allergy

  1. Mij

    Something in the Man's Bed Was Making Him Sick

    This story resonates with me. Years ago I finally threw out all my feather bedding to discover that I could breathe easier, and my eyes were no longer itchy/red. Feather duvet lung is a small subset of lung diseases called bird fancier’s lung, which is triggered by frequent exposure to bird...
  2. Marky

    What is this?

    Helluu :emoji_alien: Ive been getting these on and off for a year. The darker red area has been there permanently a bit longer. If i drag my finger across them they pale (blood related?), and I often wake up with it. I get it sleeping away from home too, so it dont seem related to bed bugs or...
  3. Y

    What's behind ME allergies and sensitivities to foods, odors and chemicals?

    Hi. Not sure whether to post this under Immunological or Hypersensitivity and Intolerances. I saw an Allergist recently and mentioned that with ME/CFS it may be common to have allergies and sensitivities to foods, odors, and chemicals. (It's on the CDC site. :thumbup:) He asked me why that...
  4. M

    Food allergies are associated with increased disease activity in multiple sclerosis

    Food allergies are associated with increased disease activity in multiple sclerosis https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/early/2018/12/14/jnnp-2018-319301 Abstract Objective The association between allergy and multiple sclerosis (MS) is still unclear. In our study, we assessed the association between...
  5. F

    Is there a link between allergies and ME/CFS?

    Having read this article on Allergies, The scourge of modern living I found it fitted in with my line of thinking about ME/CFS. I hope I don’t lose the excellent value of the article by summarising it as follows; Food allergies are on the increase in the modern world. Why might something as...
  6. MeSci

    Food Programme on food allergies

    On BBC Radio 4 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0000xn7 May Contain Nuts The Food Programme Following the recent high-profile cases involving food allergy deaths, Bee Wilson investigates whether labelling needs to go further to protect allergy sufferers. Bee asks if the growing number of...
  7. A

    Weird allergic reaction to sawdust put on Prednisolone - any experience of side effects?

    Just upfront, I’m not looking for medical advice, just any experience of side effects to look out for taking Prednisolone Had a strange allergic reaction on Saturday...stupidly was just showing my son the electric sander not realising that it was still full of sawdust...well poof and a got a...
  8. Kalliope

    New Scientist: Probiotics are mostly useless and can actually hurt you

    Probiotics are mostly useless and can actually hurt you The take-home message is that probiotics don’t always live up to their harmless reputation, and to be effective, their formula needs to be tailored to the individual.
  9. Jenny TipsforME

    Poll and discussion: Ear Problems

    I’m posting this poll out of curiosity but I’m also hoping for some new tips for myself in the thread. Do you have ear problems? I’ve had ear problems since before I can remember. I had really bad glue ear when I was young. It was bad enough that I stopped speaking because I couldn’t hear and...
  10. erin

    Elidel (pimecrolimus) cream for dermatitis

    I was prescribed this medication in May and it was very effective for my eczema. I had it for more than 10 years and it was away in two weeks with the use of this cream. However, I was told not to use long term as it can cause cancer. I had two flares and used only for a day or two and that...
  11. Dolphin

    Polyallergy (multiple chemical sensitivity) is associated with excessive healthcare utilization, greater psychotropic use, and greater mental health/f

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0033318218304183
  12. J

    Alpha-gal syndrome: Meat allergy linked to tick bites

    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/24/magazine/what-the-mystery-of-the-tick-borne-meat-allergy-could-reveal.html?action=click&module=Top Stories&pgtype=Homepage Not me/cfs but interesting
  13. Andy

    Mirror: ME sufferer spent seven years in bed but she's now conquered the highest mountain in Britain for charity

    Saw this shared by the ME Association on Facebook... https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/real-life-stories/sufferer-spent-seven-years-bed-12952123
  14. dangermouse

    Is this allergy or something else?

    For as long as I have lived at my home, around fourteen years or so, I have suffered terribly in the summer months with hayfever. This goes beyond sneezes and itchy eyes. But, I also have other reactions in summer months. I can be OK near trees if they’re away from a road. If there’s a road at...
  15. Andy

    Trapping IgE in a closed conformation by mimicking CD23 binding prevents and disrupts FcεRI interaction, 2018, Laursen, Spillner et al

    Open access at https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-02312-7 Article on study: New research can put an end to allergic reactions http://ingenioer.au.dk/en/current/news/view/artikel/new-research-can-put-an-end-to-allergic-reactions/
  16. Marco

    "Exquisite sensitivity to medication"

    I'm not quite sure where that exact wording comes from; perhaps a quote from Ostler's Web : The Canadian criteria also include : I'm not sure how common this is but it does apply to me. Two anecdotes. When I was working I was having major problems with heat intolerance/overheating and my...
  17. Andy

    Anti-IgE treatment with oral immunotherapy in multifood allergic participants: a double-blind, randomised, controlled trial, 2017, Chinthrajah et al

    Paywalled at http://www.thelancet.com/journals/langas/article/PIIS2468-1253(17)30392-8/fulltext?elsca1=tlpr
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