Allergy to salt based water softner?
About 30 days ago, we installed a salt based water softner because of the iron content in our water. It smelled and was turning our hair orange. About 3 weeks ago my husband started itching. No rash, just itching. He thinks it could be related to the salt in the water softner. Ever heard of this before??
We installed a salt based water softner 4 weeks ago and I have itching around my neck and rash, itching on my forehead, forearm, and itching on my legs. My face around my eyes are swollen mostly my eye-lids, this is already 3 weeks. First I was looking for a food allergent? but I cannot find anything. I called Culligan -company who installed the water softener - thay do not know about any allergy people can have - but I really thing this is the water.
If anybody have the same problem-please, please answer.
I did not do yet any allergy test. Maybe we should just disconect the water softener ?? Please help recognize the problem.
Barbara S.
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my daughter seems to be having an allergy to softener-rash under arm pit, swollen glands and stomach issues> we turned off for 5 months because it was leaking and turned back on and couple days after all her symptoms came back