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People are allergic to me too

I had read that someone had a similar problem to mine. Within a few minutes of entering a room, people begin coughing and/or sneezing.(By the way, it's always 2 coughs in a row.) I am not sick at all but everyone around me becomes sick upon meeting me. Doctors have told me that it's just allergy season, but this has been going on for a couple years! Besides the endless coughing and sneezing, other symptoms that people develop include: itching around the eyes and nose, acne (on face and neck), sores on the outer lips, and fatigue. I feel alone and am making myself an outcast from society.  This feels like an airborn virus but besides the dermatological aspect, I do not feel sick at all. I wish someone could help me. Any suggestions would help.
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does anyone here who suffers from PATM have anal itching? if so, look into the possibility of pinworms. the eggs can be released into the air...and I'm thinking that is what causes the reactions from others. those eggs can be on your clothes and in your house on your furniture and everything. I did a pinworm search on the ehow website. I posted a few other things at the PATM forum. This is just a guess on my part. But it is worth investigating.
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Hi
Have you seen the post on Bloodborne Body Odor and Halitosis - I have copied below.  It is a show looking for unusual conditions - would this not be an opportunity to have PATM investigated??

Monday, July 12, 2010
'What's wrong with me ?" : Apply for new UK TV show
A TV company in the UK is looking for people suffering from 'mystery health conditions'. Maverick Television; who make the popular programme 'Embarrassing Bodies' which featured a TMAU case recently, are looking for unsolved health cases that they plan to be film being diagnosed and treated etc. The person will get "free consultation, advice and treatment from some of the UK's leading medical specialists". This may be an opportunity for anyone who is brave enough to appear on TV with an undiagnosed body odor or halitosis problem.

Anyone wishing to apply has until 31st August to email the producers

whats-wrong-with-me

Just a suggestion
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guys just check your noses trills. people usaully caugh when people nose whistle . this is something normal. it is really hard to be detected by our selves. our brain is adapted to nose whistling. you can only identify that you are whistling only if you concentrate on your breathing alot. even i was going crazy. i went to neurologists psychologists and everyone . and finally one of my friends told me that whistling is the reason. when you whistle its kind of an very powerfull frequency. eg: when i whistle through my nose, the person next to me might feel like his whistling, but its actually me. this is becouse we all breath at the same rate. as i told you before most of you people have some sort of respiratory disorder which might have lead to a enlarged turbinate in the nose  or even can be due to a deviated septum. i took medications for my deviated deviated septum and turbinates. and now i dont get the PATM symtoms anymore . only if i blow my nose or get a common cold or something .
people always clear there throats .. clear there breathing passage. nose etc. so they can breath well.

just see if you can breath with your nose well. try closing one nosestrill  and breathing with the other ..  THANK YOU. HOPE MY EXPERIANCE WILL HELP YOU PEOPLE . NOSE IS THE PROBLEM .. CHECK WITH AN ENT. DONT PANIC .. WE ALL ARE HUMANS .. SO FACE IT . THIS IS JUST SOMETHING NORMAL WHICH ALL THE HUMANS IN THIS WORLD HAS GONE THROUGH.
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The triple therapy seem to be helping ..In the car for 6hrs with family visiting ,no one sneeze, cough or blow their nose. Later  that day went to dinner, a lady two tables over sneeze. Just a coincident, Right... Went to the gym only one incident the guy I was talking with started clearing his throat a couple of time than he was fine,that was today. Its something still there. But  I can say its 85% better. Have to keep working on getter that bug...He's very stubborn.
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started my triple therapy PREVPAC today pray for me !!
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Hi I just found this site which is great because now I know I'm not the only one who makes other people sneeze, cough and get irritated eyes around me. It all began 2 years ago after getting a normal  flu. The symptoms I got along with being an allergen to other people was high body temperature, reduced smell sense, chronic gastritis plus H. Pylori infection, weight loss, small headaches, sometimes slight blurred vision, unexplained nervousness and feeling very uneasy in small places,very crowded places, and hating having to wait  in line at a bank, as supermarket, etc. first I though it was something psychological though I have allways being a very calmed, easygoing person, so It couldnt be that all of the sudden my personality changed from a calmed person to a highly anxious, uneasy and nervous person. Well, I have gone to several doctors including gastroenterologist, intern medicine specialist, dentist, hematologist, neurologist and a otorrhinologist.  every pill I've received from all of these doctors have been useless along with some unconfortable medical exams. the last thing I found was that I have acid reflux along with some chronic rhinitis.
sweet food, and dairy seem to makes things worse.
while I'm in a place surrounded by many people i.e shopping mall, college, office etc,some people cough even when they are 3 to 5 meters away from me! while other people who are closer to me don't seem to show any allergic symptom. I still don't get it. last week on a college exam, a classmate coughed like crazy during all the exam. she was  sat next to me, though I had other classmates next to me who didn't show any coughing, sneezing, or desire to spit. the same happened the day I went to cinema to watch a movie: the poor guy next to me coughed like 40 times.the funny thing is that he didnt seem to blame me on his cough. he even leaned towards my chair .!? he never made any angry look at me or anything, Im getting crazy
I know I have something, a real desease condition, virus, super allergic problem  etc but still dont know what is it.
Things I've Tried:
I've tried changing diet - some mild positive effect
Trying being more positive, better attitude- no effect
Sleeping more hours- no effect
-excersise- I havent gone back to the gym because of fear and shame of people pointing at me for making them sneeze, cough etc.
nutritional supplements- tried many, not any big effect
-Im ready to try anithing new to cure this or at least to get a right diagnosis, hope anyone can help
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