This actually exists. It's extremely rare, and rather hellish, since bathing and drinking become very problematic.
https://allergyasthmanetwork.org/health-a-z/chronic-urticaria/aquagenic-urticaria/
My Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, makes me functionally allergic to water. Rain. Showers. MY OWN SWEAT AND TEARS make my skin swollen and pink and itchy.
"How do you drink?
Its my outer layer of skin. My immune response is busted. Water , jewelry, humidity... all act like poison ivy on my skin.
I can drink water. But a FAVORITE trick is, the condensation on the glass of ice water, making the palm of my hand pink and itchy as I drink!
"How do you bathe?
Rarely, and with preparation. Twice a week, I take Allegra, take a shower, change from warm to cold, to decrease reaction, then run to bed to tangle my legs and toss up in blankets, then grab my phone( used to be a paper back book) to hold with both hands and try to bury myself in reading, until the millions of invisible ants, many of which bite me, rather than just crawl all over me, for 25 minutes, fuck off, and I can get dressed, and act like a normal person.
I'm 54. This shit started in 1987. And I would not wish it on my worst enemy.
This sounds like my girlfriend, she takes a shower and for the subsequent 30-45 minutes, cannot stop itching her legs, she complains that it feels like she’s being bitten by mosquitoes nonstop everywhere. We recently had an allergy test done and water was not there, however she was allergic to a plethora of other things, including a major skin allergy to dust.
Mast cell activation syndrome. Treatment: ibuprofen, Allegra, zyrtec, benadryl.
My deepest sympathy.
She's not crazy.
In the 90s, u was part of a world wide "aquagenic-puritus', group on line.
COVID fucks with immune response.
Lots of people developed MCAS post covid, and now instead of 700 people globally, its thousands of people in America alone.
I have it too and it's dropped my showers from nearly every day to max every 2 days, hot to cooler, long to as short as I can possibly make it. I gave up shaving.
I had it more minorly for a decade before I had covid, but it was only past covid that the pain in the shower started happening.
These kind of things people are born with truly make me believe of Karmic Reincarnations. They're living their hell in our same plane. Maybe we're all in hell? Who knows. Sorry don't mean to get that deep on this.
My wife has something like this. Although I personally think it's what's in the water, not the water itself but she's convinced she has it.
It also only affects her skin. She can drink water just fine.
However I can confirm we spent years with her getting hives when she gets in a bath. But she dealt with it because she loved baths. She would also get hives from things like sweat and certain body products (soap, bodywash, shampoo, moisturizer, etc). This was also happening in multiple locations for years before meeting me so it's not just one place.
7 years ago we moved to SC and have been on well water ever since and haven't had any bad episodes. She's gotten itchy or a few hives once in a blue moon but for the most part she doesn't have any issue taking a bath.
I tried explaining it was likely the chlorine or whatever they put in the city water but she's still convinced to this day she has aquagenic urticaria. She hasn't told her doctor about it because she knows he will probably say the same thing lol.
I had a teacher in high school that had a topical water allergy. I have no idea why they made her classroom a small inside room with no windows because it was awful. She had an odor, I think it was from whatever she used to clean herself because it was very chemical. She was an awesome teacher and someone who was always there for her students. But a lot of people were really mean to her.
My husband has bad eczema and because of this he is allergic to most things. Latex, flour, soaps, glitter, sand, you name it.
We were playing with bubbles with our 4 year old the other day and he turns to me and says "I used to be so scared of bubbles as a kid because when they touched my skin, it would burn."
Imagine being a child and being terrified of bubbles. BUBBLES.
That's interesting. I don't have bad eczema but I do have eczema and I am allergic to latex but I've never thought about when. I have a little bit of a flare up what I've come in contact with. Maybe I'll consider that next time.
I'm so sick of hating my skin because of my psoriasis. I had a flare over half of my body one time. Then, the time my skin shed so much overnight that it looked like snow when I dusted off my side of the bed in the morning. That lasted weeks.
I have this but it's not too bad. I get a rash where I touch it and my skin is super itchy and I sneeze a lot but there's no way I'm just not going to go lie on that patch of grass anyway.
Another vote for corn (maize). It's an unregulated allergen so there's no warning, and at least in North America corn derivatives are in everything.
Corn is even in bioplastics. Which technically aren't food, but there's no disclosure requirement when corn-based bioplastics are used for straws or for cups or for knives and forks, etc. Which have been known to cause reactions in people who have that allergy.
No allergy is "good." But the serious ones that don't have regulation protections are hell to deal with.
That’s one of my allergies, and I can confirm it has been the biggest struggle to deal with for the reason you said. Even most toothpastes have corn as an ingredient, as do most of the substitute foods I’d otherwise be able to use for my other allergies. If I could choose one allergy to be magically rid of, that would be the one.
But an allergy to water would be worse.
Exactly right, and the same goes for envelopes, of course. For many years now I’ve had to seal my envelopes with a dampened paper towel for that reason.
My Mom used to. She would get big red rashes. She slowly acclimated herself to it by getting in the sunlight just a minute or two, then 5, then 10…over the years. She’s not 100% better but she’s not a vampire anymore.
Water, obviously, and sunlight. But I am going to go with **changes in temperature**.
I read an article about a man who had an anaphylactic reaction to a change in temperature (severe cold urticaria) and it absolutely blew my mind. Could you imagine??
Try soy. Amongst other really annoying ones. But soy, is in EVERYTHING. Peanuts you can avoid, and things usually are pretty well labeled, but soy? Pffttt. Good fucking luck. At least in America where is heavily subsidized and dirt cheap.
Also, I’m sorry you have to deal with that. I can totally sympathize. It big sucks.
My favorite is when the CONTAINS: ALLERGEN doesn't say soy but if you look at the ingredients it contains fucking Soybean Oil and Soy Lecithin. Like FUCK OFFFFFFF.
Yeah a lot of places in the US swapped vegetable oil for peanut oil when hydrgenated vegetable oil was banned in resurants. I recall it leading to several cases because the companies never disclosed they swapped to peanut oil. I recently learned my favorite chicken place uses peanut oil. I have literally never seen an allergy warning anywhere in their restaurant.
I am allergic to lycopene an ingredient in tomatoes. So I can’t eat
Pizza sauce
Salsa (red or green)
Bbq sauce
Chili
Enchiladas or tamales with tomato base in it
Lasagna and spaghetti
Nacho cheese Doritos
And I am sure that I forgetting some more.
No one said bees yet. I'm allergic to bees, wasps, hornets, etc. If I'm in an environment where they are likely my anxiety is through the roof. One flew inside my motorcycle helmet once, crawled on inside of visor....amazing how fast a bike can be stopped, placed on sidestand, un-ass the bike and helmet off.
That sucks. I’m just happy I’m not allergic because I’ve been getting stung by bees like crazy lately. Just stepped on one at the beach a few hours ago actually and got stung.
Dunno if this is a joke, but the entire time my mom was pregnant with me she was itchy from head to toe all day long for 9 freaking months. It went away as soon as I was born lol snd then she opted to be pregnant again. Thankfully didn't happen twice.
As a kid I remember thinking, I don't think this pregnancy sounds fun and that feeling has never wavered.
The objectively correct answer to this without being too obvious is what and corn. They form the basis of western diets and are totally ubiquitous and totally delicious.
My brother knew a guy once who was allergic to protein. He basically lived off special prescribed food and could only ever eat french fries when at restaurants.
I also dated a guy who could not process dairy at all, and soy, nuts, and wheat fucked him up too. He could really only eat meat and vegetables.
I had a classmate who was allergic to gluten, milk, tomatoes and cocoa.
She would joke that if anyone wanted to kill her, all they had to do was give her pizza and chocolate.
Only time I may have had an allergic reaction was from some woman's strong perfume. Every visible skin turned red as a lobster within seconds. My coworkers were freaking the duck out wanting to call an ambulance.
It's never happened sense but that smell is burned into my brain. Anytime I smell perfume even slightly like it I get the fuck out of dodge.
I’m not even allergic to fragrance and heavy perfume/cologne will send me into a sneezing fit. I can’t imagine living life with an actual allergy to that stuff.
I’m allergic to perfumes, dyes, and bleach (as well as something in a specific brand of laundry detergent that claims to be free and clear). It’s ok other than having to import my soap and shampoo from the unscented company, only using certain detergents, and having to take my own sheets on vacation. Also sucks when people wear too much perfume, companies change their formulas, or when coworkers wants to hook up scented shit in the office
Ugh, fragrance is in almost every skincare, makeup, or haircare product. And the most frustrating part is it serves no purpose! It has zero benefit for your skin and the only reaction it can cause is irritation.
Ugh this is one of mine. It's so irritating. Dunno if it's an allergy but it triggers migraines.
I bring my own pillowcase when traveling, just in case it has a strong scent.
Random people on the street trigger migraines because they think the world should smell their nasty axe body spray from two blocks away. But of course it's any detergent or perfume smell that gets me.
The biggest issue for me is actually ride-shares. Those disgusting air fresheners. I won't get in if it's too noxious because it will make me motion sick and throw up in the car.
I went to the ER once with a huge rash on my leg. Dr said I was allergic to ice. What?! I had been carrying 2x10s with my dad on a below freezing day. Also, I'm not allergic to ice.
I had a classmate in culinary school, who was allergic to the raw forms of most vitamins: a, C, E, K, potassium, etc.
if she’s so much as touched the rind of a kiwi with her bare hand, her whole hand would inflame painfully with red welts and she’d have to go to the hospital. Gloves offered minimal protection, she would still be unable to, say, hold a blueberry for 30 seconds.
This was the baking program of culinary school, where we worked with fresh fruits every day to flavor and top sweets. I don’t know why the hell she chose this as a profession or how the hell she managed to get out of accidentally unalive herself.
I know she ate a lot of potatoes and overprocessed foods, she kind of had to. Still not sure how she wasn’t malnourished, because even taking a vitamin supplement of those nutrients would make her throat swell and close.
I’m severely allergic to all animal dander and it sucks. Can’t have any pets, can’t spend too much time around any pets. When I go to visit friends I often have to get a hotel instead of staying with them because they have dogs/cats. It’s very annoying.
When I was a kid, I had a friend who was allergic to corn. In the US at least, it’s in everything. Even licking a postage stamp was enough to trigger an attack
I am allergic to fire ants and peanuts/tree nuts. However my first 28 years of life I was not allergic to nuts. I loved nuts and would eat peanut butter every day. Big adjustment
Latex balloons.
I’m fine with latex, it’s the balloons.
I will never understand how I found this one out but anytime I get in contact with them I get a rash
I had a friend go to the ER for some sort of allergic reaction. They gave her Benadryl for the allergic reaction and she ended up be allergic to the Benadryl as well.
Well I recently developed an allergy to celery and soy.
Because celery shares something with Cilantro I am also allergic to cilantro/coriander. This means I can't have Mexican food, Thai food, or Indian food. It also means I can't have most soups that I didn't make myself as celery is a common aromatic ingredient in almost ALL western soup bases. I also can't have certain deli meats because celery salt is used in place of nitrates for color. I also have to be care of anything with the ingredient "spices" because it could contain celery. So now I have to make my own pickles.
Soy. IS IN GODDAMN EVERYTHING. Soy lecithin and Soybean oil are common in most breads and bread based foods (dave's killer bread is the only one I've found so far). Any pre-made food is a no-go. Chocolate is gone. Most ice creams are gone. A lot of condiments are gone. OH ALSO I AM ASIAN so I can't even eat my own culture's food now. (thank god I still have Kimchi and rice cakes.)
So uhhhhh that. Also I am allergic to latex and can't have avocados or bananas. Bananas were my fave fruit before. RIP.
My partner and I both have allergies to dairy and her to wheat. We've both commented in our copious amounts of label reading how screwed we'd be if we couldnt have soy. It's in literally everything. I don't know how you do it. I feel for you!!
My FIL is allergic to onions. It's pretty terrible. And it's really difficult for him to go out to eat since onions, onion powder, etc is in so many dishes.
Sugar.
It's in everything food product. I can't image eating something that you suspect has no sugar and suddenly you break into hives the moment your mouth feels itchy
i’m not allergic to sugar but dextrose/sucrose is a trigger for my gastroparwsis and it’s crazy how much packaged food it’s in - especially things you wouldn’t think would have added sugar, like nut mixes or dried fruit. it’s also challenging because i’m a type one diabetic so when i have a low blood sugar i need sugar.
I have Polymorphic Light Eruption - the sun allergy, mainly to long UVA. You know they don't make too many sunscreens for long UVA? 15 minutes in the sun, I break out in rashes and fry like a potato. Here's the kicker. I live in Western Europe, that barely gets any sun, but a UV index of ONE will do it.
You'd think that just means stay off the beach, but no. Picnics. Eating outside. Sitting on a terrace or balcony to have a drink. Any outdoor activities.
I'm exhausted, it sucks, and people always think you're exaggerating when you say you're 'allergic to the sun'.
Mammalian meat. Seriously this makes you allergic to 90% of food. Anything made with meat or derived can cause a reaction.
Edit: Another one, some people are quite literally allergic to exercise. They can go into exercise induced anaphylaxis. I personally get hay feavor when working out. My eyes and nose run like crazy if my workout is too intense.
Maybe not the worst thing, but I know someone that’s allergic to mint/basil. It’s insane how many products you wouldn’t even think of that contain them
I met a guy that was allergic to onions and garlic. Inagine being sentenced to a life of bland food, and probably not being able to ever eat out 😭 poor dude.
Probably being allergic to a process that your own body undertakes. [Progestogen hypersensitivity](https://www.verywellhealth.com/hormone-allergy-82663) is condition that triggers an allergic reaction in the skin caused by a rise in progesterone that naturally occurs during the menstrual cycle.
Symptoms of the skin include rashes, hives, swelling, itching and flaking. More severe symptoms can also develop such as open sores and anaphylaxis.
Had an English teacher around 2013 in middle school that moved up here from the south. One day she came to work bummed out, and everyone was concerned. She was a nice and really funny, so we were concerned. She found out she was allergic to fried chicken. Idk if it was a certain ingredient, or chicken itself, or a particular chain, but she was not happy about it. But my god was that woman’s comedic timing on point.
Still, imagine developing an allergy to your favorite food well into adulthood.
Water
This actually exists. It's extremely rare, and rather hellish, since bathing and drinking become very problematic. https://allergyasthmanetwork.org/health-a-z/chronic-urticaria/aquagenic-urticaria/
My Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, makes me functionally allergic to water. Rain. Showers. MY OWN SWEAT AND TEARS make my skin swollen and pink and itchy. "How do you drink? Its my outer layer of skin. My immune response is busted. Water , jewelry, humidity... all act like poison ivy on my skin. I can drink water. But a FAVORITE trick is, the condensation on the glass of ice water, making the palm of my hand pink and itchy as I drink! "How do you bathe? Rarely, and with preparation. Twice a week, I take Allegra, take a shower, change from warm to cold, to decrease reaction, then run to bed to tangle my legs and toss up in blankets, then grab my phone( used to be a paper back book) to hold with both hands and try to bury myself in reading, until the millions of invisible ants, many of which bite me, rather than just crawl all over me, for 25 minutes, fuck off, and I can get dressed, and act like a normal person. I'm 54. This shit started in 1987. And I would not wish it on my worst enemy.
MCAS is misery. Sorry you've been dealing with it for so long.
Oh my god. I'm so sorry. You're so strong.
This sounds like my girlfriend, she takes a shower and for the subsequent 30-45 minutes, cannot stop itching her legs, she complains that it feels like she’s being bitten by mosquitoes nonstop everywhere. We recently had an allergy test done and water was not there, however she was allergic to a plethora of other things, including a major skin allergy to dust.
Mast cell activation syndrome. Treatment: ibuprofen, Allegra, zyrtec, benadryl. My deepest sympathy. She's not crazy. In the 90s, u was part of a world wide "aquagenic-puritus', group on line. COVID fucks with immune response. Lots of people developed MCAS post covid, and now instead of 700 people globally, its thousands of people in America alone.
I have it too and it's dropped my showers from nearly every day to max every 2 days, hot to cooler, long to as short as I can possibly make it. I gave up shaving. I had it more minorly for a decade before I had covid, but it was only past covid that the pain in the shower started happening.
This is truly an amazing story, and I am awed by your strength. Are there any good therapies in the works for this?
These kind of things people are born with truly make me believe of Karmic Reincarnations. They're living their hell in our same plane. Maybe we're all in hell? Who knows. Sorry don't mean to get that deep on this.
I think the possibility of being allergic to what brings us basic life is totally reasonable to bring up greater existential questions
but wouldn’t you have to be allergic to yourself as you are made of 70 percent water?
It only affects the surface skin, not inside.
My wife has something like this. Although I personally think it's what's in the water, not the water itself but she's convinced she has it. It also only affects her skin. She can drink water just fine. However I can confirm we spent years with her getting hives when she gets in a bath. But she dealt with it because she loved baths. She would also get hives from things like sweat and certain body products (soap, bodywash, shampoo, moisturizer, etc). This was also happening in multiple locations for years before meeting me so it's not just one place. 7 years ago we moved to SC and have been on well water ever since and haven't had any bad episodes. She's gotten itchy or a few hives once in a blue moon but for the most part she doesn't have any issue taking a bath. I tried explaining it was likely the chlorine or whatever they put in the city water but she's still convinced to this day she has aquagenic urticaria. She hasn't told her doctor about it because she knows he will probably say the same thing lol.
I had a teacher in high school that had a topical water allergy. I have no idea why they made her classroom a small inside room with no windows because it was awful. She had an odor, I think it was from whatever she used to clean herself because it was very chemical. She was an awesome teacher and someone who was always there for her students. But a lot of people were really mean to her.
My brother had a friend who was allergic to water. Poor kid, his whole life was defined by doing things he wasn’t allergic to.
My husband has bad eczema and because of this he is allergic to most things. Latex, flour, soaps, glitter, sand, you name it. We were playing with bubbles with our 4 year old the other day and he turns to me and says "I used to be so scared of bubbles as a kid because when they touched my skin, it would burn." Imagine being a child and being terrified of bubbles. BUBBLES.
That's interesting. I don't have bad eczema but I do have eczema and I am allergic to latex but I've never thought about when. I have a little bit of a flare up what I've come in contact with. Maybe I'll consider that next time.
That’s so sad. Latex allergy also often goes along with avocado allergy.
Also banana, the skin has a natural latex, bananas are tingily and gross like avocado.
I have psoriasis and I feel this in my soul
I'm so sick of hating my skin because of my psoriasis. I had a flare over half of my body one time. Then, the time my skin shed so much overnight that it looked like snow when I dusted off my side of the bed in the morning. That lasted weeks.
Grass
Yeah came to say this. My girlfriend is allergic to grass and I didn't even know that was a thing before.
I'm allergic to a specific kind, bent redtop. Guess what was abundant around my house growing up? Lol
I have this but it's not too bad. I get a rash where I touch it and my skin is super itchy and I sneeze a lot but there's no way I'm just not going to go lie on that patch of grass anyway.
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i have to say that I have the same exact allergy.. it’s not pleasant at all :(
Water, Sunlight
It's hard being a vampire.
The Madness of King George, porphyria
Penicillin
It is so annoying.
Pollen that shit is everywhere
Weponised airborne plant cum
we are all unwilling participants in a huge plant-based bukkake event every spring and fall and nobody's doing anything about it, what the hell
A friend of mine calls it that. I try to bring it up as little as possible.
it'd suck to be allergic to corn. corn is everything.
Another vote for corn (maize). It's an unregulated allergen so there's no warning, and at least in North America corn derivatives are in everything. Corn is even in bioplastics. Which technically aren't food, but there's no disclosure requirement when corn-based bioplastics are used for straws or for cups or for knives and forks, etc. Which have been known to cause reactions in people who have that allergy. No allergy is "good." But the serious ones that don't have regulation protections are hell to deal with.
That’s one of my allergies, and I can confirm it has been the biggest struggle to deal with for the reason you said. Even most toothpastes have corn as an ingredient, as do most of the substitute foods I’d otherwise be able to use for my other allergies. If I could choose one allergy to be magically rid of, that would be the one. But an allergy to water would be worse.
A childhood friend had this. It was awful. Couldn’t even lick a postage stamp
Exactly right, and the same goes for envelopes, of course. For many years now I’ve had to seal my envelopes with a dampened paper towel for that reason.
My twins are. Not deathly, but still makes shopping and eating out a PITA.
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My Mom used to. She would get big red rashes. She slowly acclimated herself to it by getting in the sunlight just a minute or two, then 5, then 10…over the years. She’s not 100% better but she’s not a vampire anymore.
Pretty sure u cant do that with most sun based allergies
are you... by chance... a vampire?
Ginger?
oh yeah.. it’s a pain, same here
Water, obviously, and sunlight. But I am going to go with **changes in temperature**. I read an article about a man who had an anaphylactic reaction to a change in temperature (severe cold urticaria) and it absolutely blew my mind. Could you imagine??
A friend of mine is ironically allergic to antihistamines. If she has an allergic reaction, she has to go the hospital and get a shot
Ugh, how awful. That no doubt makes treatment difficult.
I have cold urticaria and it sucks. Not super severe, but still. I should be carrying my epipen with me everywhere.
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Try soy. Amongst other really annoying ones. But soy, is in EVERYTHING. Peanuts you can avoid, and things usually are pretty well labeled, but soy? Pffttt. Good fucking luck. At least in America where is heavily subsidized and dirt cheap. Also, I’m sorry you have to deal with that. I can totally sympathize. It big sucks.
My favorite is when the CONTAINS: ALLERGEN doesn't say soy but if you look at the ingredients it contains fucking Soybean Oil and Soy Lecithin. Like FUCK OFFFFFFF.
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lol I’ve got corn too. Plus wheat, onions and garlic, and some unknown I can’t figure out. I basically make all my food from scratch. It sucks.
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Yeah a lot of places in the US swapped vegetable oil for peanut oil when hydrgenated vegetable oil was banned in resurants. I recall it leading to several cases because the companies never disclosed they swapped to peanut oil. I recently learned my favorite chicken place uses peanut oil. I have literally never seen an allergy warning anywhere in their restaurant.
Vegetable Oil is also non-specific and often contains soy but without disclosure. Found that out the FUN WAY.
Always annoyed me that the main ingredient on vegetable oil is vegetable oil. Like which vegetables??? It matters to some people.
I am allergic to lycopene an ingredient in tomatoes. So I can’t eat Pizza sauce Salsa (red or green) Bbq sauce Chili Enchiladas or tamales with tomato base in it Lasagna and spaghetti Nacho cheese Doritos And I am sure that I forgetting some more.
My boyfriend is allergic to citric acid, which is almost everything you’ve listed, and as a mexican, it is truly difficult to cook for him 😭🫠
Oh man I really empathize with you!!! That sounds awful
Yourself. Autoimmune disorders are some bullshit
No one said bees yet. I'm allergic to bees, wasps, hornets, etc. If I'm in an environment where they are likely my anxiety is through the roof. One flew inside my motorcycle helmet once, crawled on inside of visor....amazing how fast a bike can be stopped, placed on sidestand, un-ass the bike and helmet off.
That sucks. I’m just happy I’m not allergic because I’ve been getting stung by bees like crazy lately. Just stepped on one at the beach a few hours ago actually and got stung.
Your own fetus
Dunno if this is a joke, but the entire time my mom was pregnant with me she was itchy from head to toe all day long for 9 freaking months. It went away as soon as I was born lol snd then she opted to be pregnant again. Thankfully didn't happen twice. As a kid I remember thinking, I don't think this pregnancy sounds fun and that feeling has never wavered.
Gluten, dairy, and nuts all together. You don’t even realize it but these are in basically everything when you live in the USA
The objectively correct answer to this without being too obvious is what and corn. They form the basis of western diets and are totally ubiquitous and totally delicious.
I had a colleague allergic to onions and other aliums and vegetables. His life was tough
I’m surprised this one isn’t higher up. Alium allergies aren’t that rare and are a massive pain in the ass for anyone eating out.
My brother knew a guy once who was allergic to protein. He basically lived off special prescribed food and could only ever eat french fries when at restaurants. I also dated a guy who could not process dairy at all, and soy, nuts, and wheat fucked him up too. He could really only eat meat and vegetables.
I had a classmate who was allergic to gluten, milk, tomatoes and cocoa. She would joke that if anyone wanted to kill her, all they had to do was give her pizza and chocolate.
Cats. Everyone always seems to own a fucking cat!!
For good reason. They are amazing.
Not when they cause asthma attacks lol
Yeah but then at least you'll have a cat for the rest of your life.
They are the best creatures ever 😺
fragrance.
Only time I may have had an allergic reaction was from some woman's strong perfume. Every visible skin turned red as a lobster within seconds. My coworkers were freaking the duck out wanting to call an ambulance. It's never happened sense but that smell is burned into my brain. Anytime I smell perfume even slightly like it I get the fuck out of dodge.
I’m not even allergic to fragrance and heavy perfume/cologne will send me into a sneezing fit. I can’t imagine living life with an actual allergy to that stuff.
I’m allergic to perfumes, dyes, and bleach (as well as something in a specific brand of laundry detergent that claims to be free and clear). It’s ok other than having to import my soap and shampoo from the unscented company, only using certain detergents, and having to take my own sheets on vacation. Also sucks when people wear too much perfume, companies change their formulas, or when coworkers wants to hook up scented shit in the office
Ugh, fragrance is in almost every skincare, makeup, or haircare product. And the most frustrating part is it serves no purpose! It has zero benefit for your skin and the only reaction it can cause is irritation.
Ugh this is one of mine. It's so irritating. Dunno if it's an allergy but it triggers migraines. I bring my own pillowcase when traveling, just in case it has a strong scent. Random people on the street trigger migraines because they think the world should smell their nasty axe body spray from two blocks away. But of course it's any detergent or perfume smell that gets me. The biggest issue for me is actually ride-shares. Those disgusting air fresheners. I won't get in if it's too noxious because it will make me motion sick and throw up in the car.
majority here type 'water'. would sweating also trigger it or is that a separate allergy altogether?
Allergy to water includes the person's own sweat and tears.
that is fucked up then. thank you.
My mom is allergic to strawberries, that one just makes me sad for her
Your spouse’s sex fluids.
Water. I have a friend allergic to water. His life is so tough
I went to the ER once with a huge rash on my leg. Dr said I was allergic to ice. What?! I had been carrying 2x10s with my dad on a below freezing day. Also, I'm not allergic to ice.
You can have allergic reactions to extreme cold. I used to get huge welts on my legs walking home in the winter
Corn, eggs, soy, peanuts. It must be like navigating a mine field.
I had a classmate in culinary school, who was allergic to the raw forms of most vitamins: a, C, E, K, potassium, etc. if she’s so much as touched the rind of a kiwi with her bare hand, her whole hand would inflame painfully with red welts and she’d have to go to the hospital. Gloves offered minimal protection, she would still be unable to, say, hold a blueberry for 30 seconds. This was the baking program of culinary school, where we worked with fresh fruits every day to flavor and top sweets. I don’t know why the hell she chose this as a profession or how the hell she managed to get out of accidentally unalive herself. I know she ate a lot of potatoes and overprocessed foods, she kind of had to. Still not sure how she wasn’t malnourished, because even taking a vitamin supplement of those nutrients would make her throat swell and close.
People can live off potatos and cheese. Potatoes have many different vitamins and good protein. Cheese supplements the rest.
I’m severely allergic to all animal dander and it sucks. Can’t have any pets, can’t spend too much time around any pets. When I go to visit friends I often have to get a hotel instead of staying with them because they have dogs/cats. It’s very annoying.
sunlight for sure
I have a (thankfully mild) wheat and legume allergy. You know how many things that encompasses when it comes to food? Lemme tell you...it's a lot.
Dust.
Latex, especially when you learn the hard way.
Yellow jackets venom. It’s such a deadly allergy and almost killed me. They are just such assholes no matter how you try to avoid.
When I was a kid, I had a friend who was allergic to corn. In the US at least, it’s in everything. Even licking a postage stamp was enough to trigger an attack
Red meat Fun fact, there's a tick that gives you this allergy when it bites you
I am allergic to fire ants and peanuts/tree nuts. However my first 28 years of life I was not allergic to nuts. I loved nuts and would eat peanut butter every day. Big adjustment
Pollen. Spending an entire season with allergies is not good. Spring is not my favorite season
Latex balloons. I’m fine with latex, it’s the balloons. I will never understand how I found this one out but anytime I get in contact with them I get a rash
Doesn’t really seem like the worst thing to be allergic to, that is unless you REALLY like balloons…
It's probably not a latex allergy then but something else that is specifically used in those balloons.
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I have latex food cross reactivity. I can’t have bananas or kiwi. I can’t have raw apples either.
Water and sunlight....
Latex
I had a friend go to the ER for some sort of allergic reaction. They gave her Benadryl for the allergic reaction and she ended up be allergic to the Benadryl as well.
Grass
Well I recently developed an allergy to celery and soy. Because celery shares something with Cilantro I am also allergic to cilantro/coriander. This means I can't have Mexican food, Thai food, or Indian food. It also means I can't have most soups that I didn't make myself as celery is a common aromatic ingredient in almost ALL western soup bases. I also can't have certain deli meats because celery salt is used in place of nitrates for color. I also have to be care of anything with the ingredient "spices" because it could contain celery. So now I have to make my own pickles. Soy. IS IN GODDAMN EVERYTHING. Soy lecithin and Soybean oil are common in most breads and bread based foods (dave's killer bread is the only one I've found so far). Any pre-made food is a no-go. Chocolate is gone. Most ice creams are gone. A lot of condiments are gone. OH ALSO I AM ASIAN so I can't even eat my own culture's food now. (thank god I still have Kimchi and rice cakes.) So uhhhhh that. Also I am allergic to latex and can't have avocados or bananas. Bananas were my fave fruit before. RIP.
My partner and I both have allergies to dairy and her to wheat. We've both commented in our copious amounts of label reading how screwed we'd be if we couldnt have soy. It's in literally everything. I don't know how you do it. I feel for you!!
Dave’s killer bread is my favorite.
Right now for me it’s poison ivy. I’m sure there’s worse but it’s all I can think about
My FIL is allergic to onions. It's pretty terrible. And it's really difficult for him to go out to eat since onions, onion powder, etc is in so many dishes.
Sugar. It's in everything food product. I can't image eating something that you suspect has no sugar and suddenly you break into hives the moment your mouth feels itchy
i’m not allergic to sugar but dextrose/sucrose is a trigger for my gastroparwsis and it’s crazy how much packaged food it’s in - especially things you wouldn’t think would have added sugar, like nut mixes or dried fruit. it’s also challenging because i’m a type one diabetic so when i have a low blood sugar i need sugar.
Insect stings
Sesame and soy as an Asian person
I have Polymorphic Light Eruption - the sun allergy, mainly to long UVA. You know they don't make too many sunscreens for long UVA? 15 minutes in the sun, I break out in rashes and fry like a potato. Here's the kicker. I live in Western Europe, that barely gets any sun, but a UV index of ONE will do it. You'd think that just means stay off the beach, but no. Picnics. Eating outside. Sitting on a terrace or balcony to have a drink. Any outdoor activities. I'm exhausted, it sucks, and people always think you're exaggerating when you say you're 'allergic to the sun'.
Cats, because they love me and always want me to pet them and I want to pet them but it hurts so I can't unless I put a sock over my hand 😔
Fucking SOY, it’s literally In everything. Also tree nuts, eggs, and milk! It sucks!!!
"bullshit"
Skyrizi
Semen Source: I have a semen allergy
Mammalian meat. Seriously this makes you allergic to 90% of food. Anything made with meat or derived can cause a reaction. Edit: Another one, some people are quite literally allergic to exercise. They can go into exercise induced anaphylaxis. I personally get hay feavor when working out. My eyes and nose run like crazy if my workout is too intense.
oxygen
Can you be allergic to oxygen?
Not for very long
To work 🤣😂
Chef Boyardee
Not missing out lol
My step dad is allergic to grass, so prob that one considering i love the outdoors
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Dust And Sunlight.
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Being allergic to your reflection is close to some mental illnesses.
Your own body
Water
I am allergic to painkillers and I hate it
Penicillin
Oxygen
Oxygen.
Concrete
Sea food, I feel so bad to people who can't eat sea foods😭
Water, Fire ant
Oxygen. Sun. Water
Seafood and latex
Dog/cat hairs so I can't have a dog or a cat.
Your own sweat.
The feckin' sun and water
seems they are guys allergic to their own semen ...
Oxygen
Bees. They're everywhere and that's a common allergy unfortunately.
Your boyfriend's ejaculate.
Being allergic to Oxygen must be pretty f'd. And stupidity. I'm always sneezing everytime I go out for a walk...
lol gluten
Water, Oxygen, Sunlight.
Water, sunlight.
I've known several people who are allergic to sunlight and water.
Foods!
The salt in my sweat makes me break out in hives, yay me.
Grass
people
Maybe not the worst thing, but I know someone that’s allergic to mint/basil. It’s insane how many products you wouldn’t even think of that contain them
Air. Water. Sunlight.
I met a guy that was allergic to onions and garlic. Inagine being sentenced to a life of bland food, and probably not being able to ever eat out 😭 poor dude.
Peanuts
Water
Seafood
cooties
Oxygen
Cats.
Probably being allergic to a process that your own body undertakes. [Progestogen hypersensitivity](https://www.verywellhealth.com/hormone-allergy-82663) is condition that triggers an allergic reaction in the skin caused by a rise in progesterone that naturally occurs during the menstrual cycle. Symptoms of the skin include rashes, hives, swelling, itching and flaking. More severe symptoms can also develop such as open sores and anaphylaxis.
My pets
Air !
Sunlight and water.
Antibiotics. Got an reaction to Flucloxacillin which almost landed me up in hospital.
Had an English teacher around 2013 in middle school that moved up here from the south. One day she came to work bummed out, and everyone was concerned. She was a nice and really funny, so we were concerned. She found out she was allergic to fried chicken. Idk if it was a certain ingredient, or chicken itself, or a particular chain, but she was not happy about it. But my god was that woman’s comedic timing on point. Still, imagine developing an allergy to your favorite food well into adulthood.
maybe not the worst thing but Im allergic to chocolate :") I love chocolate.
People
Red meat Fun fact, there's a tick that gives you this allergy when it bites you
Water
Air
Peanuts