A food allergy is hypersensitivity to dietary substances, leading to various types of gastrointestinal complaints. It occurs mainly, but not exclusively, in children. It is a commo...
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I am allergic to almost everything... deathly allergic to tree nuts and the epi caused a heart attack while i was in the ambulance(i live in texas and pecan is the state tree).. i was having a catscan and found out im allergic to iodine(so no shellfish)!.. my allergist did the scratch test with everything but foods and i was allergic to everything on it but pennisilan mold (but im allergic to pennisilian), feathers, dust, cows, and goldenrod (a weed)... im terrified to use my epipen when i have a reaction because im afraid it is going to cause another heart attack... no one in my family really gets how i feel.. and how much fear i have... my step dad wont even cut the pecan tree down in the back yard... does anyone know how i feel... or have any ideas how to deal with it?
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I'm allergic to soy, yeast, nuts, corn, poultry, pork, clams, flounder, green beans, cod, mussels, scallops, trees, grass, mold, dust, animals, bugs, feathers.....
All forms of everything, which right now means I don't have a medication to treat my IBS cramping because all of he medications contain soy and/or corn. Trust me, I feel your pain. I take it all one day at a time. People that are non alergic don't understand. I hope that some day they will, that some day allergies will be treated as seriously as they deserve. Be the change you wish to see, and remember- you won't live there forever. 
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Yes, people can be very cruel about us folks with food allergies. Several years ago, my uncle's wife did not believe me that I was allergic to pecans and walnuts (as well as many other things) and decided to test me without my knowledge. She made some dessert after dinner one night with nuts in it that I told her I was allergic to in order to "prove" I was making it up. I, of course, had a terrible allergic reaction, and she almost killed me with her little "test." My uncle yelled at her and my mom was sick with worry, bu she just laughed it off as a "so what" situation. I just don't get why people are like that. And at work, folks just roll their eyes when I take a pass on certain birthday cakes and such that have ingredients in them I may be allergic to and behave like I'm some kind of party pooper just because I politely say "no thank you." It's gotten to the point where I pretty much can't or won't eat anywhere but at home and then make sure it's things I know I won't die or get sick from. Even some doctors hesitate to take this seriously and give me prescription medications that I later find out have certain allergens in them...and then they just brush my bad reactions off as "well, it didn't kill you, so get over it." Scary world out there. :-(
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