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If you are allergic to ragweed, there is a good chance you will experience oral allergy syndrome (OAS) this fall. OAS is a pollen-food allergy that occurs because your immune system reacts to foods that are similar to pollens you are allergic to, such as ragweed. Read more about fall OAS in the latest post on the Allergies and Colds page at http://www. bellaonline.com/site/allergiesandcolds
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Sheree -
That is so interesting and so helpful! I suddenly understand why oranges give me a stomach ache but I'm fine eating any other citrus!
Julie
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If you are allergic to ragweed, there is a good chance you will experience oral allergy syndrome (OAS) this fall. OAS is a pollen-food allergy that occurs because your immune system reacts to foods that are similar to pollens you are allergic to, such as ragweed. Read more about fall OAS in the latest post on the Allergies and Colds page at http://www. bellaonline.com/site/allergiesandcolds hi.................. In oral allergy syndrome, the reaction is limited to the mouth, lips, tongue and throat. thanks
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I had an interesting chat about this with my allergist today. I've realized that the foods that are migraine triggers for me are all pollen cross reaction foods of things that I was allergic to as a kid (although I no longer test as allergic to them.) He told me that if I want, we can try allergy shots since in 50% of people they eliminate the food reactions.
He also gave me a list of the common foods he sees cross-reactions to and I realized that many of the foods on the list for those allergies (grass, ragweed and tree pollen) have been allowed on the elimination diets I used to determine trigger foods. So I think I need to do another elimination diet (UGH!)
Years ago, there was a rice shake product that you could drink as an elimination diet. Does anyone know what that was and if it still exists? I know it wouldn't be fun or super healthy to just live off rice for 3 weeks, but I think it would be worth it long term.
Julie
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Today I started my elimination diet to avoid pollen cross-reaction foods (as well as my known allergies, I'm going to try to avoid common migraine triggers as well, but I'll add them in if I start dying of blandness.) Last time I was on an allergy elimination diet, I kept a blog, so I've started posting there again - http://allergyeliminationdiet.blogspot.com/. I'll probably post here as well. Julie
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It's called UltraClear Plus. It's used for elimination diets. However, it's quite spendy. I used it a few years ago when I was on an elimination diet. It works very well but again, the price factor has to be considered.
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