can you be allergic to garlic and onion so severe that you can't even be in the same room.

Hi Diane,

I'm not an expert on food allergies, but I do know that you can have an allergic reaction to nuts just by being in the same room with them or even touching someone who'd eaten them hours before. So, I imagine the same thing could be true of onion and garlic allergies as well.

Perhaps someone more versed in food allergies will also chime in?

To your health,

Kathi

Totally, I have had this problem all of my life, over 50 years. If I come into contact with

garlic and onions either raw or cooked  my throat becomes instantly sore and breathing

becomes very difficult. My skin around the eyes, nose and mouth becomes itchy and

sore and eventually breaks open. If I am in the same space as someone who has been

eating either of the above I get a gag reflex and again breathing becomes a problem.

The problem was not so bad up until the 80s when for some reason all chefs and

food companies started putting garlic into everything. I guess it is because garlic and

onions can mask bad cooking and other the cheap low quality produce used in processed

food. I have developed a sixth sense against garlic and onions and bail out of range asap when cominging into contact. I also carry allergy tablets which I pop whenever I

take a hit from the pungent bulbs.