Allergies

jjdrer

It may be that the grasses you are allergic to are present in your area. Many years ago when my Mother was sick, my brother who suffers from severe hayfever went and stayed with my Auntie who lived in the northern suburbs near open space so there was plenty of grass pollen and soil in the air. The specialist told my Mother that it was the worst area that he could have gone to. Tomatoes are high in some natural healthy "chemicals" and have a high acid content. Mother was also told that his hayfever may later become asthma, so far this hasn't happened. He is now nearly 57, so we are hopeful. He is unable to go near wisteria especially when it is flowering which one of my other Aunties had so we never visited while it was flowering. My Mother never reacted to penicillin until she had my brother, and came up in huge blsck welts which appeared on her feet first, then spread to her whole of her body. Does the Dr. test the steroid levels in your blood? My Mother was put on steroids for chronic dermatitus. After a few weeks her stomach become bloated, then her face suddenly swelled up like a balloon and it caused organ damage too. She had to be weaned off the steroids as you can't just suddenly stop taking them, by which time she developed kidney problems and died shortly afterwards with kidney failure. A family I know has two children with severe Asthma. It was discovered it was hereditary, so when ther Mother re-married they consulted a specialist who told them that it is hereditary, if they had a child together there was a 90% chance that the child would also have asthma. The Mother didn't develop asthma until in her 40s. A relative of mine by marriage also developed it in her 40s. I always know when she has asthma as she has a really bad cough, but never gets one with a cold. My niece is allergic to a bush commonly known as bottlebrush. I am allergic to Wattle and they were planted at the Golf Course we had to pass to go to school. There was no alternative route and I couldn't have antihistamines (I don't think they even existed in the 1950s) so I had runny eyes, runny nose, occasional headaches and even earache off and on for weeks. As soon as a new school was built in an adjoining suburb, we changed schools and then my problem decreased considerably. I seem to get it more when we get northerly winds, and more dust storms, especially when the farms lose their topsoil. We went to the Riverland area of SA and on the way there the soil was blowing away so much that It was hard to see the road. When we got home a few days later, our grey cement was covered in reddy colour dirt. Needless to say, it had filtered into the house too. It could be as simple as one of the grasses in your lawn. Have any of you been tested for that or know what the combination of grasses is in it. If you know what the type is a good garden centre or lawn specialist should be able to advise you. Pets can be allergic to some types of lawns too. My sister-in-law had a dog which was and several of the neighbours had the same lawn. They gave the dog to a lady who had lost her dog to illness. They contacted the lady a few weeks later and were delighted to find out that the dog no longer suffered from the problem. For the dog it was the best decision she ever made. Stapph infections are very difficult to cure, especially if you have a variety of stapph infections which a friend of ours did, and it didn't respond to antibiotics well due to the fact that what one type responds to the others don't. It literally wept, and leaked fluid out of it from her legs. I sincerely hope your skin clears with the treatment you are receiving. I must not only be itchy but painful too. Good Luck to you and all of your family, and I hope your health improves quickly.