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Sudden adult onset of food allergies? Specifically, chocolate. . .

Is it possible to develop a food allergy in adulthood that you have never experienced before?  I'm 32 years old and have recently developed unexplained head pain; a CAT scan showed nothing abnormal.

I had a 24-hour respite from the head pain and then it returned.  The only thing I could associate with the change was eating chocolate and can recall an increase in my chocolate consumption over the past two weeks.

Can an adult develop a food allergy from out of nowhere?

Thanks,
Kelly
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I've been wondering about a thyroid disorder as well, had it checked a couple of years ago, and it came back normal.

Would you be able to give a little insight about what questions to ask or what to tell the doctor? What were your symptoms, and how did it improve? was it felt immediately after going on meds? do you take any supplements?  I don't have a GP and usually go to a walk-in clinic, where they aren't the best at diagnostics.
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Wow, I'm glad to find someone else in the same boat as me, not that it's a good boat to be in.

I'm also allergic to soy, all legumes, all nuts, oat. wheat, etc. all fruit and berries except blue berries, and can only really eat broccoli, kale, spinach, sweet potato and lettuce on the vegetable spectrum. i've also found that I get a strange tingling sensation and often develop painful spots on my face after eating sheep or goat related things.

My allergist discovered that I'm basically intolerant of things related to birch and grasses, but did not do anything to help me cope with this information. I actually became MORE sensitive after the test, as it introduced all of these things into my blood stream at once.

i'm struggling as well, gain weight really quickly, and feel a swelling in m throat and just overall puffiness as you mentioned. I'm going to try my best again to stay away from these foods, but with such a long list it's really difficult to get adequate nutrition.

I wanted to mention that people should be careful about vitamins and supplements they may take as well, soy and other foods are lurking in a lot of them.

Glycerine and Vitamin E is also derived ( 90% of the time) from soy, so be careful of skin care products and cough syrups as well.
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hi, hungry101,
how long did you have to wait for your test referral?

my gp said he would send me & I forgot to ask how long it would take I was so thankful...

im literally scared to eat anything at the moment, :(

im 38 & a tin of chick peas seems to have ended my world... im now reacting to anything & everything..
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Hey all. I started getting tummy troubles about 10 years ago n found out I was gluten intolerant so I did a gluten free diet which helped.  But then I started getting sick all the time which caused anxiety and depression. I went through psychologists and medication which I didn't like so I tried a natropath. Anyway I ended up googling (not the best idea but I was desperate) found the candida diet n ssymptoms of which I had 90% of them.  This diet is very strict and you need strobg probiotics but after a few weeks I began ferling normal then a majority of my symptoms went including my anxiety. I have strayed a bit as hard to stick to but I have changed my diet alot. You will lose weight though and feel yucky during the detox. But the only thing is now im getting face rashes that burn and itch so no doubt im allergic to something else. Good luck to everyone :)
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mockery? She wasn't, she was stating facts. I grew up with no technology, advent of the internet , pagers and then cell phones. People don't understand what WIFI and EMF frequencies do to people. There are people that have become so sensitive that they have moved out of certain areas.

I'm not allergic but iam sensitive. Your router or modem/router combo, which is common, puts out a ton of EMF and WIFI. Here is a site that talks about dirty electricity and situations that are happening. You can always click to the main page, this is going directly to the research page.

http://www.stetzerelectric.com/category/research/

Its not about getting rid of all of it, but we didn't or technology tolerance isn't in our genes, any of us. Thousands of years none of it existed, like there were no refrigerators or food cabinets but now were stock up with them. Its balance. Limit the amount of LCD's, plasmas, xbox, ps2, cell phones, routers, modems, notebooks, etc , in a single room. In one room, I had a plasma, notebook, cell phone, computer and the router until I moved the router. I would leave everything off unless I used it and it did make a difference.

JP

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this sounds a bit extreme. i don't know if this is meant to be helpful or a mockery or others with health problem.

no tv, no computers, no sex too eh?  asking a little too much aren't we?
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