I’m allergic to nothing besides pollen
Milk, eggs, and cashews. Not lactose intolerant, and I always have to remind people that there’s a difference. I haven’t had an allergic reaction since I was 6 years old, mostly because I always avoid eating out. Too many people to trust!
Alpha gal. It’s a carbohydrate found in all mammal meat and products, save for humans and apes. Oh, also, you know “natural flavors?” So wonderfully vague. Most of the time, that means “carrageenan,” which also contains alpha gal.
You get the allergy from a Lone Star tick bite, as if Lyme disease wasn’t bad enough. Wear pants while hiking.
I’m allergic to milk. Every time I tell people this, they think I mean lactose intolerant, and I have to clarify that I’m actually not an idiot
Cats, suddenly as of ~7 years ago. Had three cats at the time, still have two, my allergy doctor is appalled that we “let” them sleep on the bed with us.
Dogs, also suddenly as of ~2 years ago. Pet a dog in the neighborhood, didn’t think anytime of it and later rubbed my face while gaming. My eyeball swelled up painfully. Didn’t make the connection until I pet another dog a week or two later, scratched my back and got a painful rash. We had just installed a fence to get a dog of our own
Same, just pollen.
Bees/wasps/hornets, fresh cut grass, and capscasin.
Bandage adhesive. It’s very manageable, I just start itching after a while.
(Bandage? Band-aid? Adhesive bandage (making the thing I’m allergic to “adhesive bandage adhesive”?)? Not a native speaker)
You’re good! Bandage is the “correct” term, band-aid is a brand but commonly used on other brands as well. If you kept it to the first half I would have had no idea English isn’t your first language
Huh, interesting. So how do you differentiate between this and this? Because to me those are two entirely different things and they’re called different things in German. If I said “I need a bandage for my hand”, how do you know which one I need (other than by looking at my hand to see if it’s just a paper cut or if I’m about to die from blood loss, of course)?
We typically call the other one gauze.
I have that, too. Recently had a medical issue that was essentially a month-long open wound that obviously needed to be dressed the whole time. Absolutely brutal on the skin.
Tegaderm is less bad, I learned. Significantly more expensive but absolutely worth it for that situation. Showed up to the doctor with that on and was told “absolute overkill, stop using that” and then when I showed up the next time after following their instructions and using large Band-aids they took one look at my back and said “you should switch back to Tegaderm.”
The waterproof 3M Nexcare bandages are pretty similar to Tegaderm, but for smaller cuts
None that I’m presently aware of.
Although as a young kid, I used to claim to have bee allergy, as I simply thought anything I didn’t like would make it an “allergy.”
“Fragrances.”
Boy do I ever wish ingredients lists would specify what fragrances they’re using, then I’d be able to learn which scented products are okay for me to use without testing them individually.
It’s very mild but fuck is it ever inescapable. Everything I use can be hypoallergenic if I put in the effort but take one step into any building other than my home and it’s being cleaned with scented cleaning products and pumped full of air fresheners on top of that.
Also I’ve got seasonal allergies that are stronger than my fragrance one(s), so the outdoors often doesn’t function as an escape, either.
Nut allergy.
I’m allergic to the sort of adhesive tape they use to attach IVs and such. They always use it anyway and I end up with annoying wounds because of it.
Also, while not technically an allergy, if I were to be administered succinylcholine, it would cause malignant hyperthermia, rhabdomyolysis, acidosis, and cardiac arrest due to a genetic disorder. Luckily I didn’t have to find out the hard way.
