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Allergic to Spouse

Is it possible to be allergic to your spouse?  For a while we thought we were passing a yeast infection back and forth. She went to the doctor and got tested and everything come back clean.  That is when the doctor mentioned she could be allergic to me, and it was rare.  I've been looking for details online, but can't seem to find anything about it or even a name for it.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hello there,

Maybe your wife should make an appointment with an allergist. I'm not sure whether her family doctor has to make the referral to the allergist.
Your wife could also make an appointment to see a dermatologist.
Again this may require a referral from her family doctor. Another poster
suggested that your wife shower with a plain soap like ivory. No disrespect
intended toward this poster, but some people are allergic to ivory soap.
I'm hightly allergic to ivory soap. Some people are also allergic to Tide
detergent. That's why a dermatologist might be helpful in finding out what's going on. She might even be allergic to hair in general. You mentioned she
gave you a haircut the other day and she "broke out" on her stomach.
When you say "break out", I'm assuming you mean a rash. .That's why
I think your wife going to see an allergist and the allergist giving her an
allergy test to determine what she's allergic to would be very helpful.
I'm very sensitive to allergies myself. This was discovered through an
allergy test many years ago. I told you about my terrible allergic reaction to
ivory. I washed my face with ivory and broke out into a terrible rash.
It's not the gentle soap people make it out to be. I once got a bad case of
hives on my scalp from using a certain type of shampoo. I rather doubt
your wife is allergic to you. It may be something you use as a product,
anything from the type of soap you use, deodorant, after shave etc. etc.
Detergent you both use to wash your clothes. You have to be a detective
of sorts to try and figure out if there's a product you've started to use that
you haven't used up to now. This applies to your wife as well, ie. new
products she's never used before. Good luck to both of you.
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This is very frustrating for both of us. I think more me than her. We pretty much can't come in close contact with each other. The other day, she gave me a haircut, and she said she broke out on her stomach. She did tell me story about her having to stop milking cows when she was younger, because she was allergic to the hair.  I thought maybe she has an allergy to my hair or dander. We haven't started testing for anything.  Her doctor is booked way up. She had to reschedule her first appointment due to jury duty.  Its really getting to me.  I know I need to be patient and let the doctors figure this out, but it hurts being next to her and we cant really show each other affection like we want to. Sorry if that was TMI.
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A doctor is a rather credible source for health information, still if the Web doesn't "know" about it I wonder.  

My suggestion is to be very clean with no fancy smelling soap for your body or clothing, especially whatever you wear to bed.  Maybe showing with Ivory (or some other simple plain soap) before bed would be a good start.  

I do not believe one person can be allergic to another, but one may be allergic to something that has no affect on the other.

I am not a doctor so consider that when considering what your doctor tells you, did your doctor suggest anything or was it simply you can't come in contact with one another?  Maybe you've found a new test that should be made before a marriage license is issued - back in the old days, I mean a long time ago, my wife and I had to each get a blood test before a license was issued - I think that was a VD concern, not an allergic issue.
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