Allergies

[angels4u]

Does anybody have allergies and what do you do for it?

My eyes are bothering me often and the eye specialist told me that I have allergies building up underneath my eyelids,I don't have it all the time and sometimes it goes away but then it can come back at anytime:) (very painful)

I did have a allergy test a couple of years ago and I'm slightly allergic to about 5 things,I didn't really cut those foods out of my diet since it tested only slightly allergic.

There are still so many things that I was not tested for.....'

Ho do you deal with allergies?

[BFP]

Do you wear make-up...Sometimes mascara can be a huge problem these days. They are putting too many chemicals in it now. I haven`t been able to wear it for a couple of years, it really gets my eyes bad

[angels4u]

Do you wear make-up...Sometimes mascara can be a huge problem these days. They are putting too many chemicals in it now. I haven`t been able to wear it for a couple of years, it really gets my eyes bad

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I just went to see my family doctor again,and she wants me to take another allergy test,I had one 4 or 5 years ago---but it might not give me results,but it's something to start .

I don't wear eye make up ,and I'm already very careful with so many things which could aggravate it..

[freeinnocentspirit]

I have a lot of serious allergies and its partly due to the fact I have erratic asthma which spiralled out of control a few years ago. The severity of my asthma and allergies resulted in my right lung partially collapsing (basicaly when I would breathe in an out the lower part did not react or move at all - this was only detected at a lung function test stage), I have now thanks to God recovered at a record speed but I take a whole host of tablets for the allergies and inhalers for the asthma.

What I would advise you to do is to take what my hospital consultant did in the end (I wasted a lot of time making lists for what it could be and as BFP said mascara was one thing to appear first on my allergy test).

Take each allergy and rate it from 1 - 5 so if you have a range of allergies say in my case asthma, hay fever eczema, psoriasis and rhinitis. If one is the highest and 5 is the lowest score. If you see that for each allergy you have its intolerable and you cant do day to day activities then it might be worth looking at taking antihistamines tablets all year round or any jabs that are there. In my case I had the rhinitis kick off the asthma and then the skin issues would start shortly after. It may be worth just having the antihistamine tabs instead of going through test after test.

As for the eyes I take the antihistamine and have eye drops!! Even try the contact lense eye drops that are created to rehydrate the contact lenses through out the day if you use them its like a quick eye bath!

Edited September 28, 2012 by freeinnocentspirit

[angels4u]

I'm glad to hear you're doing so much better,it's hard to find out what could cause the problem!

Which antihistamine are you using?

I actually stopped wearing make up a long time ago and in winter time I might use a little but not on my eyes,I find that even my own hair close to my eyes bothers me.

Which kind of eye drops do you use? I have Alrex and Patanol,I use it only when it's really bad. The eye specialist told me to buy eye drops without preservatives but I use what I have already first.

If we would only know what would cause all those problems!!!!!

[freeinnocentspirit]

Hi

I would say always pick the lowest possible dose. Even go through all the children s doses then go into the adult doses. I sadly had to pole vault into the strong stuff as it go to the point of my allergies starting to effect a major organ. As I am in the UK i wasted a lot of time going through the NHS system it took a long time to get to see the consultant and it was a severe case when I did. I always look back at the point of sheer suffering and struggling and think I wish I dipped into my own pockets and went to see a specialist. They are the best people to deal with custom made care. There is so much more that they can prescribe you that is specialist medication.

To be honest while I spent a lot of time eliminating things I would react to my overall immunity was going down. The way I now understand allergies to be best maintained is by use of reactions at the right time. So my advice to you be this go out an do a little bit of shopping for your eye allergy for me this worked more than eye drops. Buy the following things:

1. Johnsons baby shampoo (smallest bottle avaiable!)

2. baby wipes

3. Contact lense rehydrate drops.

4. superfine salt (smallest pack himlayan salt is the best!)

5. very thin face towels.

sadly this is a routine to do, every morning and night take luke warm water and add a pinch of salt to the water and mix lightly soak the thin flannel into the water and clean the eyelids while your eyes closed. Do this twice a day to start. If this does not have much effect then go to the johnson's no tears type baby shampoo get rid of the salt and put a little drop of the shampoo and wash the eye area. Our eyelashes catch the dust and germs and by doing this your cleaning the area away.

if you still have the annying itchy eyes or sensitive eyes next stage is this get some baby wipes which are hypoallergenic and for sensitive skin. Keep them with you when its too sore or burning use these to wipe the area clean.

About the contact lense eye drops these are usually saline only and when people wear contact lenses saline is used to store the lens to keep the lenses moist so in turn now that I wear contact lenses what I have found is that my eye allergy is near non existent because the saline within the contact lens washes my eye every morning. When my eyes become irritated is use a preservative free contact lens rehydrate eye drop in blister form.

Just be weary with the level of how sensitive it is - don't ever neglect any allergy as you could end up in the situation that I did and then sit there thinking ok these are all separate things that I could have controlled easily but chose not to in time!

take care.

free

(Pm me anytime you need any advice!)

Edited September 29, 2012 by freeinnocentspirit

[angels4u]

Hi

I would say always pick the lowest possible dose. Even go through all the children s doses then go into the adult doses. I sadly had to pole vault into the strong stuff as it go to the point of my allergies starting to effect a major organ. As I am in the UK i wasted a lot of time going through the NHS system it took a long time to get to see the consultant and it was a severe case when I did. I always look back at the point of sheer suffering and struggling and think I wish I dipped into my own pockets and went to see a specialist. They are the best people to deal with custom made care. There is so much more that they can prescribe you that is specialist medication.

To be honest while I spent a lot of time eliminating things I would react to my overall immunity was going down. The way I now understand allergies to be best maintained is by use of reactions at the right time. So my advice to you be this go out an do a little bit of shopping for your eye allergy for me this worked more than eye drops. Buy the following things:

1. Johnsons baby shampoo (smallest bottle avaiable!)

2. baby wipes

3. Contact lense rehydrate drops.

4. superfine salt (smallest pack himlayan salt is the best!)

5. very thin face towels.

sadly this is a routine to do, every morning and night take luke warm water and add a pinch of salt to the water and mix lightly soak the thin flannel into the water and clean the eyelids while your eyes closed. Do this twice a day to start. If this does not have much effect then go to the johnson's no tears type baby shampoo get rid of the salt and put a little drop of the shampoo and wash the eye area. Our eyelashes catch the dust and germs and by doing this your cleaning the area away.

if you still have the annying itchy eyes or sensitive eyes next stage is this get some baby wipes which are hypoallergenic and for sensitive skin. Keep them with you when its too sore or burning use these to wipe the area clean.

About the contact lense eye drops these are usually saline only and when people wear contact lenses saline is used to store the lens to keep the lenses moist so in turn now that I wear contact lenses what I have found is that my eye allergy is near non existent because the saline within the contact lens washes my eye every morning. When my eyes become irritated is use a preservative free contact lens rehydrate eye drop in blister form.

Just be weary with the level of how sensitive it is - don't ever neglect any allergy as you could end up in the situation that I did and then sit there thinking ok these are all separate things that I could have controlled easily but chose not to in time!

take care.

free

(Pm me anytime you need any advice!)

Talking about timing about you giving me advise about the water and salt solution,I NEVER heard of that before until yesterday....hahahaha I have a very good friend who has the same trouble with her eyes and she told me how good it works and now you telling me the same thing at same day! This must be the Lord confirming to try this , I tried it this morning ,my bowl with salted water is in the bathroom(maybe not a good place as you know what I mean lol.

Also I heard from her about something you should check it's called:

map.fingerprint corneo erosion. To get this checked you need to be referred by your eye specialist, I'm planning to see if I can get a appointment soon:)

Thanks for all the advice!

[freeinnocentspirit]

Hi

No worries, I would always advice the natural route all the way. I mean its unfortunate for me that by the time I got really clued up on all these natural alternatives it was at the stage where I was on a wide range of allergy control medication. I do literally have to take one drug for lungs, eyes, nose, ear and throat too - but oddly enough through natural little things all works there are tonnes of books on this the best one is this to buy and keep (you just need this one book!)

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bartrams-Encyclopedia-Herbal-Medicine-Bartram/dp/1854875868/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1349478407&sr=8-1

This caters for everyhing!!!

[angels4u]

It looks a very good book! I'm going to look for it in the store!

[freeinnocentspirit]

Sorry I dont mean to bump this topic up to the top but the book is brilliant - all natural and herbal remedies. Just be careful to make sure that herbal remedies do not interfere with your other medicines!