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Heat Rash, Allergies, Hay Fever symptoms

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I have been taking Levothyroxine for about 8 months now and since then I seem to be suffering from increasing allergies. I already suffered with Hay Fever during the months of May and June but suddenly I started being allergic to my rabbits. I knew I was allergic to their hay but not the rabbits themselves. The doctor gave me an inhaler for when I needed to use it if I inhaled some of the rabbit fur as I found I was struggling to breath. I then started to be very sneezey at night and in the mornings sometimes sneezing up to about 15 times which is quite wearing. Then my skin started to start feeling really itchy all the time. I went to the doctor and he said that it should not be down to the levothyroxine and prescribed me some antihistamines to take to see if that settled the allergies. I am now getting a heat rash which seems to appear when I exert some energy. I am not talking about a great deal of energy though just a brisk walk or so and the rash starts on my chect and raises up past my ears. Today the rash was even on my legs and my fingers swelled so much that I had to quickly remove my jewellery. Has anyone else experienced this? Any advice?

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  • Guest
    Guest

    Posted

    I started taking levothyroxine 8 weeks ago, since then my asthma, which has been dormant, has once again reared its ugly head and my hayfever, which was bad, when I was a teenager, has come back with a vengence.

    My doctor said it was highly unlikely that this drug was causing the problem and it was just hayfever.He has prescribed an inhaler and an anti-histamine. I feel rough all the time.

    Levothyroxine is formed and shaped by acacia (family of shrubs and trees) which may cause hayfever!

    I dread having dosage increased.

    I thought I was alone.

  • Guest
    Guest

    Posted

    At last a response. I thought I really was alone.

    Things have moved on a lot since I posted my experiences. I took myself off my thyroid medication due to all the symptoms I was experiencing as I was convinced it was the thyroid tablets and I was really suffering. My doctor referred me to the hospital for allergy testing but kept me off the thyroid tablets for the time being as although my levels were declining they were still acceptable.

    After the hospital tests, it transpires that what I thought was a heat rash was uticaria. The wheezing is asthma which I am now being treated for. I have a wheat allergy, am allergic to my cats and rabbits, allergic to grass pollen (which I knew bearing in mind I get hayfever) and, oddly, tomatoes and cumin.

    I am now taking stronger antihistamines and am awaiting an appointment with my doctor to go through all the tests which were undertaken at the hospital to see where I go from here.

    I am still off the thyroid tablets but although the wheezing has stopped due my asthma treatment and my allergies are a little less severe due to the stronger antihistamines, I am still getting the uticaria when I exercise or exert myself and gods knows how my thyroid levels are at the moment.

    Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

    However, my digestion which has always been rubbish seems to be improving with the elimination of wheat from my diet.... hopefully I will lose tonnes of weight now and end up being a super model.... !!!!!!!

  • drash87
    drash87

    Posted

    Hi

    the very very occasional patient is actually allergic to thyroxine replacement even though it is a noturally occurring product

    John Ashworth

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