ALLERGY TO WINE

[mel777a]

Back in August I was visiting South America Chile.
while at lunch  I helped myself with a  small portion of ceviche (fresh fish salad).
then I went back for some shrimp, and immediately I had the worst allergic reaction. I could not breath and   ended  up in the hospital which was  fearly close.  
Dr. gave me  an IV of Cortizon, and I was fine in no time. I had to take medication for one week he said not to eat chocolat,citrics,like oranges ,grape fruit, lemon,eggs.and absolutely no fish or related.
I asked if I could drink wine .. he said yes. that was a relief; something to calm me down after such a traumatic experience .
However I did drink wine while in Chile  and I was just fine ,even  when I came back to the states, but a day ago  I had  a cup of Malbec ,and  had an allergic reaction; my skin broke into a big a rush all over my neck and chest.but the night before  had  three cups of   cabernet and  had nothing only slightly head ache the next day .
would it be that my body clock is telling me to stop my daily cup of wine at dinner ... :(
i'm so afraid to even drink a cabernet . should I go to a doctor to find out to what I'm really allergic to...because by now I'm so afraid of everything ,and even lost weight .
Just to note -.before chile .I was not allergic to anything that I was aware of .

[Paderla Anitha, DNB]

Hello and hope you are doing well.

You can have an allergic reaction to a substance even if it caused no reaction in the past. On exposure to the allergen, an Immunologic (IgE) or a non-immunologic reaction is set in process, which ultimately releases histamine, which acts at the peripheral receptors, resulting in allergic reactions. This can range from common hay fever to hives to asthma or anaphylactic reactions. Of these the anaphylactic reactions are the most severe forms and the symptoms can include breathlessness with stridor and with dropping of blood pressure resulting in loss of consciousness. It is a medical emergency and needs to be tackled immediately. Epipen is used in such situations.

Hope this helped and do keep us posted.

[Caryopteris]

You would probably not react to white wine.  The skins used to add the red color to red wine have histamine or something.  I get a histamine reaction sometimes too.  Maybe there are some red wines you will not have such a strong reaction to though.  Not sure.  

http://www.beekmanwine.com/prevtopbd.htm