Allergy induced asthma

[OWC Jamie]

My sister has it bad enough that she used to take meds and always carried an inhaler. She ran track in H.S. and played soccer in college, too.
What he;ped in college ( according to her) was medical marijuana ( it wasn't called that back then).
She did stop taking meds and rarely used her inhaler, so there must be something to it ( beyond faith).
The things you learn in college. :-)

She still takes meds in the Spring and Summer, but I don't ask which ones. :-)


She had to have all the series of shots on her arm to find her sensitivities - and they have changed over the years.

[haikuman]

I read about that stuff ~!~

[mattkime]

see a specialist.

[Buzz]

Baby Buzz is affected, but as other noted, keeping up w/ controller meds for both the asthma and allegies seems to be the best course of action. Getting the kid to take his meds timely is an issue for us, but you seem to be more proactive than he is. Another vote for the specialist to get you on a viable program that you can follow. Good luck.

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[CJsNvrUrly]

I'm reading this thread with great interest as I've been tentatively diagnosed with this.
I've been getting allergy shots for over two years. I was tested positive for cats, dogs, birds, horse, rabbit, mold, dust, etc. I happen to have four cats, three dogs, and one bird (and tons of dust and some mold, I'm sure). My only "complaint" before I was tested was that I felt as though I was exhaling water through my nose, but no itchy eyes, sneezing, nothing like that. Within three months of beginning treatment (allergy shots), I began working in a warehouse where tons of paper dust was present. Recently, it became painful to breath deeply, so I asked to see my doctor the next time I went for my allergy shot. I had blood drawn, a chest x-ray, a breathing test, and they scheduled an appointment for me with a pulmonary specialist. I was prescribed Singulair and an inhaler (asthma meds). I was already taking Zyrtec and nasal antihistamines for the allergies, neither of which I felt was doing much for me. (I recently stopped taking nasal steroids because of the side effects of long-term use.)
Anyway, I couldn't understand why I was feeling WORSE instead of better. So, I began drinking more water after reading "Your Body's Many Cries for Water," I quit getting the allergy shots (I was always laid up for three days after getting one. The coughing was the worst!), and stopped all the meds. I'm also pushing myself to walk more. It hasn't even been a week since I've stopped all meds, but...if they were truly helping me, wouldn't I feel pretty crappy right about now?
It still hurts a bit to take DEEP breaths, but I'm blaming that on the two years of paper dust.
My allergy test results were small, eraser-sized red marks, while a coworker described hers as mountainous, bumpy, Hulk arms.
What have your symptoms been like?
I can't help but think like I'll "get better" after I get out of my current work environment.

[Article Accelerator]

I had serious allergy-induced asthma for two consecutive summers when I was a child. I had developed an acute reaction to ragweed ( "hay fever" ). The asthma passed but the allergy remained for 25 years more then just went away.

[ka jowct]

Pam wrote:
Developed an "allergy" to sulfites 5-6 years ago (food and environmental). The main symptom is asthma. Which I never had before. Advair 2x a day keeps it at bay. I do carry an inhaler just in case. I think more things set it off now that I have it than just sulfites. But it is well under control.

Sulfites are bad news for people with asthma. If you like dried fruit, make sure you get the unsuplphured kind. The colors won't be as suspiciously bright, but the fruit won't send you to the ER.

My allergist was involved in getting the use of sulfites banned from salad bars in NYC. They kept everything looking very fresh, but killed a couple of people who didn't know the food had been treated with them.

I have allergic asthma; developed it within a year of moving to my current address, which is right near a Con Ed plant. Fortunately, it's a lot less severe than it used to be.

[Pam]

ka jowct wrote:
[quote=Pam]
Developed an "allergy" to sulfites 5-6 years ago (food and environmental). The main symptom is asthma. Which I never had before. Advair 2x a day keeps it at bay. I do carry an inhaler just in case. I think more things set it off now that I have it than just sulfites. But it is well under control.

Sulfites are bad news for people with asthma. If you like dried fruit, make sure you get the unsuplphured kind. The colors won't be as suspiciously bright, but the fruit won't send you to the ER.

My allergist was involved in getting the use of sulfites banned from salad bars in NYC. They kept everything looking very fresh, but killed a couple of people who didn't know the food had been treated with them.

I have allergic asthma; developed it within a year of moving to my current address, which is right near a Con Ed plant. Fortunately, it's a lot less severe than it used to be.
Asthma didn't come first. It was a reaction to my inability to process sulfites properly. The sulfur to sulfite to sulfate process is broken.

I wish all I had to worry about is dried fruit. Undeclared sulfites are in pretty much every processed food. Certain foods like onions, garlic, and greens are naturally high in sulfites. Corn is typically wet-milled in a sulfite bath before becoming one of tons of inert ingredients. It wasn't until I found the corn connection and eliminated those products from my foods that I got some relief. But I'm still forced to consume sulfites as corn is in every medication out there (and household and personal products).