able to track down what caused it - I hope they offer you an allergen test (although not one that involves using pin pricks on your arms obviously  ).
Take it gently for a few days and I hope this is a one-off thing!
Bram  |
Thanks Bram. It is really puzzling for me too. Glad your mom sorta found her culprit. I stay inside majority of the time. I will go out and get the mail if I am up for it, I go out when it's time to go to the dr or store or when my husband needs me to tie a bag of grass for him after doing yard work (he was born with cerebral palsy and has use of one hand/arm, we are quite the pair these days
) I am allergic to the sun too, yeah that's right! I break out in a rash if I am in it for more than a few minutes. He thought maybe it was the stuff he put on the yard (seed and fertilizer), but I would think that I would've broken out on my arms and hands too. I only tied the bag for him and came back in the house and washed my hands. I haven't changed anything else.
I know what your mom is talking about in regards to that allergy bomb. I have had many of them in the ER and I usually get the jitters and then crash. I would be out most of the next day. Didn't happen like that this time. Last night they put three different drugs in the IV and then gave me prescriptions for the stuff to take for five days (if needed). Normally benadryl knocks me out, not this time!
I had allergy testing done back in May 2012. They tested environmental things and foods. I think I need to have more foods tested as they will not test much at one time...they say if you test too many foods, you can get more false positives and false negatives. I am gluten free (not by choice) and have many allergies. I now have to start a special diet for Interstitial Cystitis. I am so confused with all this. Hard to figure out what I CAN eat
Anyway, we shall see what happens. Once this clears up, I will try the meds and the cereal again...all separately!
Nanc