Hi I'm silvia and I'm allergic to garlic too! When I'm at home it's all right but when I decide to go out eating it's a real problem! I have to ask everytime if in some iters there's garlic because even a poor quantity it's dangerous for me. It begins with stomachache, deep pain from my stomach through my whole body to the back and vomit and allergic rhinitis. It's horrible! A real nightmare!
I was beginning to think I was the only person who reacted to garlic with anaphylaxis. I hate cooking but have to cook every meal. We have 2 places we can eat out safely and we have to call ahead to let them know we are coming and as for going to friends for dinner, well forget it. It is restrictive and sometimes I feel like I could explode from the frustration of people not taking it seriously or even disbelieving it. Last week at my house of worship the caterer was making the lunch and all of a sudden my throat started to constrict and my eyes swelled shut. My head felt like a hand grenade had gone off inside and I ran out as fast as I could. I raced home...I should never have been driving, and gulped down the oral meds rather than use the epi-pen. It took 2 days to get rid of all the side and after effects. I can't imagine what it must have been like for my parents, but I am now 60 and intend to keep chugging along, so long as I can avoid garlic.
Now that every little manufactured quick and easy food sold in the supermarkets has garlic in it, life has become more complicated. No more opening a can of soup. In fact the huge amount littered throughout almost everything will eventually lead to what is happening with peanuts. Over exposire on a constant basis leads immune systems into revolt. I wouldn't be surprised if in 30 years garlic was treated the way peanuts and peanut products are now.
Allium, the group that garlic belongs to also encompasses onions, chives and leeks. One can be allergic to one and not the other and anaphylactic to one but tolerant of another. I eat none of them because of the fear factor!
Are there any others out there battling the same Allium intolerance? Life is always better when one isn't alone.
The revolt of my body to onion and garlic is a new thing for me--and a sad and bewildering one. I have found a few pieces of information online that I am trying to verify with my naturopathic physician. They are in regard to how our bodies process food and the interactions. Perhaps this would help? These are the web addresses: http://current.com/search/0.htm?s=on&v=on&r=off&q=allium+intolerance+&x=5&y=12
http://foodreactions.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2452
hi, im not allergis to garlic..
but i completley know what you mean by "people not taking it seriously", I'm allergic to raw fruit and vegetables, i react with anaphylaxis. i hate it when you have to write down your medical stuff, or when your going round a friends house and they think you're just making it up to get out of eating your greens...it can be so embarresing
anyway, good luck for the future.
annabel x
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I am also "allergic" to garlic. I have been my whole life. As a child I was always very sick. The doctors had no clue. I got sick almost every night for fifteen years. It even started to give me stomach ulcers. I was so tiered all the time. It turns out I'm not "allergic" to garlic I am intolerant. My stomach refuses to digest garlic, it treats it like a poison. I will through up for days and it isn't like it takes a lot, one serving of rice a’ronie can put me in the hospital. I cook all my own food and have been quite healthy now. I am so curious why my body acts this way. What causes this to happen? Purple grapes also make me sick, but they are easier to avoid. I wonder if they are connected.