What is the "weirdest" thing you are allergic to?

United States
June 12, 2009 4:36pm CST
I am allergic to several things. For sure, Dial soaps! Then there are the general allergies to different types of flowering plants. Certain perfumes take my breath away in a bad sort of way as does hair sprays and room fresheners! That's about it for me, but my daughter is allergic to band-aids and medical tape! She was also allergic to diapers when she was a baby. I used every brand of disposable diaper there was back then! She also broke out behind the snaps on her pj's! How about you what's the "weirdest" thing you or someone you know is allergic to?
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@sjvenden27 (1840)
• United States
13 Jun 09
When my son was a 8 months old, I found out that he was allergic to bread.. Well thats what I thought it was.. Then he was starting to react to milk.. Then it was suggested that he was allergic to yeast.. So I would get the milk that was lactose intalorint.. That worked for awhile then the rashes came back.. Now I know that he is allergic to yeast. He can drink regular milk now, but can not eat bread.. He still reacts to it.
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@modstar (9605)
• Philippines
13 Jun 09
I am allergic to menthool. Menthol make me sneeze just like allergens such as dust and strong scents. Eating menthol candies can give me upset stomach. I've noticed it a lot of times and i thought it's just me overreacting but i'm not. It does work against me. So as much as possible, i try to stay away from anything that's menthol. I'm just glad menthol soap don't make me itch. lol! But still i have to stay away from it because of the smell.
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@modstar (9605)
• Philippines
14 Jun 09
It's got Eucalyptus and well just to market a much refreshing soap. lol!
• United States
13 Jun 09
I haven't heard of anyone being allergic to menthol before. I do know someone who had asthma attacks when they were little and they actually were allergic to the medicines that were put in the humidifier to help them breathe! I haven't heard of menthol soap.. any special benefits to it?
@Trace86 (5030)
• United States
12 Jun 09
I am allergic to just about any airborne allergen. I sneeze repeatedly throughout the day for no apparent reason. And not just one or two sneezes, but usually seven or nine at a time. I am allergic to Tide detergent. It makes me itch uncontrollably. I am sensitive to the gloves we use at work. If I leave them on too long, I get terrible welts on my hands. Some of the people use spray deodorant after the bathroom, it makes me sneeze uncontrollably.
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@Trace86 (5030)
• United States
13 Jun 09
I can take Benadryl as long as I have a big cup of coffee or a Coke. Otherwise, I am asleep or useless in 30 minutes!
• United States
13 Jun 09
One of my sisters is very allergic to the gloves she was using at work. It turns out it's the powder stuff that they are treated with. She can get certain kinds that are not treated and she does okay.Can you take anything that helps but won't put you to sleep?
• United States
13 Jun 09
paprika. instant montezuma's revenge.(sorry for the visual) i'm allergic to band-aids and medical tape too.i suspect it's the glue they use.
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• United States
13 Jun 09
Whoa!! Paprika? That is reallyinteresting. Isn't paprika a sort of pepper? I know my daughter can use some sort of band-aids. I thnk it is not the glue for her but what they make the band-aid out of... although it coul be he glue! I think she can use the latex free ones or may be that she can only wear the latex ones... I can't remember! Stay away from paprika!!
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• United States
16 Jun 09
yea,i believe it is. you'd be amazed how many foods they sneak it into,like barbeque wings and tartar sauce.. it's probably she can't wear the gloves.i can't either.i have to get the non-latex type.
@YazEid (1139)
• Philippines
13 Jun 09
hello macdingolinger I'm allergic to air condition flows , as soon as I enter a room with air condition in it , the cold flow from the condition make me allergic immediately , I start to sneeze and my eyes become tearful .. the worst thing that in Jordan we have a hot summer , and most of the places have air conditions !!! I try to keep anti-histamine pills with me always , so whenever I feel that am going to have allergy I take a pill , its action is delayed but it is better than nothing have a good time
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@YazEid (1139)
• Philippines
13 Jun 09
in vehicles it differes , sometimes I get allergy sometimes I don't , I don't know the exact cause . have a good time
• United States
13 Jun 09
I would wonder if it was the filter systems, but since it's all kinds of different places that's out! Maybe it's the freon that they use to chill the air or something? What about air conditioning in a vehicle, does it bother you as well?
• United States
13 Jun 09
For some reason I get allergic reactions if I eat avocado or bananas. What happens is after I eat them my lips tend to become swollen for some time then it gets irritating. Other than that I don't have any serious allergies. On your part though I guess your skin is sensitive to types of ingredients that are found in those products you've mentioned. Kind of weird to say.
• United States
13 Jun 09
I don't think I have any specific food allergies. I'm glad it's not bananas or avocados! I enjoy both of those! Yeah, my skin seems very sensitive to man-made junk mostly!
@aseretdd (13730)
• Philippines
13 Jun 09
I had a co-teacher who was like allergic to everything... from ordinary dust to chalk dust to peanuts... i didn't know how she managed to live day by day... in my case... there was a point in my life when i got rashes everytime i ate chicken... but i outgrew that after a few years... then i got hive because of taking in too much caffeine... so i had to down on my coffee and tea intake...
• United States
13 Jun 09
I had a friend whose daughter was allergic to everything too like calk dust. She was even allergic to soaps and shampoos. Turned out she was allergic to glycerin which is in almost everything! She had to buy certain kinds of soaps, shampoos and oral hygiene supplies. She couldn't take capsules either as there is glyerin in the gel sometines! I can't imagine if I developed an allergy to coffee!! My life would end! Luckily there are many teas available without caffiene!
@drdivu (1011)
• India
13 Jun 09
i m allergic to CUNNING AND SO CALLED CLEVER PEOPLE...!! nothing is more disgusting than them...cant stand them for even a second..!! i strongly feel their negative vibes...
• United States
13 Jun 09
hmmmmm... can't see where "allergic" and "disgusted" are the same thing! But okay!!
@littleone3 (2063)
13 Jun 09
I am also allergic to plasters (band aids)I found this out after having a serve reaction to one. I also seem to be allergic to most cleaning products even when wearing rubber gloves especially oven cleaner. I also have to use non-biologial washing liquid as biological ones make me come out in a rash even touching clothes that have been washed in it cause my hands to break out. One of my friends is allergic to snow apparently it is the ions in the snow that she is allergic to if the snow touches her skin she will swell up.
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• United States
13 Jun 09
I have some trouble with a lot of cleaning products as well. I try to use as natural of a product as I can find. I cannot imagine being allergic to snow! Maybe it is the ions as you said, but maybe it is possible that she is allergc to some of the stuff it picks up as it comes through our polluted atmosphere!
@LevysLuv (238)
• United States
12 Jun 09
My weirdest allergy is grass and trees. It's not really bad, I can go outside but if I'm outside for a while the eyes start to water. My friend got married outside in a park and my eyes started watering before the wedding even started. I had to keep telling everyone it's my allergies I wasn't crying because of the wedding... yet.
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• United States
12 Jun 09
I do okay with grass and trees, but it's the flowering stuff that gets me! I would have been in tears too! lol!!!
• United States
12 Jun 09
This one time my father put wood stain on some windows in our house. My nose immediately starting acting up once I got into the kitchen. (He stained the windows in the room next to it.) I felt a pain like needles in my nose, and it started running really badly. So yeah, for some reason I'm allergic to wood stain. I don't know why, though...
• United States
12 Jun 09
man, it is so funny how something can start to bother you so fast! I hadn't heard of wood stain allergies yet. My son did always have an asthma attack each time we cut and hung sheet rock though! Thanks for sharing!
@wenjule (107)
• Jamaica
13 Jun 09
I wouldn't say I'm allergic to anything that I can really pinpoint but maybe this falls in the weird category. I'm allergic to pepper. When others are eating food without any reaction to the pepper my eyes would be watery and my nose runny.
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• United States
13 Jun 09
Are you allergic to black pepper or white pepper or red pepper or just any kind of peppers?
@flaky03 (225)
• Philippines
13 Jun 09
The weirdest thing i am allergic to is whenever i hear a screech like grating styrofoams and a hard hand writing of the chalk on the black board. It is really unpleasant to the ears and it gives of goose bumps.
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• United States
13 Jun 09
lol! I never thought of "goose bumps" as an allergic reaction! But you may something worthy of scientific study there! I always used the nails screeching on the board thing to keep my class from getting out of control. It took me a long time to get over the sound so that I could use it against them!
@Mike4me (567)
• Philippines
6 Mar 10
I am so allergic to dust, a little dust could make me sneeze for the entire day and it's really frustrating and I hate it BUT that is not weird at all, i know some people who are having the same kind of allergies. I do have some "weird" kind of allergy though. I am allergic to my own hair. I mean I have long hair now but I don't ever let it loose. I just recently found out about it but my mom knew about it for a long time, she just thought it went a way as I got older. During my childhood years, I never had long hair, my mom always cut them really short like a boy's hair. And i always wondered why, now I know. I recently had my hair rebonded and let it lose for a couple of weeks when I noticed a lot of pimple like stuff growing on the sides of my face, they were very itchy and I thought they were pimples but just too many. I kept hiding them with my hair but my mom noticed. She then told me the story of why I never had long hair when I was a kid. Since then I never let my hair loose again. And never will,
@katka15 (105)
• Slovak Republic
13 Jun 09
I'd have to say the weirdest thing I am allergic to is herbal tea. I'm not kidding, it's even written in my hospital report. I don't notice it all that much. Having an allergic reaction to one thing or another happens to me on a daily basis. I'm also allergic to a certain brand of chewing gum. I start sneezing just seconds after putting it in my mouth.