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lavender ~ have you changed your toothpaste?

:-(

I hope you're not allergic to nuts. That's a minefield.

I'm allergic to peanuts (and lots of other things). Packaging usually states "may contain traces of nuts". That's not very helpful. What sort of nuts?

In Australia, by law the manufacturers must state on packaging if something could possibly have nuts .... like a chocolate bar.... the same machinery is used for all sorts of things, and a "trace" might be left behind to go into the next batch.

I'm also allergic to hairy animals, cats, dogs, goats, horses etc......... but not my husband, who is a big hairy animal lolol :-D

The only thing that I'm allergic to is nickel
I had 2 particularly horrendous outbreaks of nickel dermatitis.

One serious skin rash, ran from my wrist to my elbow and was caused by the WINDER on my wristwatch.
( During the night, I kept scratching the itch and the broken skin spread)

The other was caused by a wire in a bra... enough said already but, I ended up in a right old state

Itchy, itchy ouchy
:-0 :-0 :-0

I know what you mean G Lass....... I found out I was allergic to nickel when I had my ears pierced, and they put nickel sleepers in. My ears looked like cauliflowers. I can't wear silver in my ears either. I'm an expensive woman to keep in ear-rings :-D

Funny thing is, I wear a medicalert bracelet, I think it's made of nickel, and it doesn't bother me at all :-S Maybe it's only my ears lol

Very interested to read all these posts. I experienced the same symptoms as you, Lavender.

It was eventually diagnosed as an allergy to Salicylates, found in various things, but especially aspirin.

Just hope I never need the supposedly life-saving daily dose!

Please let us know when you find out.

Sue

With so many products causing issues no wonder it seems impossible to work out!

I have tried switching toothpastes LadyScozz, I tried a health food shop one, but my oh thinks it gives Him a sore mouth!

I think it is food as my mouth and tongue swell up and down during the day, it starts with tingling around the mouth etc.

Many thanks to everybody who has contributed to the thread, I've read with interest. :-)

tingling around the mouth?

wondering........

I can't eat many of the commercial sauces, especially tomato sauce, because of the preservatives. I get tingles on my lips, and develop "ikkies" that look like cold sores.

Some people wonder why I cook so much, and make things that are readily available in the shops. I like to know what I'm eating!

One of our daughters has a severe nut allergy [Anaphylaxis]

Her lips are ALWAYS the first to tingle, sometimes our daughter is lucky and antihistamine tablets will abate the reaction other times they wont, once she/anyone has used the EpiPen they should phone for an emergency ambulance.

I have been in A&E many times, anything from 4 to 24 hours while daughter recovers from anaphylatic shock.

I am not suggesting you have a nut allergy as I'm sure many allergic reaction start with tingling lips.

Lesley x

I think it is nuts, Lesley. Not severe, though. Enough to know that I'm never to eat them.

I took an antihistamine which has helped after eating a chocolate which contained them. I'm going to have to read up on the subject.

Swollen lining of mouth, tongue, eyelids, face, slight itching all over, difficulty swallowing, and tingling round mouth. At least I know but keep thinking it can't be true.

So pleased the festivities are over, very stressful to be doing it all with just 48 hrs notice, not good for my stress levels and none of the psychiatric meds I've been on for 22 yrs. I barely slept for 2 nights but took diazepam last night and had a good sleep.