#allergies

[introvertedlass]

It is that time of year.

#allergies #spring #how are things so pretty making me miserable

[prokopetz]

I sometimes wonder whether there's any correlation between the historical decline in alleged assassinations where the victim is claimed to have been poisoned via some extremely unlikely vector and improved understanding of what an allergy is.

#history #medicine #allergies #death mention

[incognitopolls]

If you're allergic to more than one of these, answer with whatever you have the most frequent or worst reactions to.

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#polls #incognito polls #anonymous #tumblr polls #questions #tumblr users #allergies #health #polls about health

[nepenthean-sleep]

you know what. i've always been hesitant to describe my anaphylactic food allergies as a disability because "it's just allergies" but if you look at the numerous ways this has affected my life as an adult (because everybody only talks about kids having anaphylactic allergies):

no restaurants or fast food

no store-bought food from small companies (less accountability/resources to prevent cross-contamination)

no candy or desserts (unless they are 100% homemade, which takes a lot of time and energy if you have other disabilities like i do)

no hand-washing dishes (every place i live in has to have a well-functioning dishwasher)

no kissing people on the mouth/lower half of the face

other people cannot kiss me/put their mouth on me

no allergens in the house (really difficult to enforce with non- immediate family members!!)

always having to cook my own meals/bake my own treats/desserts

no sharing drinks/food with other people

no food cooked in other people's houses/kitchens

always having to bring my own "lunchbox" to family events, work or school, all-day events, or any other situation in which i could THEORETICALLY need to eat or drink something other than bottled water

calling food manufacturers to verify label information on new/changed foods

and none of this is counting the avoidance behaviors i developed with obsessive-compulsive disorder around age 13 in response to the panic attacks i'd have remembering about the anaphylactic shock i experienced at age 10.

i was taught to read labels at age 5. i was taught how to use my own epi-pen at age 6. my parents and i have always been careful and responsible about my allergies. it's not "i just don't like this food", it's "if i eat this my throat will swell up and block my trachea AND i'll go into shock from low blood pressure." as inconvenient as it might be for YOU, you can learn these things too and save a life. happy disability pride month; stop being a dickhead

i don't usually talk about my allergies because it gives me a LOT of anxiety but i felt this was important to share, because most people have no idea what being an adult with allergies is like. life went from "everyone at the birthday party gets a cupcake but me and i'm sad" to to "if i want to kiss someone i like, i have to make sure she hasn't eaten anything i'm allergic to in the past few days" (which is like. hugely awkward to ask of someone holy shit) or "i have to turn down the meal from my friend's mom even though she has the best of intentions and now she thinks i'm an asshole"

#allergies #food allergies #disability #disability pride month #neph.txt #cw anaphylaxis #cw allergies

[superdogbiter]

If you do have an alllergies please say in the tags what it is.Lets all suffer together

#polls #tumblr polls #allergies #food allergy

[thebibliosphere]

Eyeing the ingredients on a pack of Percy Pigs and wondering if it’d be worth risking it...

Like most of the ingredients are low histamine (except the massive amounts of citric acid), I might be fine with it... Maybe...

(for context: these are my favorite candies. I ate them all the time back home before developing full-blown MCAS. I miss them.)

Maybe I’ll wait until I get me new epi pens. Just in case.

#chronic health tag #mcas #food mention #allergies

[metalheadsforblacklivesmatter]

So I would like to make a post about food allergies given the information I've been taught by my allergist regarding my food allergies.

The difference between food allergy, sensitivity, and intolerance.

Allergy. This is the classic anaphylaxis.

Sensitivity. This is caused by allergies, but the risk here isn't anaphylaxis. It's inflammation in gut that can cause fatigue, nausea, diarrhea, constipation, generalized ick feeling.

Intolerance. Your body is literally unable to process the food. It lacks the ability to, which means the food causes inflammation in the gut, causing similar symptoms as sensitivity.

Sensitivities will show up on an allergy test. Intolerance has to take a different test specific for that type of intolerance.

I mention this because I see a lot of fake claiming food allergies that's like "Yeah but I cross contaminated the food with eggs and that didn't kill her. She must be lying." Yeah food sensitivities can be pretty mild. Where if you give them an egg salad, they're gonna be having a bad day. But if you rub egg on their burger, they may not even notice.

Also like there's a lot of medical conditions that can affect a person's diet. They may have stomach issues that means they can't eat a lot of acidic foods, and if saying "Hey, I'm allergic to pineapple" gets you to not put pineapple juice in their drink because it'll cause a flare-up. I'm all for people doing whatever they need to make sure their health is taken seriously. Even if it's outright lying because food allergies is the only fucking thing people seem to take seriously in this world.

Anyways take people's "I can't eat this food" seriously. And don't fake claim them if they go "I can't eat this food but I'm not at risk if there's cross contamination"

-fae

#allergies #food sensitivities #food intolerance #food allergies

[transgendz]

Ik I've made a post about it before but hospitals don't always have the ability to cater to life or death food allergies and are often not up front about this when admitting patients.

Yesterday I had to take my roomate to the hospital. He is allergic to soy, dairy, most tree nuts, several fruits, and he has severe celiacs, so no gluten whatsoever.

Little backstory, we are both disabled, and I am his advocate in situations like these, generally I am his caregiver, though I'd say it goes both ways.

So he is being pushed to accept hospitalization, and I am agreeing until I ask about food. The nurse says "it's a hospital, why wouldn't we be able to accomidate"

I am more direct, and say "many hospitals can't, I don't mind walking to the cafeteria to confirm." She seems to get frustrated but says she will call them and leaves after belittling me for having her check.

When she returns I'm told "they cannot guarantee any of the foods we have will be allergen free, but nothing in life is 100%"

My roomate came to the hospital because he was bleeding from ulcers caused by accidentally getting a single speck of grain alcohol based hand sanitizer on his tounge.

Td;lr hospitals don't always provide for allergens, and when I brought this up in a hospital with a nurse, I was basically told the patient should just eat allergens

#disability #allergens #allergies #celiacs #celiac #food allergies #food allergy

[retrogamingblog2]

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#pokemon #nintendo #gaming #art #crafts #video games #anime #medication #medicine #doctor #depression #insomnia #allergies #gifts #merch #artists #cute #funny #lol #humor #meme #90s #gameboy #gba #ds #3ds #switch #nintendo switch #retro #retrogaming

[prokopetz]

I sometimes wonder what the overlap is between people who describe ketchup as "spicy" and people with undiagnosed tomato allergies.

#food #allergies #ketchup

[incognitopolls]

We ask your questions so you don’t have to! Submit your questions to have them posted anonymously as polls.

#polls #incognito polls #anonymous #tumblr polls #questions #tumblr users #allergies #food allergies #health #polls about health

[onlytiktoks]

#tiktok #dog #allergy detection animal #nut allergy #food allergy #allergies #tw medical mention #tw food mention #service animal #service dog

[one-time-i-dreamt]

There was a popup ad informing me in bright letters saying:

“You Have a Latex Allergy.”

I in fact do not.

This had no relevance on the rest of the dream.

#dream #allergy #allergies

[foldingfittedsheets]

It’s insane to me that I tested positive for one tree and like two weeds that I’m allergic to but every time I step outside right now I have an instant pressure headache and feel like shit.

My beloved is even worse, they had like three or four each of trees and grass pollens they’re positive for. It’s awful. Pollen is off the fucking charts, my car in entombed in the slutty tree dust every day and there’s no end in sight.

#ramblies #allergies #our allergy treatment is starting in may and I’m ready to stop feeling like shit in three years

[whumpster-dumpster]

Soulmate AU where soulmates share a sense of taste. Character A knowing Character B hasn't been eating because they haven't tasted anything in a while. Their tongue itching when they eat something A is allergic to. Knowing they're overworking when it's cold coffee for hours on end. Knowing they're sick when they taste bitter bile. Knowing they're in trouble when all they can taste is blood.

#whump #whump prompt #writing prompt #soulmate au #starvation #allergies #overworking #sickness #blood #blood loss

[mindblowingscience]

A drug can make life safer for children with food allergies by preventing dangerous allergic responses to small quantities of allergy-triggering foods, according to a new study led by scientists at the Stanford School of Medicine. The research was published Feb. 25 in the New England Journal of Medicine. The findings suggest that regular use of the drug, omalizumab, could protect people from severe allergic responses, such as difficulty breathing, if they accidentally eat a small amount of a food they are allergic to.

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#Science #Health #Immunology #Allergies #Medicine #Children