People with food allergies

I have a food intolerance (not allergy) for mushrooms. When I ear them, I don't need to be hospitalized, but I do feel bad for several hours. I cooked a lot of mushrooms for my family, who loved them, when I was a teenager and the family chef, but never liked them myself. When I was about 35, I realized that the reason I didn't like mushrooms was that they were making me ill. Stopped eating them and no more problems.
Like many adults I'm also lactose intolerant but love all things dairy. Solved that with Lactaid pills and lactose-free milk and ice cream.

I have a pretty serious allergy to both bananas and all types of melon , both result in my face and throat swelling and my entire body itching which can be pretty scarey.
The banana allergy I have had for about 15 year now and I can't bear the smell of them and I seem to be able to pick up on the smell from quite some way away.

The melon allergy only surfaced last year ( and frightened me to death when it happened as I was home alone) and I still really miss eating them but the reaction was so quick and so violent that I would never risk eating them again. I am guessing at some point i will become adverse to the smell of them as well.

Its very odd as I ate bananas as a child and never had a problem , and the melon one only surfacing at the ripe old age of 40 it makes you wonder what suddenly changes in your make up to make you react so violently to things which previously caused no issue ?

I'm ana to avocado and always loved them. Bananas and melons also make me itch and my gums sweel a bit. I hate them. I'm allergic to tree nuts and like most of them. Sunbutter tastes like butt.

I believe I have just identified in the last week a food allergy. My daughter wanted kumquats and picked up a bag. I have tasted them years ago, but not really eaten them except for that occasional taste. I ate six and my lips were itching and burning. I waited two days and tried two more and it was starting again. Very odd for me. And I think they are delicious, unfortunately. And curious because other citrus fruits don't bother me.

I'm allergic to seafood/fish but I still eat it! hahaha I just take benadryl half hour before eating it. I could NEVER give up seafood or fish. I adore it. Even better, it's good for me!

I have a pretty serious allergy to both bananas and all types of melon , both result in my face and throat swelling and my entire body itching which can be pretty scarey.
The banana allergy I have had for about 15 year now and I can't bear the smell of them and I seem to be able to pick up on the smell from quite some way away.

The melon allergy only surfaced last year ( and frightened me to death when it happened as I was home alone) and I still really miss eating them but the reaction was so quick and so violent that I would never risk eating them again. I am guessing at some point i will become adverse to the smell of them as well.

Its very odd as I ate bananas as a child and never had a problem , and the melon one only surfacing at the ripe old age of 40 it makes you wonder what suddenly changes in your make up to make you react so violently to things which previously caused no issue ?

Hey, you should check and make sure you're not also allergic to brazil nuts, or tree nuts in general. My husband is, and the allergist told him that often this allergy goes together with a banana allergy *and* an allergy to certain types of vinyl, like what they use in the dashboards of older cars.

Allergies are so weird. I have an anaphylactic reaction to wasp stings, but not other stinging insects. As a kid I got stung by wasps a LOT and it was never a problem. In my early twenties, suddenly, they make me potentially die. Ugh, wasps. Like little winged dobermans.

I have a very severe allergy to tree nuts (I go into anaphylactic shock, carry epi-pens with me at all times and it's 911 to the hospital - fun times!). They are not something I can just eat to taste - the life threatening chances are not worth it. However the smell of them is enough to send my body alerts telling me to stay away. I had a peanut allergy as a kid that I have since outgrown but it used to be the same with with peanut butter. I could pick out the scent a mile away and really found it to be a horrible smell. For a while after finding out I was no longer allergic to peanuts, the smell still caused me to avoid them - maybe it was still a psychological thing from childhood.

^^That happens to me with oranges^^ Dr. says it's a food sensitivity, not a true allergy YET

What happens? Most doctors don't understand allergies vs. intolerances. Either one can be mild or severe. A mild allergy is not an intolerance, and a severe intolerance is not an allergy. Things like itching, swelling, hives, shortness of breath, cold or sweating, etc. are signs of allergy, not intolerance.

Pam

^^That happens to me with oranges^^ Dr. says it's a food sensitivity, not a true allergy YET

I have a severe intolerance to Mussels. Sad because I used to LOVE them, but suddenly when I was 21 I became violently sick for hours after eating them (even if i just ate one).....and it's happened everytime I ate them after that.

We were worried it was going to be a shellfish intolerance all together but I can still eat shrimp, calamari and clams
I will never touch another mussel again!