Allergies which may be common to LS sufferers

I'm convinced chocolate is a major trigger for me. Now that I have my psoriasis settled down completely, I find LS has no delay when I eat chocolate. It's bad the very next day.

Hi

I don't have any allergies that I know of of per se but I do find if my LS flairs up when I have had too much junk food in one day. Also have an intolerance for shell fish all my life - makes me feel sick if I eat more than a small amount and on occasion I have actually been. Don't touch shell fish at all now so never had a link with LS 

Does make an interesting point though I would imagine due to the link of autoimmunity and L S that it would make sense that some suffers have allergies as allergies are linked with an over active immune system. 

I'm allergic to contact with fresh yeast and quorn. I don't seem to tolerate oranges as my ls will flare after eating one. I don't seem to have a problem with chocolate unfortunately!!. Just recently discovered that I have an intollerance to Rapeseed (sneeze like mad when near a field of it and my throat goes itchy). Had mild reaction to the oil from it once too. I think ninjagoth is right it is all connected to the autoimmunity. Have been mildy allergic to penicillin since very young, I just get rashes. Don't know about iodine. Recently had allergic reation to a sticking plaster which I never had before. Tried micropore and was allergic to that too. BUT I am still here and keeping happy.

me too - i collapsed when they injected me for an IVP when i was 17!

Sadly I think red wine gives me catarrh, and any fungal spores in the air and i wheeze for England.I have an immediate reaction if a house has damp. I have to put (Clean) clothes in the tumble dryer to remove any dust if they havent been worn for a couple of weeks- again i wheeze and sneeze. Elastoplast - or any non anti allergic plasters. And as a white skinned red head the combination of sun sand and sea breezes I would be covered in water blisters within the hour if every part of me wasnt covered up - and my ex....truly.... as soon as he entered a room i sneezed and started wheezing, Cat dander, eyes itch

Phoning help lines and ending up speaking to people from abroad - b/p goes up if the accent is thick and the "helper" speaks too quickly

Re the LS only stress is my trigger that I can determine

Not so much allergies, I think, but reactions to: Caffeine, chocolate, sugar.  I also need to eat gluten free.  

I avoid tomatoes and oranges too!  I don't think I am allergic to them but they have acid in them that I just can't handle.  I am allergic to many other things like molds and trees and have horrible reactions to strong chemical smells like paint, perfume, smoke, etc.  I have always thought that some food was triggering my LS problems but have never been able to ID which it might be.

Hi Margaret. I don't think I have any allergies, but when I had Lichen Planus for two years these were amongst the things that triggered it - tomatoes and citrus fruits, also wines, spicy food, vinegar. 

 

cashew nuts ....!

A very mild reaction to milk.  I don't take it in tea or coffee anyway, all I'd have routinely is some low-fat on my cereal and that's fine, but if I have a lot of cream I wake up the next morning with bunged up ears and sinuses.

I rarely eat oranges any more.  I used to have them every day, but I believe they may be too acid if you suffer with LS.