allergies

  1. Wyva

    Co-morbidities - prevalence in people with ME/CFS

    Post copied from this thread: EDS, hypermobility, and the link, if any, to ME/CFS I didn't know where to post this, but the ME Association had an online survey about common health conditions in pwME. The current result: Which of the following conditions, which are more common, or appear to be...
  2. O

    Impact of Comorbidities on the Prognosis of Pediatric Postural Tachycardia Syndrome, 2021, Wang et al

    Objective: To investigate the influence of comorbidities on the prognosis of pediatric postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS). Methods: In this retrospective cohort study, 275 children with POTS admitted to the Department of Pediatrics at Peking University First Hospital were recruited from 2016...
  3. Sly Saint

    Irritable Bowel Syndrome-Like Disorders in Endometriosis: Prevalence of Nickel Sensitivity and Effects of a Low-Nickel Diet, 2020, Borghini et al

    https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32012984/
  4. Sly Saint

    Delayed-type hypersensitivity to metals in connective tissue diseases and fibromyalgia, 2017, Bjorklund et al

    https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0013935117317280?via%3Dihub
  5. D

    skin rashes, itchy skin

    Lately I've been having attacks of red itchy inflammation. It doesn't look too bad on the pictures but it's sore and sometimes itches tremendously. I have very severe ME and although I've had very little light sensitivity, my sound sensitivity is worse and my touch sensitivity even worse. Having...
  6. Mij

    Prevalence of gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, autonomic, and allergic... in hospitalized patients with EDS: a case... study, 2021, Brooks et al.

    Full title: Prevalence of gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, autonomic, and allergic manifestations in hospitalized patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome: a case-control study https://academic.oup.com/rheumatology/advance-article/doi/10.1093/rheumatology/keaa926/6067343
  7. Dolphin

    Characterizing Long COVID in an International Cohort: 7 Months of Symptoms and Their Impact, 2020, Hannah Davis et al

    Posts moved from the long Covid discussion thread. This is a link to the preprint paper referred to in these tweets https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.12.24.20248802v2 My guess is the there may be some people who haven’t recognised the pattern.
  8. Sly Saint

    Nickel allergy?

    About 4 weeks ago I had a bad reaction to something which made my hands break out in bad contact dermatitis (back and front of both hands). This has happened before but I've never got to the bottom of it. (It's a long story but, I cannot use steroids or any creams that contain petroleum...
  9. think_that_it_might

    COVID-19 vaccine: UK regulators warn people with history of 'significant' allergic reactions not to have Pfizer/BioNTech jab

    https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-vaccine-uk-regulators-warn-people-with-history-of-significant-allergic-reactions-not-to-have-pfizerbiontech-jab-12155916 This makes me more worried about having a vaccine. Throughout my illness, I've had reactions which have worsened my ME symptoms, tho they...
  10. H

    Covid-19 vaccines and vaccinations

    The Pfizer press release reports that protection is achieved 28 days after initiation of the first dose of vaccine. Whereas you can develop covid within a few days of exposure, so the virus wins that race...
  11. Andy

    Change in exhaled nitric oxide during peanut challenge is related to severity of reaction, 2020, Percival et al

    Thought the role of nitric oxide was interesting. Open access, https://aacijournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13223-020-00464-8
  12. Dakota15

    Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS) - discussion thread

    This thread has been split from Concerns about craniocervical instability surgery in ME/CFS ....I know you have a lot of pull on here @Jonathan Edwards, but I didn't know you didn't believe in MCAS being a real diagnosis. As I live in the States, I have to say that there seem to be a lot of...
  13. rvallee

    Extragastrointestinal Symptoms ... During Breath Tests distinguish patients with functional gastrointestinal disorders, 2020, Wilder-Smith

    https://journals.lww.com/ctg/Fulltext/2020/08000/Extragastrointestinal_Symptoms_and_Sensory.12.aspx
  14. MSEsperanza

    Many Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome Have Atypical Food Allergies Not Associated With Immunoglobulin E (2019) Fritscher-Ravens

    Fritscher-Ravens A, Pflaum T, Mösinger M, et al. Many Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome Have Atypical Food Allergies Not Associated With Immunoglobulin E. Gastroenterology. 2019;157(1):109-118.e5. doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2019.03.046...
  15. I

    Coronavirus and Allergies - factsheet Allergy UK

    May be of use to people living with allergies, eczema & asthma https://www.allergyuk.org/get-help/resources/1225-coronavirus-and-allergy-faqs
  16. lunarainbows

    Symptoms of Covid-19

    Split from the Coronavirus Worldwide Spread and Control thread From the COVID-19 symptom tracker app: It shows the prominence of loss of smell. This is data from the UK. It looks like they’re using people who have been tested in this graph. https://covid.joinzoe.com/us Ive been recording...
  17. Hip

    Hand Sanitizers

    One major route of transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is via touching your mouth, nose or eyes after your hands have been in contact with a virally-contaminated surface. Thus washing your hands when you get home is important, and in addition, when you are out and about, applying an...
  18. W

    Food allergies and links with eczema - sounds vaguely familiar ...

    Don't think this one has been linked to, but I found it interesting. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/0/explosion-food-allergies-behind-boom/ (In the Saturday Telegraph Magazine 8th February, in case someone wants to look it up at their local library or whatever) Also, there seem to be some...
  19. Mij

    Something in the Man's Bed Was Making Him Sick

    This story resonates with me. Years ago I finally threw out all my feather bedding to discover that I could breathe easier, and my eyes were no longer itchy/red. Feather duvet lung is a small subset of lung diseases called bird fancier’s lung, which is triggered by frequent exposure to bird...
  20. Marky

    What is this?

    Helluu :emoji_alien: Ive been getting these on and off for a year. The darker red area has been there permanently a bit longer. If i drag my finger across them they pale (blood related?), and I often wake up with it. I get it sleeping away from home too, so it dont seem related to bed bugs or...
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