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Allergies and allergic reactions??

Aberdeen Shrimper

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Do you or anyone you know suffer with any allergies or allergic reactions?? If so, what have you done about preventing these from happening or tackling them when they are triggered off?


I have suffered with 9 attacks in the last 5 years and they have all followed the same patter. These being diarrhoea, swelling of the hands, face, lips, neck, and feet, followed by a rash that covers the whole of my body that itches like you would not believe, this then dissipates to leave raised blotchy areas for about 3 hours followed by cramps and chest pains.
The attacks have got progressively worse with the last 2 being particularly bad. The last one occurred at 4 am this morning, and I ended up in A&E at Fraserbough hospital with severe Anap Oedema and type 1 hypertension, was wired up to an oxygen tank and ECG machine and monitored every 15 mins. I am sure that the doctor referred to me as “Atopic” or something similar to that.


This also raised my blood pressure to 205/135 which fluctuated up and down over the course of about 4 hours. My fear is that the next attack could affect my respiratory system if my throat and/or tong start to swell.
I am now back home now with my boxes and boxes of pills and Epi Pens (what ever the hell they are). I shall read the destructions!


If anyone has any knowledge in this area and can give me any advice what so ever it would be really appreciated.
 
GP definitely!

I'm allergic to just (as far as I know) penicillin which I just projectile vomit.
 
Do not leave the house without your Epi-pen EVER. It should really have all been explained to you, but in the case of an allergic reaction, then the epi-pen should be administered - you hold it like a dagger pointing at the outside of your thigh and thrust it against your thigh (not hard enough to bruise, but hard enough to feel) and hold it there for a count (I'd have to check how long, think it's 20), it should give a "click" to show it's worked. This administers adrenaline directly into your blood stream. Once used it needs replacing - if you ask, you should be able to have a practise with some "empty" ones, but Pubey is right - speak to your GP.
 
speak to your GP

They have given me medical advice but I wanted to ask if anyone else has suffered with allergies and allergic reactions and if so what advice they were given.

I was sent to my GP as soon as I left hospital, and his advice was quite different from what the doctor said at the hospital.

The trigger behind these attacks can be absolutely anything from food, plants, chemicals, emotions and many more unknown triggers

Its not like a broken leg where all the GP's would probably be unanimous in cause and affect, but with allergies and allergic reactions it is more of a grey area, apparently they only know approximately 30% of what cause these reactions.
 
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Do not leave the house without your Epi-pen EVER. It should really have all been explained to you, but in the case of an allergic reaction, then the epi-pen should be administered - you hold it like a dagger pointing at the outside of your thigh and thrust it against your thigh (not hard enough to bruise, but hard enough to feel) and hold it there for a count (I'd have to check how long, think it's 20), it should give a "click" to show it's worked. This administers adrenaline directly into your blood stream. Once used it needs replacing - if you ask, you should be able to have a practise with some "empty" ones, but Pubey is right - speak to your GP.

it doesn't, it goes into your leg muscle and diffuses to your bloodstream. Don't inject it straight into a vein as it can cause serious damage.

Speak to your GP and they'll answer all your questions
 
They have given me medical advice but I wanted to ask if anyone else has suffered with allergies and allergic reactions and if so what advice they were given.

I was sent to my GP as soon as I left hospital, and his advice was quite different from what the doctor said at the hospital.

The trigger behind these attacks can be absolutely anything from food, plants, chemicals, emotions and many more unknown triggers

Its not like a broken leg where all the GP's would probably be unanimous in cause and affect, but with allergies and allergic reactions it is more of a grey area, apparently they only know approximately 30% of what cause these reactions.

fair enough, if you are still unsure on the instructions you've been given, your epipens or your meds then go back to the GP.
 
it doesn't, it goes into your leg muscle and diffuses to your bloodstream. Don't inject it straight into a vein as it can cause serious damage.

Speak to your GP and they'll answer all your questions

I have spoken to my GP as mentioned above but just wanted to glean from the wealth of experience from the good people of the Zone.

I have read the instructions re the Epi Pen and it pretty much says what you said Kay, but I tend to think Pubey is right about the way the adrenaline is administered.
 
It was the diffusion I meant but didn't say, by putting the epi-pen where I said it would hit muscle. I know when we had our training that my thigh was black because somehow I was used as guinea pig! You really DON'T have to do it that hard!
 
My advice for what its worth(not a lot)is do what the doctors tell you to do and not what mr/mrs zoner suggest you do.You are right the next fit could kill you so best you are ready and armed with the knowledge to carry on carrying on.
Me i knew better then the doctors and now im paying the price not the doctors.
If you do die can i have your flag?
 
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Do you or anyone you know suffer with any allergies or allergic reactions?? If so, what have you done about preventing these from happening or tackling them when they are triggered off?

I have suffered with 9 attacks in the last 5 years and they have all followed the same patter. These being diarrhoea, swelling of the hands, face, lips, neck, and feet, followed by a rash that covers the whole of my body that itches like you would not believe, this then dissipates to leave raised blotchy areas for about 3 hours followed by cramps and chest pains.
The attacks have got progressively worse with the last 2 being particularly bad. The last one occurred at 4 am this morning, and I ended up in A&E at Fraserbough hospital with severe Anap Oedema and type 1 hypertension, was wired up to an oxygen tank and ECG machine and monitored every 15 mins. I am sure that the doctor referred to me as “Atopic” or something similar to that.


This also raised my blood pressure to 205/135 which fluctuated up and down over the course of about 4 hours. My fear is that the next attack could affect my respiratory system if my throat and/or tong start to swell.
I am now back home now with my boxes and boxes of pills and Epi Pens (what ever the hell they are). I shall read the destructions!


If anyone has any knowledge in this area and can give me any advice what so ever it would be really appreciated.

do yo have any idea what it is that you are allergic to? this is the best thing - identify whatever it is that triggers the reaction - and then avoid it! lots of people have allergies to food and drink: these are the easiest to control once you know where the problem lies: simply don't eat that food - i can tell you though, it is a pain up the arse for eating out adn eating at firend's houses. the palce to start is with a diary: keep a record of waht you eat and drink, along with a record of symptoms and reactions - the differnc with an allergy is that it is more immediate: an intollerance tends to have more of a delayed effect. i am suprised the doctos have not gone dwon this route: trying to find out waht the casues is. the rhing with epipens and antihsitamines and stuff, your body tends to become progressivley resisitant, meaning that over time you need a stronger dose. much better to find out what triggers the reaction and so prevent it. people can suddenly develop an allergy to something they have previously been OK with: it is all to do with our poluted environemtn reaking havoc on our immune systems apparently. the other thing is it might be something new - are you eating, drinking or using anything new? also does it happen in a particular place or at a certain time (suggesting environmental factors)?
 
I'm allergic to alcohol. No don't laugh, seriously, I am. It causes my liver to produce way to much of a specific enzyme which then causes my immune system to start attacking perfectly healthy cells around my body.

The effects of this are two fold. Firstly I get reactive arthritis in various joints but mainly in knees and ankles (apparently because these are the largest of the lower joints) and secondly I suffer Posterior Uvitis, or Macular Degeneration of the back of the eye.

If I'm daft enough to over do the beer of JD then it's guaranteed that about a week later I'm in trouble. Steroids usually do the trick but it takes time before I'm back on my feet.

About four years ago after a particularly heavy Xmas on the lash I suffered big time and no amount of steroids in tablet form did the trick and with my eyesight in my left eye very nearly completely fekkered the eye specialist I was seeing said 'We'll have to inject the steroids directly'. Fine I thought. Needle in the bum, no problem.........Err, no. Not in the ar$e but directly into the eye, neglected to tell me that bit didn't he the bar steward. Front to back through the white part (well I assume it was the white part, twas a little to close to tell for sure) And this with no anesthetic whatsoever. Top eyelid taped to my forehead, bottom one taped to my cheek and in he came with a syringe in his hand and proceeded to shove it into my eye. At this point every muscle in my body went into spasm as the pain was indescribable. I was crying out of the one good eye I had left. The ex was on the point of fainting across the other side of the room. The Ophthalmologist was getting SERIOUS verbal abuse by way of words I didn't even know I knew.
Then he said it........'Right, that's the first one!' FIRST ONE I thought. What ya mean FIRST ONE, there's more?
Before I could even consider lumping him or ripping his throat out he'd buggered off to get the next dose and left the syringe base poking out of the front of my eye and my ex crying her eyes out on my behalf.

It all ended with me pleading for him to hurry the fek up, which he didn't I might add, and me walking around for over a week with a stupid Long John Silver black eye patch on.

Needless to say if ever I'm down the spread on a match day and you see me with an orange juice in my hand you'll know why :)
 
My advice for what its worth(not a lot)is do what the doctors tell you to do and not what mr/mrs zoner suggest you do.You are right the next fit could kill you so best you are ready and armed with the knowledge to carry on carrying on.
Me i knew better then the doctors and now im paying the price not the doctors.
If you do die can i have your flag?

No probs mate.........you will have to ask you know who on the Zone though as he is keeping for me at the moment!!

;)
 
do yo have any idea what it is that you are allergic to? this is the best thing - identify whatever it is that triggers the reaction - and then avoid it! lots of people have allergies to food and drink: these are the easiest to control once you know where the problem lies: simply don't eat that food - i can tell you though, it is a pain up the arse for eating out adn eating at firend's houses. the palce to start is with a diary: keep a record of waht you eat and drink, along with a record of symptoms and reactions - the differnc with an allergy is that it is more immediate: an intollerance tends to have more of a delayed effect. i am suprised the doctos have not gone dwon this route: trying to find out waht the casues is. the rhing with epipens and antihsitamines and stuff, your body tends to become progressivley resisitant, meaning that over time you need a stronger dose. much better to find out what triggers the reaction and so prevent it. people can suddenly develop an allergy to something they have previously been OK with: it is all to do with our poluted environemtn reaking havoc on our immune systems apparently. the other thing is it might be something new - are you eating, drinking or using anything new? also does it happen in a particular place or at a certain time (suggesting environmental factors)?

It has happens at the most oddest of times…… in the morning when getting to work, 2 in the morning 5 weeks ago, and then 4:am this morning, so as you say, maybe it is an intolerance to something, because it can not be instant if it happens at 4 in the morning. It is odd but I seem to get it after talking to Pubey on here (only joking JT). In all seriousness and as BS said above, it could end up killing me if i am not prepared next time, they even suggested some sort of bracelet….not sure what the Doc was saying as I was in so much discomfort at the time.

I have been given an 8 week course of Fexofenadine 120 mg as a prevention to it happening, all well and good but once the course has finished I guess that it could just happen again.

Good advise with the diary, my GP did suggest that as well but if i am honest, there is absolutely nothing that I can pinpoint that i am eating or drinking differently, we have not changed any cleaning products and I feel pretty good in general with stress levels at work.
 
They have given me medical advice but I wanted to ask if anyone else has suffered with allergies and allergic reactions and if so what advice they were given.

I was sent to my GP as soon as I left hospital, and his advice was quite different from what the doctor said at the hospital.

The trigger behind these attacks can be absolutely anything from food, plants, chemicals, emotions and many more unknown triggers

Its not like a broken leg where all the GP's would probably be unanimous in cause and affect, but with allergies and allergic reactions it is more of a grey area, apparently they only know approximately 30% of what cause these reactions.

They can patch test you, it's where they put different things on your skin to see the reaction. They can usually determine what you are allergic to.
 
Dave, just a thought - I remember you had a bad allergic reaction after contact with something on the beach last year, wasn't it a spine of some kind? Maybe the problem is with some kind of insect bite or something that punctures the skin - if you see what I mean, that might explain the 4 a.m. thing. It's a lot more usual to expect an allergic reaction in a short space of time rather than a delayed reaction.

Make sure you have lots of piriton medicine around as well, that can often sort most things out and then the epi-pen is like a more urgent thing. I know a few people with severe enough allergies that they have these, and the guideline (care plans) have always indicated to give piriton first unless there's no option.
 
They can patch test you, it's where they put different things on your skin to see the reaction. They can usually determine what you are allergic to.

That is one of the tests that the quack has put me down for. He also told me that you can have a delayed server attack triggered by emotion as well.....that was a new one on me!!

I doubt that I will ever find out what the trigger is and will always have to make sure i have all me bits with me and wonder every time i get an itch if it is an attack coming on.

Kay - The incident with the Weaver fish happened after the 7th time I had one of these attacks so can rule that out I think.
 
Wasn't saying the fish particularly Dave, but maybe there's some association with whatever the venom is, like if it's similar to mozzies for instance - the puncturing of the skin and introduction of a "foreign" matter. I know my sister is very allergic to gnats and mozzies - has to get straight to hospital as wherever the site of the bite is just swells and swells.
 
Wasn't saying the fish particularly Dave, but maybe there's some association with whatever the venom is, like if it's similar to mozzies for instance - the puncturing of the skin and introduction of a "foreign" matter. I know my sister is very allergic to gnats and mozzies - has to get straight to hospital as wherever the site of the bite is just swells and swells.

Like I said though, I have had 7 of these attacks all before old Mr Weaver got me!
 
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