Severe Allergies, Asthma, Hayfever And Eczema?(answer Only If You Know About This Please)?
Posted by: Alan in Atopic Eczema, tags: About, Allergies, Asthma, Eczemaanswer, Hayfever, Know, Only, Please, Severe, This
please help me. On a daily basis my skin is inflamed and itchy and sore, i find it hard to breathe because my chest is tightcongested and ive taken three incidents of anaphalactic shock in the past year.
I take strong prescibed antihistimines for my hives and itching .
I take a preventative inhaler called seretide 250 m dose 4 times a day
I shower and bath in oilatum and use coal tar shampoo.
I apply betnovate and eumovate 3/4 times a day plus oliatum moisturisers.
Since 4 years old i have had blood tests that confirmed i am serves allergic to shell fish, soy, eggs, milk, beans, peanuts, grass, pet hair, dust,latex, kiwi fruit, avacado and oranges. Im also senstivie to most cleaning products, air freshners (which cause asthma attacks) pollution,perfumes, lanolin, nickel and soap powder .
BUT despite seeing some if the best doc and profs in the UK my allergies get worse every day. Just ten mins ago i came out in a horrible rash then hives, i took a shower and applied creams but my skin is swollen and red from head to toe and i find it hard to breathe. My face has went red and my body was burning up. Ive taken a real strong antihistimine and it worked but i thought i was going to have to take my epipen and go to A and E.
There seems to be occasional times when im so normal. But now there seems to be no explination to these attacks.
The GP has given me a stronger dose inhaler and stronger steroids but its as if my body gets immune to these and my allergic reactions just get worse and worse.
please give me some advice if you have had similar experiences with atopic. Thank you xx
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December 17th, 2009 at 6:09 pm
My wife used to suffer with eczema. not as bad as yours sounds and for years there was the daily grind of betnovate and stuff but to no avail. Then by sheer chance she called to see her mother at her OAP home at the same time as a faith healer was visiting. my wife was persuaded to see him. needless to say she has never looked back. the eczema has go bar one small patch that occasionally flares up on her left elbow. I don’t say this will work for you but can it make things worse?
December 18th, 2009 at 12:19 am
Sorry you’re having such a rough time. I have some of the same symptoms but not nearly as bad as yours. Have you been tested for Lupus? That’s what my doctor diagnosed me with ( other problems too). Hope you find relief soon.
December 18th, 2009 at 5:15 am
Hospital. Go. Now.
December 18th, 2009 at 5:46 am
Stress makes it worse. And if you are itching and miserable, you are stressed so it is a vicious cycle my doctor told me. If your allergy load is high then you will react strongly to things much faster. When it’s low you can get by with things that may ordinarily set your allergies off. There often seems to be no rhyme nor reason to why you react to things and you cannot pin anything down for future avoidance.
The coal tar treatments absolutely caused severe breaking out for me, much worse than usual daily eczema. Usually oils are not good for anyone with sensitive skin. They cause burning and itching in many of us. Steroids have no effect anymore and actually cause flare ups. Also I did not do well with Protopic or Elidel. The one thing that I have found to help somewhat after a lifetime of misery with this is when I finally found out I had Hashimoto’s thyroiditis and started taking a natural form of thyroid supplement (prescription) daily. And leaving sugar completely alone is one of the main things that helps give me relief. Some artificial sweeteners cause reactions in some people, I’ve heard. I don’t do well with them and many other food additives cause me problems.
I would say that we are very alike except for the asthma which I don’t have, but have more allergies to foods and chemicals, etc. than you list. One other thing you might check is if you have a skin scraping done for the lab to check for staphlococcus or yeasts. A lingering, mildly sore strep throat once kept my eczema constantly flared up until I took an antibiotic. I understand your problems very well and wish you better health. I hope this helps a little.
December 18th, 2009 at 8:59 am
I have had similar problems in the past and am free of them now
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For your skin it can help to take omega 3, and vitiman E supplements.
There is an over the counter thing called viscopaste which is a zinc bandage that can help calm eczema.
Apart from steroids there is another prescription ointment called Protopic, which my dermatologist recommended to me and this was effective for me.
I also had photolight therapy for eczema- basically sunbeds- in a very controlled environment- but with these there is a risk of cancer which has to be considered.
Keeping your home envirornment dust free helps with athsma but otherwise I don’t know much.
Oilatum is good, another good brand for dry skin is Eucerin.
Best of luck!
December 18th, 2009 at 9:47 am
From what you are describing in definitely sounds like you need to get some medical attention on an immediate basis.
But I have had allergy problems, skin problems in the past (granted, they were not as severe as what you are experiencing) and I found a lady who treats allergies naturally and it worked for me after nothing else did. My step mother who was bordering on Type II diabetic, after seeing the results on me also went to her and it handled her allergies as well. She does NAET Allergy Treatment, Nutrition/Detoxification & Metabolic Typing.
What she does handles the source of the allergy, not just suppressing the body’s reaction to what your body thinks or is actually a poison for it, which is what antihistamine drugs and steroids do. She is in the UK. Let me know if you want to contact her as I know she would be fine to talk and see what she can do for you.
December 18th, 2009 at 10:20 am
Hi,
Here is a video about Kangen 2.5 PH water treatment for Eczema. The next video shows how 2.5 PH water will kill bacteria on contact. It is very effective at doing this.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxLW-HKgQ…
You can get free alkaline water, place a add on http://www.craigslist.com and then ask for 8.5 PH alkaline water in a wanted add.
I know a person with 2 square feet of psoriasis on his skin 3 months ago. It is almost all gone at this time. He has suffered from this for many years. (more than 50 years)
Good Luck!