Comments on: Super-Quick Allergy Update http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/04/28/super-quick-allergy-update/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:39:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Super-Quick Allergy Update by: Adry http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/04/28/super-quick-allergy-update/#comment-136316 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:56:57 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/04/28/super-quick-allergy-update/#comment-136316 I think I am allergic to cracked black pepper. I was eating sausage the other day and upon eating a pepper corn particle, I felt like I was choking. I started wheezing and I felt better after drinking some water. After this I was shaken from the episode for a few minutes. Today I ate a slice of salami found a piece of pepper corn but spit it out. Not sure if it was my imagination, but I started feeling sort of weak and my whole face turned red, but unsure if it was all from fear or a real reaction. Does anyone know if the sensation of choking after eating pepper is really an allergic reaction? Can it be just an over reaction to the intense flavor? It all cleared after drinking water, so can it be just a reaction to its flavor? Wouldn't an anaphylactic shock last longer? I think I am allergic to cracked black pepper. I was eating sausage the other day and upon eating a pepper corn particle, I felt like I was choking. I started wheezing and I felt better after drinking some water. After this I was shaken from the episode for a few minutes. Today I ate a slice of salami found a piece of pepper corn but spit it out. Not sure if it was my imagination, but I started feeling sort of weak and my whole face turned red, but unsure if it was all from fear or a real reaction.
Does anyone know if the sensation of choking after eating pepper is really an allergic reaction? Can it be just an over reaction to the intense flavor? It all cleared after drinking water, so can it be just a reaction to its flavor? Wouldn’t an anaphylactic shock last longer?

]]> Comment on Super-Quick Allergy Update by: Annie http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/04/28/super-quick-allergy-update/#comment-133998 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:37:45 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/04/28/super-quick-allergy-update/#comment-133998 I've been living with an allergy to black pepper for almost ten years, it's nice to know that I'm not the only one. I realized that I was allergic when my mom boiled the potatoes for mashed potatoes with pepper in the water so I wouldn't know she had used it, and I could still taste it. My reactions have steadily gotten worse over the years, it started out as just my mouth burning when I'd eat something with pepper (and boy did I love Ceaser dressing.) Then the swelling started, first just a little on my tongue, and now my tongue swells as well as the insides of my lips and cheeks. I've read that a pepper allergy is cumulative, the more you are exposed the worse it gets. The last few weeks my allergy has gotten even worse were I can't eat things I always have such as dill pickles and ketchup. I have also started swelling when eating celery. I looked up celery allergy and read that there seems to be a connection between being allergic to pepper and celery. Weird I know, but I wonder if anyone else has had any issues like this. I’ve been living with an allergy to black pepper for almost ten years, it’s nice to know that I’m not the only one. I realized that I was allergic when my mom boiled the potatoes for mashed potatoes with pepper in the water so I wouldn’t know she had used it, and I could still taste it. My reactions have steadily gotten worse over the years, it started out as just my mouth burning when I’d eat something with pepper (and boy did I love Ceaser dressing.) Then the swelling started, first just a little on my tongue, and now my tongue swells as well as the insides of my lips and cheeks. I’ve read that a pepper allergy is cumulative, the more you are exposed the worse it gets. The last few weeks my allergy has gotten even worse were I can’t eat things I always have such as dill pickles and ketchup. I have also started swelling when eating celery. I looked up celery allergy and read that there seems to be a connection between being allergic to pepper and celery. Weird I know, but I wonder if anyone else has had any issues like this.

]]> Comment on Super-Quick Allergy Update by: Audra http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/04/28/super-quick-allergy-update/#comment-131782 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:26:16 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/04/28/super-quick-allergy-update/#comment-131782 I have the same problem. Black pepper, taken in any quantity, numbs the back of my tongue. Another weird occurance is that, when I touch it, my fingertips go numb as well. How did you go about getting diagnosed, officially? And what should I do, other than avoid black pepper? I have the same problem. Black pepper, taken in any quantity, numbs the back of my tongue. Another weird occurance is that, when I touch it, my fingertips go numb as well.

How did you go about getting diagnosed, officially? And what should I do, other than avoid black pepper?

]]> Comment on Super-Quick Allergy Update by: matt http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/04/28/super-quick-allergy-update/#comment-128651 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 07:15:55 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/04/28/super-quick-allergy-update/#comment-128651 Welcome a club that is probably less exclusive than is generally known. I, too am allergic to black pepper. Anaphylactic shock, in within 30 minutes kind of allergic. Along with that one is a similar allergy to chile, but the reaction time is less than 30 seconds. I think I was always "sort of" allergic, when it became a shock reaction I wasn't totally surprised, but I still tried use use denial as treatment. It didn't work. I now carry epinephrine, as you should. These things can go away, or get MUCH worse! Be careful and keep adrenaline handy! Welcome a club that is probably less exclusive than is generally known. I, too
am allergic to black pepper. Anaphylactic shock, in within 30 minutes kind of allergic. Along with that one is a similar allergy to chile, but the reaction time is less than 30 seconds. I think I was always “sort of” allergic, when it became a shock reaction I wasn’t totally surprised, but I still tried use use denial as treatment. It didn’t work. I now carry epinephrine, as you should. These things can go away, or get MUCH worse!

Be careful and keep adrenaline handy!

]]> Comment on Super-Quick Allergy Update by: Barbara http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/04/28/super-quick-allergy-update/#comment-126225 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:29:21 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/04/28/super-quick-allergy-update/#comment-126225 Emilia--it could be an allergy, or it could be that your body just reacts badly to the irritant that is in chili peppers that gives them the "heat." Capsaicin is an irritant--that is the oil that is in chili peppers that gives them the sensation of heat--and some people are more sensitive to it than others. So--were I you, I would avoid using anything with chili peppers in it in the future. Emilia–it could be an allergy, or it could be that your body just reacts badly to the irritant that is in chili peppers that gives them the “heat.”

Capsaicin is an irritant–that is the oil that is in chili peppers that gives them the sensation of heat–and some people are more sensitive to it than others.

So–were I you, I would avoid using anything with chili peppers in it in the future.

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