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Suspected allergy but symptoms persist - IBS???

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jess2196
jess2196

Hi everyone,

Im hoping someone can help me as im starting to get a bit concerned. Im 19, 5"8, 125 pounds and up to the start of my symptons i went to the gym 5 times a week and over the past year i have become a big health freak and totally changed my diet.

Almost a month a go i suffered what i believe was an extreme allergic reaction and from googling (i know you shouldnt!!) i had all the symptons of an anaphylactic shock. I am certain it was from fruit as the symptons came on around 15 minutes after i had a fruit salad i made with strawberries, raspberries, pineapple, mango and grapes in. (I already avoid bananas as everytime i eat one i suffer from extreme bloating and end up being sick and/or diarrhea) Over the course of 8 hours, until i went to sleep, i had cold sweats, then i was boiling hot and then cold again, bloating, developed a rash on my arm, dizziness, nausea and then sickness, diarrhea and then my chest tightened up, i could hardly breathe and it brought asmtha-attack like symptons on (i do suffer from asmtha). I was driving when this happened and just rushed home as i didnt know what to do. When i got home i was sick and had diarrhea and then i had a constant acid like burn in my throat for the following 2 days - i guess thats just from being sick. I also developed eczema on my neck and still have this now, it flares up sometimes but i have never suffered from this before.

When i woke up i was ok apart from my stomach which still felt a bit iffy but that didnt surprise me.

I went to my GP and he basically said nothing can be done as 'i am a young, healthy girl with no family history of this problem' but said he will just send me for a blood test as nothing else can be done and doesnt like doing allergy tests as they are hard to find!?! My white blood cell count came back satisfactory and i am awaiting the other test results.

I have eaten each fruit seperatly since this happened to see if i get any of these effects and i did get a bit of stomach ache after eating mango and pineapple but im starting to think its now developed into something else (if possible?!) as the stomach ache has never gone away since, every day i had an ache in my stomach, which flares up and i get sharp pains or an acid like burn - but not necessarily after i eat anything, it just comes and goes.

I have also had dizzy spells, hot flushes and bad fatigue since this occured.

I have eaten fruit all my life which is also why im thinking it wasnt the fruit but i just dont know what else could have caused that???  I do drink a lot of coffee but always have drank cit, although i do feel i am dependant on it as i get headaches when i dont have any.

I am starting to think maybe its IBS as dairy products do effect me - i cannot have cream and cheese and milk makes me very bloated and makes me need the toilet. I don't eat any bread, rice, pasta etc, i only eat oats for breakfast which contains gluten??

Sorry for the long post, i just hope someone can help me. It's effecting my moods, i constantly feel upset and down as i can always feel an ache in my stomach and always bloated and has stopped me from going to the gym which is also getting me down. 

Thank you for any help, it will be appreciated x

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  • leeniepie
    leeniepie jess2196

    Posted

    hiya, sorry to hear what you went through- sounds scary. coming on that quickly it does sound like an allergic reaction, but since you have eaten all the fruitsseparately since then and been ok (ie: not had the same reaction) then it is unlikely to be the fruit as you would have the reaction every time. did you eat anything else with the fruit the first time? or around the same time? is it possible that something could have triggered your asthma, so that you actually had an asthma attack and the other symptoms were anxiety related?

    it is also possible that you caught a virus and it wasnt the food, since the fruit hasnt caused you this since.

    but as for the bloating etc you experience with dairy that could be a food intollerance easily.

    why do you cut out all starchy carbs but oats?

    • jess2196
      jess2196 leeniepie

      Posted

      Hi, thank you for replying to my post. Yes it is really strange; eating the fruits separately doesn't seem to be an issue but I did make a smoothie on Saturday and that made me I'll again (sickness dizziness etc). Won't be having that again! 

      The one thing I has was a cappuccino half an hour before, maybe it was the milk mixed with the fruit that caused me to be ill. God knows! 

      i don't completly cut them out, I will have pasta once a week or some rice now and again but it's just a personal preference smile

    • leeniepie
      leeniepie jess2196

      Posted

      coffee and lactose are big ibs triggers, and if you are lactose intollerant that would make you very ill. try cutting out dairy and see how you go
    • jess2196
      jess2196 leeniepie

      Posted

      I will cut out dairy and see if that makes me feel better. Someone else recommended cutting out the coffee and thats made me feel better so it could be a mixture of both dairy and coffee
  • chrissie72261
    chrissie72261 jess2196

    Posted

    hi jess i have same problem but i was under a gastric man and he tested me milk im allergic to lactos intolerence dairy food is out but i take lacttos free milk ect but i have to take alot of medication for rheuamtiod arthritis and fibromayalia  and tablets got lactos in them they dont make all tablets into capsules so im still suffering i take colofac you can by it over the counter but i get perscribe
    • jess2196
      jess2196 chrissie72261

      Posted

      Hi Chrissie, thank you for this information thats really helpful. I will cut out dairy and see if that makes me feel better and also look into those colofac tablets.

      Sorry to hear your still suffering, it really is awful feeling like this, i hope you find a way to treat the illness. 

       

  • chrissie72261
    chrissie72261 jess2196

    Posted

    hi jes you can also try colperin capsules can get on perscription or boots or any chemist
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