Food allergies... do you have any? What does it feel like after eating the food?

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Re: Food allergies... do you have any? What does it feel like after eating the food?

MSG makes my joints swell so bad (especially in the hip) that I limp and every step is excuciatingly painful. Eliminate MSG and the pain goes completely away.

I would like to get tested for food and environmental allergies as I seem to accidently poison myself from time to time and not exactly sure why.
liz

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Re: Food allergies... do you have any? What does it feel like after eating the food?

I read in the Atkins book tonight that people sometimes have food allergies to common things like milk, eggs, wheat. I've heard of milk and wheat.. but never eggs.

Curiously, what does a food allergy feel like? What happens to someone after eating a food they are allergic to?

Thanks!

it will depend on the type of allergic reaction you have and the type of histamines released.
if you have anaphylactic you will get an immediate swelling of the the tissues that came into contact with the allergen, you can have difficulting breathing, wheezing, drop in blood pressure, and lots of other symptoms including coma and death. usually all it takes is one reaction to know you have an anaphylactic allergic reaction to something.

if you have a allergic reaction symptoms are some what delayed and you can get anything from bloating abdominal pains vomiting, diareahha, body itching hives and/or rash.
I have a soy allergy and if my skin comes into contact with it in a lotion I break out in hives and a red itchy rash. If I ingest it I breakout in an itchy rash, hives, get swollen joints with pain and feel misrible.