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Starting An Allergy Journal

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Today, after having weird reactions for a week to something, things were getting worse day by day so I decided to visit a primary health care facility that is open on Saturdays.

Here is the list of symptoms I reported to the PA:

Stabbing pain in extremities/joints - left elbow, right thigh, top of right foot. (I reported a level 5 pain experience on a 1-10 scale.)
Light-headedness.
Eyelids flutter, eyes roll back when trying to focus on things.
Dizziness.
Very loud ringing in ears.
Sinusitis.
Dry cough.
Shortness of breath.
Itchy skin, tickle in throat.
Runny nose.
Nausea.
Difficulty concentrating. (For example, when I try to count my daily stretches, I lose track easily and even switch to a different stretch without meaning to. This is very unlike me.)

By the time the PA came into the exam room an hour after I was led in by the nurse, I had already figured out the cause: Ceftin, because it was the only thing that made sense, not because I know so much about it. He agreed with my self-diagnosis immediately, and then went on to explain in general the kinds of problems antibiotics can cause. I then told him that I got the prescription from an allergy specialist.

At this point, the PA looked like he went into shock. "Why did he give you Ceftin??" he demanded of me. I just shrugged. Because at that time I didn't even know Ceftin was on my allergies list.
 

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I just found out that the allergy doctor gave me an antibiotic that I am allergic to.

This is pretty par for the course with physicians around here.

I am SO PISSED OFF right now. The antibiotic, known familiarly as Ceftin, is a Cephalosporin drug - Cephalosporium caused The Highest Fucking Allergy Score On My Test Results.

Here it is in the list Second generation cephalosporins | Drugs.com

Here is exactly the same chemical from page two of my allergy report:
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Everything that has a number I had a reaction to. The number signifies the diameter of the wheal in millimeters. This wheal was 13 mm in diameter, the highest score out of the 39 I tested positive for.

What kind of allergy tests are these? The only kind I know of with any credibility in the Uk are individual prick test allergies where they place a certain amount of allergen onto your skin in a liquid form and wait to see if your skin responds. The blood work allergy tests here are apparently woo.
 

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What kind of allergy tests are these? The only kind I know of with any credibility in the Uk are individual prick test allergies where they place a certain amount of allergen onto your skin in a liquid form and wait to see if your skin responds. The blood work allergy tests here are apparently woo.

The column with lines drawn through the boxes are from the pin prick allergy test. I had no wheals where there is a straight line through the box. But I'm sure I had erethymae, which is just a red skin reaction.

The column with all the numbers is from a subcutaneous needle test, in other words, a deeper skin test using a needle instead of a pin.
 

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Have you tried an air purifier?

Have you tried quercetin?

Quercetin’s effect on allergies is unmatched by other natural substances. It inhibits phospholipase A (responsible for
converting phospholipids into arachidonic acid), lipoxygenase (responsible for converting arachidonic acid into leukotrienes)(4), platelet aggregation, and mast cell and basophil degranulation (6,7).

Quercetin has been shown to bind to calcium/calmodulin complexes, preventing the influx of calcium into mast cells and
basophils (6,11). This inhibition prevents the mast cells from destabilizing and degranulating, keeping histamine and other
preformed mediators from being released (13)

ALLERGIES: THE NATURAL APPROACH
 

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Have you tried an air purifier?

Have you tried quercetin?



ALLERGIES: THE NATURAL APPROACH

I need an air purifier. Also, I am very skeptical about unknown mystery substances such as quercetin, especially where "Quercetin has not been confirmed scientifically as a specific therapeutic for any condition nor approved by any regulatory agency. The European Food Safety Authority evaluated possible health claims associated with consumption of quercetin, finding that no cause-and-effect relationship has been established for any physiological effect."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercetin
 

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The column with lines drawn through the boxes are from the pin prick allergy test. I had no wheals where there is a straight line through the box. But I'm sure I had erethymae, which is just a red skin reaction.

The column with all the numbers is from a subcutaneous needle test, in other words, a deeper skin test using a needle instead of a pin.


I'm a little confused here... did they put the allergens inside you subcutaneously? To gage reaction? Edit: I just read a little and see this is the way it would have happened. I'm curious though... how would they know what to test you for? What was stye first point of call. I'm interested to know because I would like to have some similar tests due to reactions that could be down to allergens (recurring sinusitis etc).
 

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I'm a little confused here... did they put the allergens inside you subcutaneously? To gage reaction? Edit: I just read a little and see this is the way it would have happened. I'm curious though... how would they know what to test you for? What was stye first point of call. I'm interested to know because I would like to have some similar tests due to reactions that could be down to allergens (recurring sinusitis etc).

They tested for environmental allergens (versus food allergens). There were 50 specific allergens tested for. The second, deep skin test (edit - this is called a puncture test) was for those allergens which came up negative on the pin prick test.

However, none of them on the first test really came up negative that I can remember, if one considers the erythema that results even when there is no wheal. The erythema also counts as an allergic reaction because it is created by histamine.
 

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Pictures of the pin prick test online show patients lying on their fronts with the pin panels on their backs. But that wasn't the technique used on me, the panels were placed on my arms. The puncture test was on my upper arms below the shoulders. So I could actually see the results of the tests. If they had placed them on my back I would have hit the ceiling because that's what happens if anybody touches my back.
 

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I'm a little confused here... did they put the allergens inside you subcutaneously? To gage reaction? Edit: I just read a little and see this is the way it would have happened. I'm curious though... how would they know what to test you for? What was stye first point of call. I'm interested to know because I would like to have some similar tests due to reactions that could be down to allergens (recurring sinusitis etc).

That could be caused by allergies. But be aware that the clinic charged my insurance $1400 for this simple test.
 

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This time of the year and spring is the worse for the blockage, to the point of disruption of sleep which affects everything. Daily cleaning of sleeping room/any environment indoors where time is spent is required. Some cetirizine dichlorhydrate and Budesonide.
 

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This time of the year and spring is the worse for the blockage, to the point of disruption of sleep which affects everything. Daily cleaning of sleeping room/any environment indoors where time is spent is required. Some cetirizine dichlorhydrate and Budesonide.

Your last incomplete sentence is confusing. Are you recommending pills and inhalers? I have those. The inhaler doesn't work well.
 

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Your last incomplete sentence is confusing. Are you recommending pills and inhalers? I have those. The inhaler doesn't work well.

The inhaler is supposed to be a decongestant , the pills anti allergy, but if under constant exposure to allergens, it's pretty futile. I'm considering the shots, supposedly one a month for 3-4 years, given severity.
 

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The inhaler is supposed to be a decongestant , the pills anti allergy, but if under constant exposure to allergens, it's pretty futile. I'm considering the shots, supposedly one a month for 3-4 years, given severity.

I'm having one shot a week for 2 years.

I think the inhaler may work if taken once or twice a day, just to keep the symptoms from flaring up. It's easier to keep ahead of a symptom than to knock it down after it happens. I'll take your advice and start an inhaler regimen.
 
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