I'm sure it's fairly common, but my body has started having reactions to some things just out of the blue. Example: I've taken ibuprofen most of my life. At several points it was the only way I could get out of bed or manage moving around during the day. A year ago I began taking an ibuprofen anti-inflamatory to try to alleviate some of my sore foot issues. I took it as prescribed for a month, then one day I took it and had gi-normous hives. I know that med was the cause. So, to make a long story short, was prescribed different ibuprofen anti-inflamatories 2 more times and every time developed hives with each episode escalating in intensity. I've also in the past 12 mo. become allergic to some foods (not tested, but immediately after eating X breaking out in hives).

My question is has anyone gone through this and ever been able to go back to taking/eating whatever it is that caused the reaction? Am I always going to be allergic to these things? I'm wondering if maybe some other imbalance could have caused me to react to the ibuprofen...