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RandyForRubio

RandyForRubio

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So I have dust mite allergies in the worst way. Incredibly itchy rashes all over, including my eyes. I can't sleep, I look like ****, I need help.

I bought all the allergen "proof" covers for mattresses, pillows, etc, keep the house at a low humidity, was everything at least once a week...tried Allegra, Claritin, Benadryl, and now Singulair. The Benadryl helps a little, and the Singulair actually made all the symptoms go away for 2-3 days but now they're coming back. Seems like my body is adjusting to them? I'm not really sure. Anybody have any experience with this kind of stuff and have advice?

[MENTION=848]dalamon[/MENTION], you're wicked smart. Heal me.
 
Not that smart, but I've had a lil experience with things similar. My mom broke out into a similar skin condition for a while. She's completely healed now (no immunotherapy or immunosuppresants).


The ****ty thing about autoimmune disorders (the umbrella in which allergies fall under) is that it's a super complex system where there really isn't a silver bullet to address any manifestation of it.

- some people get super large amounts of help from allergen immunotherapy, or "allergen shots". They work for some insect bites, not sure if it works for dust mites. I figure it's worth a Google, and/or worth asking your local medical professional & allergen specialist
- I take it you and your family didn't have many food allergies growing up, working on the farm. Is that true?
- do your parents/siblings suffer from any autoimmune condition? Celiac, asthma, arthritis, colitis, allergies, Crohn's, diabetes?
- in the meantime find a Vitamin C supplement that has 1000mg Vit C per pill. It always really helped me with my grass allergies when I used to get them. I've now basically gotten rid of them 100%. Vitamin C is basically impossible to overdose on, take 2 pills 3x a day. It might not help but it's worth a shot. I'm afraid your allergen suppressors are going to be useless. They're just band-aids that'll make it worse in the long run, given what I'm hearing from you
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Yeah I might try allergen shots next. I'm going to a natural path soon, just to try something different.

Never had any allergies period growing up. This just started. My mom seems to have some gluten sensitivity causing migraines, but never confirmed by a doctor. I'll try the Vitamin C stat, thanks bud.
 
#bern said:
Yeah I might try allergen shots next. I'm going to a natural path soon, just to try something different.

Never had any allergies period growing up. This just started. My mom seems to have some gluten sensitivity causing migraines, but never confirmed by a doctor. I'll try the Vitamin C stat, thanks bud.
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Totally spitballing here, but I'm worried it's from all of that exposure to the chemicals you work with as a farmer on a regular basis. It's the first thing I thought of. My home province has some of the highest rates of autoimmune diseases in Canada thanks to the level of agriculture and oil processing that goes down even in metro areas.

Your naturopath will give you a thwack of supplements to take which may or may not help-- but if he proposes environmental and dietary strictness, that's precisely what helped my mom stump her rashes & swelling she had throughout her body. When you look for one, make sure you find s damn good one.
 
It's possible it's chemicals, but pretty unlikely. It's not like I'm eating it lol. Even if it is, there's no getting away from it for me.
 
#bern said:
Yeah I might try allergen shots next. I'm going to a natural path soon, just to try something different.

Never had any allergies period growing up. This just started. My mom seems to have some gluten sensitivity causing migraines, but never confirmed by a doctor. I'll try the Vitamin C stat, thanks bud.
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I never had any allergies in 37 years of life and just got them last year. I have not missed a day of work or been late in years with the exception of when I got allergies last year. I was a ****ing mess and had to call in sick.
I feel for you. I got some pills, nose spray and eye drops and it seemed to fix it mostly. Started getting allergies again in March of this year so I got my same prescriptions refilled again.

Weird that we both never had them before and they just show up out of no where. Now I guess I have to deal with them for the rest of my life?

My main allergy is to red cedar.
 
#bern said:
It's possible it's chemicals, but pretty unlikely. It's not like I'm eating it lol. Even if it is, there's no getting away from it for me.
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You don't have to eat or breathe anything for an allergic response. If I just touch uncured epoxy I break out in a wicked rash that covers most of my body and can last for up to 2 weeks. The first time it happened to me I didn't know what triggered the rash so it happened again a couple of months later but the reaction was more severe.
 
Scat said:
You don't have to eat or breathe anything for an allergic response. If I just touch uncured epoxy I break out in a wicked rash that covers most of my body and can last for up to 2 weeks. The first time it happened to me I didn't know what triggered the rash so it happened again a couple of months later but the reaction was more severe.
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They've tested me for most chemicals, nothing turned up positive.

It's a dust mite allergy, not chemical.
 
Allergen specific immunotherapy is safest but unfortunately not most effective way to deal with it. If you are sensitive to just dust mites try all the ways to minimize exposure ( no carpets in the house, special allergen proof zipped bedding sheets, mattress covers, pillows, etc - just google it tons of info on internet). Maybe even consider moving to a dry climate area, dust mites love moisture and hate high altitude, low humidity environment.
 
My allergen triggers seem to change every 7-8 years or so. It's annoying to keep up with it. Good luck - I hope you find something that works.
 
MVP said:
Allergen specific immunotherapy is safest but unfortunately not most effective way to deal with it. If you are sensitive to just dust mites try all the ways to minimize exposure ( no carpets in the house, special allergen proof zipped bedding sheets, mattress covers, pillows, etc - just google it tons of info on internet). Maybe even consider moving to a dry climate area, dust mites love moisture and hate high altitude, low humidity environment.
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Already did all that, and live in a dry area.
 
#bern said:
Allergist, and hell if I remember. There were quite a few different ones.

Side note: when you take that much vitamin c, do you smell like crap?
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I'd 100% bet the test(s) wasn't very thorough. Ah well, given that you're not changing your lifestyle it wouldn't matter anyway. Plus, chemicals and/or heavy metals are much harder to get rid of, than ingest.


At any rate-- It's important to understand that stuff like this doesn't occur spontaneously, as much as we like to assume that it does. Especially autoimmune disorders. If there was something intrinsically wrong with dust mites then we'd all react similarly. The dissonance across a population's reactions to allergens is explained by environmental exposure much, much more than genetics.
 
dalamon said:
I'd 100% bet the test(s) wasn't very thorough. Ah well, given that you're not changing your lifestyle it wouldn't matter anyway. Plus, chemicals and/or heavy metals are much harder to get rid of, than ingest.


At any rate-- It's important to understand that stuff like this doesn't occur spontaneously, as much as we like to assume that it does. Especially autoimmune disorders. If there was something intrinsically wrong with dust mites then we'd all react similarly. The dissonance across a population's reactions to allergens is explained by environmental exposure much, much more than genetics.
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Find a good M.D. who practices environmental medicine, especially one familiar with toxicants and the impacts of their exposure on people. Visits to them will be technically free (as it's an allopathic practitioner) if MD visits are covered under your private health care. I'd suggest getting your body thoroughly analyzed for toxicant accumulation. Just a hunch of mine, take this all with a grain of salt. Lots of Vit. C in the meantime.
 
How many things did your allergist test you for, Bern?

When I went about 15 years ago, I believe I was pricked with 30 different things. Dust mites, oranges, tree bark or something. Like that. And they did it 3 times, upping the amount each time. I was allergic to like 9 things, the three things I mentioned and six others, but I didn't change my lifestyle and am fine. TBH, I think it had more to do with the apartment I was living in at the time and it's air quality.
 
So, still no progress on this front. Went to a NaturoPath for a while, he tried a lot of things but never got any results (except I lost weight on a cleanse yay). Anyways, I'm off to Mayo Clinic this weekend, hoping that somebody there will have answers. Hoping to get a whole bunch of tests run, bloodwork, biopsies, etc etc...if this doesn't work, idk what I'll do. I'm freaking miserable, but at least I'm still alive I guess.

If anybody knows of any fun things to do in Rochester/Minneapolis, lemme know. Planning on hitting up the zoo with the kid, but it's supposed to rain most of the week. Should still be fun though.
 
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