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Originally Posted by Erin524
My allergies have been building up since I was about 12 or 13yrs old. Plus, my allergies started to seem to get worse about the time I started to notice some of the MS-ish symptoms.
I started getting food allergies around the time I had mononucleosis and was misdiagnosed and given an antibiotic. (mononucleosis + amoxicillin = an anyphylaxis-like reaction) It was after that, that I became allergic to seafood, my cat allergy got worse. I started to get allergies to things like grass (cant walk on it, or touch it with bare skin) I got allergies to some plants...cant touch an evergreen or have a live xmas tree, I'll sneeze, and if I touch it, I break out into hives.
Also started to get vertigo around a year after the mono. I think when they gave me that antibiotic, it triggered something in me, and did something to wake up all those allergies. So, I would not be surprised if the allergies could be one of the triggers for multiple sclerosis. (I think there's more than one trigger)
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I have had allergies since late childhood/early teens but this past summer they got worst and this is the 1st winter that I had had to take allergy meds every day. I just can't believe how bad it's gotten.
And you know I'm now sensitive to meds, I use to be able to take anything but some how about a year ago I became allergic to a lot of pain meds (you can read more on that under the Pain Meds thread). 2 years ago I take Vicoprofen for my fibro pain and now if I take it I itch so bad that I almost cry.
If I eat celery now my lips swell up and get hot.
This also started up in the past 2 years.
I really feel like I'm just falling apart sometimes, LOL.