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i have an over reactive immune system so about every 2 years or so after i have been sick and am on the recovery i break out in hives my immune system produces too much histamine and most if the time that sucks
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A food allergy results when an individual s immune system overreacts to an ordinarily harmless food Symptoms might include hives swelling vomiting difficulty breathing throat constriction
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up an arsenal of medicines with him including steroid nasal spray a steroid inhaler Claritin eye drops and of course his EpiPen along with three extras just in case I prepared all of Morgan s foods for him to take to camp The camp cook kept the foods either in the freezer or in the refrigerator and then heated them in a microwave prior to a
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Hey Flickr Some intense stuff has happened within the past week It all started Thursday June 18th I had a mild sore throat at work and really thought nothing of it except that I was mad that I might be getting a cold or something Later that night I hang out with friends and have like two beers and vomit quite a bit Come on I can take more than that many beers before getting sick My friends are all jerks by the way Okay so then I go home and the next morning I have this insane headache and I can t get out of bed without seeing gray and being on the verge of fainting I figure I just have an intense flu because I ve had it before and that is what it was like for me I searched quot headrush quot and some other things like quot sore throat quot on google and I scared myself thinking I had meningitis for a while I end up sleeping all day The next morning I have to get up for work and it is really hard to get out of bed and my throat hurts so bad I can t even swallow saliva and lymph nodes in my neck are swollen I call into work and that morning I go to the doctor and he just does that lame check up where they put that wooden stick on your tongue and look into your ear and listen to your lungs He and I assumed I had strep throat so of course he prescribes antibiotics When I started taking them the sore throat never went away but now I had ugly canker sores on the inside of my cheeks and it spread to my gums and it was all over my tongue I looked around on the internet and I guess I had quot thrush quot which is a fungus that people have in their mouths that just goes insane when they are taking antibiotics or they are diabetic or have a suppressed immune system I can t eat because it hurts all over my mouth and my gums bleed periodically I also thought maybe I have gingivitis or peridontis but the dentists office told me I can t schedule an appointment until I am not sick anymore I am kind of mad that the doctor s office didn t do a test for strep I guess I do have mono which is even
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respiratory cardiovascular and gastrointestinal systems The consequences may range from mild e g itching hives to life threatening airway obstruction and shock Fig 5 7 Sequence of events leading to type I hypersensitivity APC antigen presenting cell GM CSF granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor TCR T cell receptor TH2
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allergies near as much as being allergic to dogs He would love to be able to take a dog on a walk or to just pet one Maybe someday that will become a reality Click here to sign up for our FREE monthly newsletter featuring a monthly column by Morgan our resident expert and food allergic child
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was I going to feed this child I also jumped into the future and wondered how he would ever go to school I wasn t even wondering about preschool I was wondering about college PET ALLERGIES We would give Morgan a dose of Benadryl® before he went to anyone s house that had a dog once we found out he had an allergy to dogs Thankfully we
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rushing him to the emergency room He had what is referred to as a contact reaction Just touching peanut butter was enough to elicit an allergic reaction It scared us to death FIRST CONTACT WITH EGGS When Morgan got his 15 month old shots including the MMR measles mumps and rubella the doctor asked if he had ever eaten eggs since the
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a great success in that he had no reactions at all He had no pets nuts or seeds in his classroom A nut free table was provided in the lunchroom for him which worked great His medicine was switched during the spring of kindergarten to include Singulair instead of keeping him on the Pulmicort inhaler That worked very well He builds up
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Skin reactions such as hives urticaria and swelling angioedema Although the symptoms of aspirin sensitivity may mimic those of an allergic reaction the condition is not considered a true allergy because the immune system is not involved
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At this point we still thought it was chicken pox It got MUCH MUCH worse before it got better SCARY WORSE It was a hives like immune system reaction back view
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When these people breathe in the allergen the immune system goes into high gear as if fighting off a harmful parasite The system produces a molecule called
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What are allergies To understand why allergies occur it helps to understand a little bit about how the immune system works The immune system defends your body from
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IgE mediator for common allergic responses hay fever asthma hives Source http www cancer gov
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A couple weeks ago I got stung by a bee and had severe systematic swelling and hives I did not have any swelling in my throat or tongue but I did spend a few quality hours in the emergency room in the scenic coastal town of Tillamook OR Yeah where they make the cheese The IV injection of prednesone and antihistamines along with an oral course of prednesone took the swelling away and got me back on my feet It did not however address any underlying issues with my immune system so I made an appointment with a naturopath This is the lunch I took that day We talked and she is having me get a blood panel done and keep a food diary and all of that good stuff She also recommended I start a regular regime of cod liver oil already doing it and <a href= http www immunesupport com message quer htm rel= nofollow >quercitin with bromelain<a rel= nofollow > an herbal supplement that is supposed to normalize histamine production I ll see her again later this month for more follow up I m an outdoorsy kinda girl and having to be careful and or scared about going outside is not my idea of fun I hate having mixed feelings about the bees visiting my garden or about walking across a field to harvest blackberries or about going off on a hike by myself with my dog Hopefully we can get my immune system normalized and have some hope that the next time I get stung will not be a life threatening event < a>< a>
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I spent yesterday fighting a fever and the aches pains nausea and hives that went with it I may or may not have acquired the flu on my travels back home flu like symptoms are also my broken immune system s way of telling my body it s overwhelmed I m hoping I can rest this away
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quot More than 25 of America s 2 4 million bee colonies were lost to quot colony collapse disorder quot and beekeepers around the world were reporting similar collapses When the scientists investigated they found the bees bodies filled with fungi and parasitic mites and up to 40 pesticides in the hives including neo nicotinoids designed to break down an insect s immune system and cause memory loss and nervous system disorder partially banned by France because of its very impact on the bees quot Guy Dauncey in Victoria Econews <a href= http www earthfuture com econews >www earthfuture com econews < a>
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Certain people can develop recurrent hives from sunlight cold pressure vibration or exercise These are called the physical urticarias If hives develop from scratching or firmly rubbing the skin it is called dermatographism It is the most common of the physical urticarias and it affects about 5 percent of the population It doesn t always itch This condition sometimes also occurs along with other forms of hives Some people react to anything that makes them hot or sweaty with hives This can be sunlight exercise hot baths blushing or anger These are tiny intensely itchy hives with a big red blotch around them and are called cholinergic urticaria In many cases a single attack of hives is due to an infection or virus and these go away within a few days to a few weeks Some people get repeated attacks that occur as an allergic reaction to a variety of things foods most commonly nuts chocolate fish tomatoes eggs fresh berries and milk insect stings and medications In this case they usually break out within a few hours of the exposure Usually the patients figure out the cause by themselves and they never bother coming to a doctor Pressure urticaria shows up as a deep welt in an area of prolonged pressure Occasional people react to the cold Even more rare is a reaction to sunlight Occasionally a person will continue to have hives for many years These hives called chronic urticaria can be one of the most frustrating problems dermatologists see in their patients This is defined as hives lasting longer than 6 weeks Patients like this come in miserable and worried with this problem often having seen multiple specialists Neither the patient nor the doctor can determine the cause of the hives Patients will often say It has got to be something causing these hives The truth is hard to accept for some patients In the overwhelming majority of cases it is not something causing the chronic hives it is nothing That is in about 95 of chronic hives cases the hives are idiopathic
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Why I have gotten seriously cripplingly sick exactly once in the past six years I have a champeeeeeen immune system It s like Luca Brasi but with macrophages instead of fists and it never goes to sleep with the fishes However sometimes it s a total bitch Yes those are hives And my wrist is indeed swollen up to about double its usual size thanks to a combo of carpal tunnel fluid retention and my immune system being really really bored after I got over my badass upper resp infection
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