https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 08 May 2026 02:28:18 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-aahh-haaa-moment-for-the-day-regarding-my-allergies#post-474816 Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:49:14 +0000 mrs. wagon 474816@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sugar.Biscuit: ah ha!! Welcome to Oral Allergy Syndrome hell :( every year I find I'm allergic to a new fruit or vegetable that I used to enjoy on a regular basis. I think it's just becoming more and more severe as time goes on. Most recent was bell peppers :( I'm glad you have a diagnosis though... it's a relief to know what it is and what to avoid! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-aahh-haaa-moment-for-the-day-regarding-my-allergies#post-472918 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:48:04 +0000 LindsayInNY 472918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sister has a latex allergy and avoids avocado and banana too. I have a TON of outdoor type allergies which show up (cross-whatever) in a lot of foods too. It's so frustrating! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-aahh-haaa-moment-for-the-day-regarding-my-allergies#post-472520 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:10:29 +0000 sorrycharlie 472520@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>this is so interesting! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-aahh-haaa-moment-for-the-day-regarding-my-allergies#post-472503 Mon, 31 Dec 2012 14:07:35 +0000 Sugar.Biscuit 472503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Update: finally got to the allergy specialist &amp; found out that I am not allergic to wheat. In fact @mrs. wagon: was right about the food allergies being linked to fruits &amp; vegetables. I have several severe pollen allergies &amp; they cross pollinate with the fruits &amp; veg. Which is why I was still having problems. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-aahh-haaa-moment-for-the-day-regarding-my-allergies#post-432024 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:37:52 +0000 Sugar.Biscuit 432024@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: I'm totally down with getting shots. Right now I can't because we are TTC. I even have to decrease my allergy pills cause it has caused me to have a decrease in CM (almost none) which maybe why we are on cycle 10! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-aahh-haaa-moment-for-the-day-regarding-my-allergies#post-431998 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:21:02 +0000 mrs. wagon 431998@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sugar.Biscuit: oh and my friend has horrible allergies to lots of stuff, including chocolate (!!) But she started getting allergy shots a few years back and is totally fine now! </p> <p>Also wagon sr. And I are both kinda allergic to our fur babies as well but oh well :) we suffer in the name of love!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-aahh-haaa-moment-for-the-day-regarding-my-allergies#post-431993 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:19:39 +0000 prettylizy 431993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had no idea about this, I should get DH to look into it since he is allergic to everything that grows </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-aahh-haaa-moment-for-the-day-regarding-my-allergies#post-431991 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:18:53 +0000 mrs. wagon 431991@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Sugar.Biscuit: oh my goodness. Well hopefully the trip to the allergist will help! I've been told that if I take Claritin I can eat all the foods I'm allergic to but I prefer to just avoid them. And if you're allergic to all those pollens then its likely you're eating a whole bunch of foods that cross react with them, causing the itchiness! Look up oral allergy syndrome on Wikipedia.. it may help! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-aahh-haaa-moment-for-the-day-regarding-my-allergies#post-431985 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 19:15:32 +0000 Sugar.Biscuit 431985@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrs. wagon: oral allergy syndrome...you have me intrigued. This year my allergy list was two pages long! Shrimp, wheat, bremuda grass, retop bentgrass, a alternata, cat &amp; dog dander, cockroaches (yeah cockroaches), two type of dust mites, elm tree, rag weed, and rough marshelder. I don't know what half that stuff is but obviously a lot of it is pollen. I wonder if that might have to do with why my mouth keeps flaring up &amp; my throat itches all the time! I'm seeing a specialist on the 11th &amp; was directed to stop taking all allergy meds in the mean time. These last few days have sucked! It would help if I would get rid of my cat &amp; dogs but they are my fur babies! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-aahh-haaa-moment-for-the-day-regarding-my-allergies#post-431918 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 18:13:12 +0000 mrs. wagon 431918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My food allergies are similar... I'm allergic to any fruit or veggie that cross-reacts with birch pollen. And my seasonal allergies are to birch as well. So some years when birch hasn't been big I'm fine. Oral allergy syndrome </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-aahh-haaa-moment-for-the-day-regarding-my-allergies#post-431841 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:25:20 +0000 Mrs. Oatmeal 431841@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd heard that, about people with shellfish allergies also reacting to anything with iodine in it. Its funny how these things can cross-react, isn't it? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/my-aahh-haaa-moment-for-the-day-regarding-my-allergies#post-431838 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 17:23:39 +0000 Sugar.Biscuit 431838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Last night my order for shampoo &amp; conditioner came. I was SO looking forward to using my favorite product AND then I read the label. It contains wheat (encase you haven't heard I'm allergic to wheat).</p> <p>I am a distributor for the products that I had purchased so I got online and did some research. The company has this listed as gluten free even though it contains wheat. Needless to say I emailed them about this matter. </p> <p>This got me into doing even more research and I came across this:<br /> "IgE antibodies can also “cross react “with other allergens. For example, someone with a latex allergy may also react after eating a banana, kiwi fruit or avocado. According to allergy specialist Professor Rohan Ameratunga, up to 50 per cent of people who react to one tree nut (including almonds, brazil nuts, Cashews, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios and walnuts) will react to other tree nuts."</p> <p>You can read the full article here: <a href="http://www.celiac.com/articles/21847/1/Quite-Simple-Food-Allergies-vs-Food-Intolerance/Page1.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.celiac.com/articles/21847/1/Quite-Simple-Food-Allergies-vs-Food-Intolerance/Page1.html</a> </p> <p>I have a latex allergy as well &amp; have been finding that banana, kiwi fruit or avocados have any effect on me as well. Honestly I thought I was just crazy but THIS TOTALLY MAKES SENSE! No one had EVER explained this to me before. This was my aahh-haaa moment for the day. </p>