Food Allergy Poll

Kung Fu BBQ said:

Does Lactose Intolerance count?

Oh and shrimp.

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So you totally miss out on the shrimp flavored ice cream?

I was lactose intolerant until around 17. I hated it. If the school ran out of non-dairy creamer for my breakfast cereal I ended up with OJ and rice crispies. Yuck.

I did that for a while, but it went away one day. Count it one of God's blessings as up to that point it was so painful after eating anything with Milk products I would be in a pain that even a woman in PMS would have trouble identifying with.

smoke-n-my-i's said:

Thanks for the input.

I thought I was the only crazy one.... allergic to pork... can you imagine that one? Just about all prepared food has pork in it.... OUCH ! ! !

It has taken me years to learn to ask and look before eating. And if in doubt, leave it alone.

In fact, I am so allergic/sensitive to it, that if just a utensil is used to turn a piece of pork, and then used to turn a non-pork product that I eat, WHAMMO........ I get a severe migraine in less than 30 minutes that will last sometimes for about a week..... no fun at all, and no medicine helps. Just suffer through it........

Imagine me, doing competitions, and cooking pork butts, and pork ribs. Just think about all the gloves I go through and how many times I was my hands, wrists, and arms. I use 2 cookers, 2 sets of utensils, 2 tables, well... 2 of everything..... I have to double pack.... Even the pork goes into it's own ice chests.

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As bad as nuts and shellfish are - that is the saddest thing I have ever heard in my entire life. WOW. The great thing is that you can get through it. You know how to deal with it and survive.

I'm definitely taking you off the bacon list then.:-D

I know you probably realize this already but generally migraines are caused by constrictions in the blood vessels in the brain. This usually affects different senses in the body, hence so many people have the tunnel, aversion to sound, bright lights, etc. Food related migraines are generally related to nitrates, but not 100% as is probably your case because then all of the other good foods would do it too. Like nuts, shell fish, coffee, chocolat, beer, whisky, whiskey, etc.

Year and years ago after a car accident I was in my Dr and I spent 6 or 7 months trying to figure out why I had constant migraines, sometimes to the point of being completely disabled for several hours. Including the harshest most depressing diet I've ever been on to eliminate the potential for the above type of reaction. Eventually we found the cause but more importantly in the mean time we found a strange little medicine that contained a really high dose(pot of coffee) of caffeine and a muscle relaxer. This would really knock me out but it got rid of them.

I'm not a Dr. or associated with one, but I unfortunately I have had my fair share of medical related troubles in or around my life.

Well you made it this long. That says something.

smoke-n-my-i's said:

Had to go to the doctor's the other day....

No more coffee, chocolate, tomatoes, spicy foods, fatty foods, etc.....in other words, nothing that is good.

I am on medicine for 30 days. Then go back to see if I am better. If not, they will schedule a visit to have the scope down the throat to see how bad it is. Hiatal hernia......and a sinus infection to boot.

Well, I have to have my coffee, I can cut back some on my eats, but I will not cut out my Q......

I will see how the meds do, and go from there. From what I read on Mayo Clinics website, I am not in the minor stage....more like the advanced stage... so I am trying to get my mind set on possible surgery if the meds don't do it. Will see.

This could be worse than allergic to pork....

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What escalated this? Reflux?
My migraine diet was - nothing with any kind of nitrates. That means no chocolate, coffee, soda, canned food, pizza, pork, beef, margarine(which I think is evil), nuts, prepared food, etc. I lost over 30# in one month that way. It was pure hell. Though my cardio got a lot better which improved other things that my Mrs didn't seem to mind.....

Scope down the throat isn't that bad. A lot of times they give you versed(sp?). it's the other end you'll dread...

Good luck. You'll pull through this like it was a walk in the park.

Stoke&Smoke said:

I'm fortunate enought not to have any severe food allergies, but I do have a couple I'd like to know if anyone else has experienced. I used to love eggs cooked over easy, but found in my late twenties that they began causing my throat to burn and constrict, so I now only eat them cooked "hard" so there's nothing runny. I wonder if it's hormones or additives now used in poultry feed?

The other thing is a skin allergy. Whenever I handle uncooked poultry (chicken, turkey, doesn't seem to matter) it I don't wear gloves, within a few minutes my hands and wrists will begin to itch like crazy, it's totally maddening! Easy enough to get around with the gloves, but just wondered if anyone else has the same experience
Dan

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I work with a guy that has this very thing. Both my boys that have food allergies have the egg allergy as well. Chicken they are ok, but my wife is a freak about chicken juice of any kind so she doesn't let them anywhere near it. Your reaction to the runny eggs is exactly that - reaction to the protein in the eggs.