It's common (according to some of my doctors) for people's allergies to
change as they age. You lose some, you gain some, and some just keep in
there beating the crap out of you.

I've known people who never had any problems suddenly becoming allergic
in their 30's and 40's.

Many people are allergic to different types of plastic. I know people
who can only wear natural fibers; they get rashes from synthetics.

Latex is another source of problems for many people. This can cause
problems during surgery.

The only thing you can do is talk to your PCP (and possibly a
specialist) about treatment and avoidance.

Well, one thing they say about allergies is that you have to be exposed to
an allergin more then once to develop a sensitivity.  Makes sense you would
develop more as you get older.

jo

My husband...has severe asthma and non allergic Rhinitis...You know he was
tested for allergies 2 in the last 10 years...Nope he isn't allergic, but
every allergen under the sun sets him off....Mainly the most common
ones...Being dust, mold, pollen, cigarette smoke...or just about anything
else you can think of....There are no shots for him....He can only treat the
symptoms...

My son inlaw takes allergy shots every week...sometimes twice a week...And
the doctor made him do another series of test...just recently..and yes his
serum had to be remade as his allergies had changed....

Cindy

I know I sure meet this profile.  It seems things that never bothered me
before now do.  Sure would like an answer.

DeeTee

2005-11-14, Responding to Janet N...

Here's a thought...

The human body is a complex structure of chemical compounds,
and not something that typically responds well to the
introduction of strange new ones.

100 years ago, there were only so many chemicals in the
human living environment. Today, the list of potentially
lethal chemical compounds we not only live alongside, but
absorb into our bodies, is alarming when you do a spot of
research. This list grows almost every day too.

So...

Maybe there is a good reason for conditions like MCS etc.
and that is that the human body can only tolerate so much
abuse before something reacts, and possibly permanently.

It may be that the question about allergies is a red
herring, assuming that only certain people have a reaction
to this and/or that. Maybe the question that needs asking is
about tolerance levels?

IOW, I may have a robust tolerance of a certain chemical
compound, but someone else may have a negative (they're
never positive huh?) physiological reaction, and be
diagnosed as "allergic" when in fact they are only really
noticably more sensitive, and then maybe only to a certain
combination of chemical compounds, and so on.

Given the amount of money behind chemical compound based
companies, the medical companies etc. (sometimes the same
thing) it would hardly be surprising that the "allergy"
model would be adopted by "the industry" rather that the
"tolerance" model.

Or am I just being a tad paranoid here? ;\

Raising hand here. I know the feeling Janet.

I the same way. As I get older, it seems more and more allergies are added
in.

I do not trust their allergy blood tests though. They said I was only
allergic to timothy grass. Then I would like to know why I react to
everything they tested me for. I had swollen mouth, tongue, throat from
eating seafood. They say I am not allergic to it on their blood tests. Like
yeah I will really try that one again since supposedly I am not allergic to
it. Yeah right. I think they don't have any reliable testing any more.

I feel for you. I know it is not fun.  As they say getting older isn't for
wimps and I can see why they say that as I get older.