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I'm allergic to penicillin and all sulfa based drugs. I have to be very careful about which anti-biotics I am prescribed.

Also allergic to wool.

When I handle butternut squash, I get the same reaction!!! Though, not quite as severe as you. But my skin is always really tight feeling and super itchy after I handle butternut squash. Same for lobster. I'm fine to eat both, its just my hands that get itchy and red (after handling lobster) and the skin get tight feeling.

I'm allergic to cedar. It makes me itchy to be around cedar dust, chips, anything. My brother had to change his hamsters bedding cause of it.

I'm allergic to nickel. I don't have much jewelry because of it. Also when I eat crab legs the juice makes my hands itch, but nothing else happens. I'm not sure if it's a real allergy.

@yoursilverlining: Are you allergic to amoxicillin? I am deathly allergic to penicillin, but not amoxicillin, which I guess is not usually the case? Whenever I see a doctor who isn't my regular doctor and they have to prescribe antibiotics, I tell them to just give me amoxicillin, and sometimes they argue with me and try to tell me I must be allergic. It's annoying!

And I get the itchy hands from touching lobster too! Never met anyone else who understood what I meant.

@FutureMrsMcK: I have the same issue with butternut squash. I just wear food prep gloves.

I can't eat gluten although that isn't an allergy.

I'm allergic to tree pollen

@IRunForFun: Hmmm, I'm not sure if I am allergic to that one or not; I can't remember if I've ever had it or not. Azithromycin ("z-pack") doesn't work for me, I do know that. One antibiotic I go with is Levofloxacin; that one works really well for me.

Interesting about the lobster on hands, I wonder what causes that!!

I have sensitive skin and get mild skin reactions to all kinds of things. Wool makes me itch, I'm allergic to harsh bleach, dust (only if it touches my skin), grass, almond oil. If I eat too many eggs, I break out in hives. If I wear perfume constantly, my skin gets red and raw feeling. When I was young, I was sensitive to fish. Even now, if something is too "fishy" my lips swell up a little (for example crayfish and I love seafood).

@yoursilverlining: Z-pack doesn't work for me either, and that's what the PA who insisted I was allergic to amoxicillin gave me!

Haha lobster hands. I am going to google that.

I'm only allergic to penicillin. No food allergies.

nothing! eating kiwi fruit makes my tongue numb for a few minutes, and DH says that means I'm allergic, but I don't believe him

I'm allergic to the varicella vaccine and liquid amoxicillin (but am fine with the pill form). I also have seasonal allergies, am allergic to dogs (but my non-shedding dogs don't bother me), hay, and if I eat too much dairy I get sick but not a full blown allergy.

I have that same reaction to pumpkin/squash! My mom also gets it too and we always just assumed it was what the flesh did to your hands when handling it...our hands turn to orange leather-like in appearance and the skin gets really tight.

I'm allergic to in invisible dry deodorant. I have no idea what the specific ingredient is, but my armpits feel like they are sunburned when I use it. Weird!

Sulfa - took me several years to find out. It was terrible!

Penicillin. I am curious if I'm *still* allergic to it... I broke out in hives when I took it as a child.

I'm also allergic to evergreens. Coming in contact with any kind of live Christmas tree or wreath will make my skin break out in hives.

I'm allergic to penicillin and amoxicillin. Like someone else mentioned, I get hives and my throat swells.

I'm also allergic to cats, dogs, dust and dites mites.

And housework. I'm completely and utterly allergic to doing the dishes, laundry and vacuuming.

well, trees and I do not get along- major spring and summer allergies to birch and maple. Which leads to my allergy to tree nuts, which seems to have manifested into other allergies, which are yet to be officially determined in a couple of weeks when I go for allergy testing again. But right now, not eating any gluten, which has cut down on my daily, yes daily, reactions (tingly tongue, tingly lips, itchy throat, hives, runny eyes, sore stomach, nauseous, GI issues), but have also reacted to mango, raw tomatoes, and other things.