People Who Are Living With Allergy

Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, Health Guide

Please Cut a Deal For Patients

Harry Reid may have more to do with your future health care than any single individual, more than your doctor, your pharmacist, that scientist searching for cures, or your spiritual advisor. Harry Reid is Majority Leader for the United States Senate, and he wants the entire Senate to vote on a health care reform bill this... Read more Chevron

posted 10/21/2009, comments (0)|

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magicbean

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increased allergies after allergy shots

I've been getting allergy shots for four months now, it's a cocktail for environmental, wasp, and animal allergies. After one anaphylactic reaction (happened over an hour after the shot), I have had allergies WORSE than any time in my life. I've developed asthma, have to take multiple benadryls a day. It's never been like... Read more Chevron

posted 09/13/2009, comment (1)|

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Valley Girl

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itchy swollen eyelids, ear lobes itchy, itchy neck outbreaks, itchy hand and forearm area

About 9 months ago, I broke out with what I thought was an allergy to flavored coffee creamers. The neck area was red rashy and the face itched tremendously. My eyelids were swollen, feverish and very itchy. After a couple days, it subsided. I eventually went to have allergy testing done and took Zyrtec which didnt help much. I went to the... Read more Chevron

posted 08/08/2009, comments (2)|

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Severe Wool Allergy

I had never had a reaction to wool (my brother had a hat and blanket made of wool) until I went into the Navy. The first day when we were given our bed linens, including a wool blanket, and the 80 of us recruits started to make our beds, I just about stopped breathing and had to be rushed to the medics (at that point we were not sure what... Read more Chevron

posted 07/29/2009, comments (2)|

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Confused about my allergies...

I just went out for Tapas with a group of friends. There were a lot of different seafood dishes being passed around and I could smell some of it and a few minutes later, I started coughing, my throat was itchy and it was kind of embarrassing. I never get hives or itchy hands and have read so many posts and it sounds like this is such a... Read more Chevron

posted 07/12/2009, comments (0)|

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