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Physiology & Medicine / Re: Why am I allergic to chicken and turkey?
« on: 08/07/2019 23:58:52 »
Hi my fellow chicken-allergy friends, it's very nice to see that I am not alone with this allergy.
I noticed this allergy somewhere around the age of 5-6 and I have been allergic since.
I am 20 years old and I am from Sweden. I experience the same symptoms that have been been mentioned earlier such a chest tightness and thick saliva. I have never had trouble breathing or having to vomit.
I have been tested for chicken allergy by skin ***** test which turned out negative, then they tested by blood which also turned out negative. So they wanted to provoke my allergy by me eating some chicken and for some reason I did not react that time so I thought maybe it had gone away and ate chicken without problems maybe 2-3 times before it returned. The doctors think that maybe my body had "forgotten" the allergy since I hadn't eaten chicken for some time but when I started eating it again my body created antibodies.
To the age of 13 I had trouble eating most fish as well, but these days I can eat most fish but I have reacted to tuna so I stay away from that mostly.
I am also allergic to apples, bananas, pears, most fruits with a big seed in them. And I also react to turkey.
It has been fun reading that more people have similar symptoms, I wish there was more research in this.
I noticed this allergy somewhere around the age of 5-6 and I have been allergic since.
I am 20 years old and I am from Sweden. I experience the same symptoms that have been been mentioned earlier such a chest tightness and thick saliva. I have never had trouble breathing or having to vomit.
I have been tested for chicken allergy by skin ***** test which turned out negative, then they tested by blood which also turned out negative. So they wanted to provoke my allergy by me eating some chicken and for some reason I did not react that time so I thought maybe it had gone away and ate chicken without problems maybe 2-3 times before it returned. The doctors think that maybe my body had "forgotten" the allergy since I hadn't eaten chicken for some time but when I started eating it again my body created antibodies.
To the age of 13 I had trouble eating most fish as well, but these days I can eat most fish but I have reacted to tuna so I stay away from that mostly.
I am also allergic to apples, bananas, pears, most fruits with a big seed in them. And I also react to turkey.
It has been fun reading that more people have similar symptoms, I wish there was more research in this.