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How many people here have weird allergies, or allergies in general?

I have one, kiwi fruit, which results in frequent New Zealand jokes.

Anyone else?

Im allergic to nickel

Im allergic to nickel

Odd, how much exposure does that take?

Im allergic to moxacilin(not sure of spelling) Its a type of medicine for the common cold, if my memory serves correctly.

Odd, how much exposure does that take?

30 minutes worth, trying to find a belt buckle that doesn't have any is horrible, itching , bleeding sores right above my crotch.

i'm allergic to kiwi also, and figs do the same thing kiwi does: make my mouth itch/burn.

I'm allergic to pollen, and I'm also allergic to mold when it's high although I'm nowhere near as sensitive to mold as I am pollen.

Ah, the kiwi fruit makes my throat and eyes swell so I can't breathe or see.

I'm allergic to pollen, and I'm also allergic to mold when it's high although I'm nowhere near as sensitive to mold as I am pollen.

pollen, that must suck, no flowers then? What happens to you?

I'm allergic to aspirin.

Hyacinth bulbs. They make me itch so bad it hurts!

pollen, that must suck, no flowers then? What happens to you?

Well, if I take medicine I'm usually okay. However, I do try to stay away from smelling them...I had some bad experiences when I was a little kid.

I'm getting some funny looking images in my mind here.

I'm getting some funny looking images in my mind here.

The flowers did things to me...

I'm allergic to aspirin.

I used to have that too. Apparently I grew out of it sometime in my 20's, as it isn't an issue anymore. Have a very slight allergy to milk oddly enough, dirt. Which sucks, cause I like milk.

The flowers did things to me...

A friend and I were mocking someone who wrote really nonsensical poems, but I was able to actually come up with a meaning for the one we wrote it the end, but anyway my point is that on of the lines was "a flower budding in my sandwich"

that could get creepy right there.

Im allergic to nickel

My girlfriend is too... Easy solution is to cover the belt buckle in a thin coating of superglue. Problem solved.

I'm allergic to most dish washing solvents. I don't own a dishwasher either :(

Sulfa drugs: I break out. That's it though, thank Heaven!

My main allergies are dust mites and mold spores, which can cause serious asthma attacks. I also have gastro issues with aspirin.

Im allergic to moxacilin(not sure of spelling) Its a type of medicine for the common cold, if my memory serves correctly.

Are you perchance thinking of Amoxicillin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoxicillin), the antibiotic?

Sulfa Medicine and Alchohol.

No, seriously. It runs in the family.

Oddly, I am allergic to allergy medication.

It is true. A Benedryl (or other antihistimine) can make me want to take my skin off, drowsy, hyper, irritable, and completely wired for up to three days.

Sulfa Medicine and Alchohol.

No, seriously. It runs in the family.

Are you allergic to the combo, or just a poor soul who can't drink?

Oddly, I am allergic to allergy medication.

It is true. A Benedryl (or other antihistimine) can make me want to take my skin off, drowsy, hyper, irritable, and completely wired for up to three days.

I used to live on the gelcap Benedryl's, but they recently changed the formula because of all the gay hillbillies making crystal meth. Now I can only get the caplets, which don't work for me (though oddly have all the same ingredients.)

The really wierd thing is, since I stopped taking it, I've had hardly any allergy symptoms. Today I have a bit of a sore throat, but for the most part, it's been several weeks and I haven't had one day of humungously swollen eyes, dripping wet nasal passages, or a nose so itchy that I wanted to pull it right off my face.

I'm not sure if I was allergic or just addicted.

I'm allergic to tomatos, pinapple and all citrus fruit. Or for that matter anything with a strong citric acid in it.

30 minutes worth, trying to find a belt buckle that doesn't have any is horrible, itching , bleeding sores right above my crotch.
you sure that's from the belt buckle? :p

so it affects you even through the pants?

I'm allergic to fleas. nasty red spots, itching, but nothing serious.

Im somehow allergic to tetanus shots. Got the vaccine once when i was a young child and my arm swelled up to three times its size.

I have no idea what would happen if i ever actually got tetanus.

I'm allergic to pollen and cold wt weather. Honestly, plus I live in Ireland which doesn't go down too well.

Whenever it's cold and rainy, I swell up like a balloon and start itching all over.

Okay, prepare yourselves... I am allergic to: gluten, wheat, corn, rulide, wasps, msg, yeast, mango, chicken, nickel, garlic, onions, penicillin, funghi (mushrooms), mould (eg. mould on brie cheese), minerals (i know, it's weird), sugar, cats, dust, olive oil (skin reaction only), heaps of beauty products, and pretty much everything else. I don't really care though.

[EDIT: And the whooping cough vaccine.]

Okay, prepare yourselves... I am allergic to: gluten, wheat, corn, rulide, wasps, msg, yeast, mango, chicken, nickel, garlic, onions, penicillin, funghi (mushrooms), mould (eg. mould on brie cheese), minerals (i know, it's weird), sugar, cats, dust, olive oil (skin reaction only), heaps of beauty products, and pretty much everything else. I don't really care though.

:confused: Err... what do you mean by minerals?

Bee stings, I puff up like a balloon. Otherwise, I seem to have escaped pretty lightly.

Saurami, that squid fish stuff can do funny things to my throat, it has the habit of closing up a bit...
Sometimes it does sometimes it doesn't, will the next time i have it, kill me?
Place your bets now!

Im allergic to nickel
I'm glad I'm not, but that is not very uncommon when it comes to contact allergies. "Good" thing they decided to make our "new" (compared to the Deutsche Mark) Euro coins out of a nickel alloy. :rolleyes:
Can't touch this... Na-nanana http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/McHammer.gif
I'm allergic to pollen, and I'm also allergic to mold when it's high although I'm nowhere near as sensitive to mold as I am pollen.
Same here: Pollen (only the really small stuff carried by the wind: birch, grass and other crops), mold, house dust, and I have the feeling not to use fabric softener...
Oh, and I know instantly when someone has used hairspray or deodorant in the house. That fine nebulized mist makes my lungs cramp up.
pollen, that must suck, no flowers then? What happens to you?
Really? No flowers? That's odd, for usually the flower pollen don't cause any problems because they are quite "big" when compared to those carried by wind-pollination, as those are older when it comes to their history of development.

I have a minor allergy to cats. I sneeze a bit, but it's more than bearable.

I have a minor allergy to cats. I sneeze a bit, but it's more than bearable.
Yeah, i'm not sure if i have an allergy to cats or where ever our cat hangs about, crazy little scamp!:p

Saurami, that squid fish stuff can do funny things to my throat, it has the habit of closing up a bit...
Sometimes it does sometimes it doesn't, will the next time i have it, kill me?
Place your bets now!

Theoretically, the more exposure you have to it, the worse the reaction will be in future...

Manual Labor.

Seriously, not allergic to anything that I know of.

Theoretically, the more exposure you have to it, the worse the reaction will be in future...
Yes, that is true.*Waits*

My girlfriend is too... Easy solution is to cover the belt buckle in a thin coating of superglue. Problem solved.

I'm allergic to most dish washing solvents. I don't own a dishwasher either :(

Clear nail-polish can also help.

:confused: Err... what do you mean by minerals?

I have no idea. They came up on an allergy test. I'm assuming it relates to my mineral defficiencies.

I have no idea. They came up on an allergy test. I'm assuming it relates to my mineral defficiencies.

I ask because being allergic to minerals would mean being allergic to practically everything. If I were you, I'd ask what the doc meant by that... :(

30 minutes worth, trying to find a belt buckle that doesn't have any is horrible, itching , bleeding sores right above my crotch.

I have the same, medicaly known as Nickel dermatitis, I had to wear a watch ( before I knew I had it) and now have scares on my arms (looks like leprosy scars).
Also if you have seen the adverts for cholesterol drugs that talk about a rare and dangerous side effect I've got that one too

my dad's allergic to shellfish, but i think that's pretty common

my boyfriend's allergic to tobacco, luckily.

and i've gotten fever and nausea from this period painkiller called ponstan
but that's about it, not sure if it's actually an allergy though.


Also if you have seen the adverts for cholesterol drugs that talk about a rare and dangerous side effect I've got that one too


and what does that specifically entail? spare no gory details
this is an allergy thread, after all

Manual Labor.

Seriously, not allergic to anything that I know of.
The Spanish Tennis Player? :eek:

Allergic to some kind of polyester (too lazy to find correct spelling). It was absolutely god-aweful back a few years ago when I went to a lot of formal dinners/whatever with my parents and had to wear so many of them suits...

That and the fact that my bedsheets were polyester, made me sore for a few months before I burned the damn thing in my bonfire pit/vegetable garden.

I'm allergic to not getting any. Any time I go without it I break out into huge rashes all over. It gets so bad sometimes that I have to requisition a prostitute to make it all go away.

Me, I have no strange allergies, only to a drug called "Septra", which is an eye medication (I think). How I found this out, no clue.

Allergies that would suck in my mind would be:

Sunlight (Wearing a Rad. suit all day? :()
Milk/Milk Products
Polyester (Being a Nudist could work here, unless you like cotton)
Peanuts (I WANT MY PEANUT BUTTER)
Chocolate

..Just a few off the top of my head.

Mango pollen - and eating mangoes makes me sick (the rest of family eats them no problems)

dogs. especially if they lick me - big itchy rashes and stuff...

Me, I have no strange allergies, only to a drug called "Septra", which is an eye medication (I think). How I found this out, no clue.

Allergies that would suck in my mind would be:

Sunlight (Wearing a Rad. suit all day? :()
Milk/Milk Products
Polyester (Being a Nudist could work here, unless you like cotton)
Peanuts (I WANT MY PEANUT BUTTER)
Chocolate

..Just a few off the top of my head.
Invented by a Black man!

Pollen, cats (which is ok, I prefer dogs anyway :P), fake fur.

All I got is grass. I can't walk in grass barefoot or fall in the grass or else I start itching all over. I suppose I have a mild allergy to cats as well, but it only affects me from time to time...considering I live with two of them...

I could never be allergic to peanuts, and I am mildly afraid that may happen, just because I've seen people who become allergic to things later in life (my mom developed a deadly allergy to Tylenol, for one.) But if I become allergic to peanuts, I'm killing myself. No point in living like that.

haha lol I'm fatally allergic to peanuts...

I seriously almost died last October when I put a peanut-butter-filled pretzel bite in my mouth.

I HATE the smell of peanut butter, it makes me sick.

Really its not that bad though...as long as I can have my chocolate. :)

I am allergic to Nutra-Sweet, which means I am allergic to Diet Coke.

I don't much like Splenda, either.

I am allergic to Nutra-Sweet, which means I am allergic to Diet Coke.

I don't much like Splenda, either.

My g/f is allergic to Splenda too. I'm allergic to mushrooms.

I'm allergic to non-marachino cherries and hazelnuts.

How many people here have weird allergies, or allergies in general?

I have one, kiwi fruit, which results in frequent New Zealand jokes.

Anyone else?

I too have kiwi allergy,also I am allergic to salicic acid(Im unsure of teh spelling, but it is what asprin is made of, and it is in tomatoes curry,been,and chinese food)I am also allergic to cats,dogs,birds,trees,grass,and dust.Yhere is more but I cant be bothered to go into them all.