Posted by MaryT on March 1, 2005, at 22:28:00
In reply to Re: question on fish oil and allergies. Please hel, posted by Regis Harold on February 22, 2005, at 6:51:35
hi - I'm new to this chat room thing, so please bear with me! I am so excited to find out that I am NOT the only person in the world who is allergic to everything God and man ever created! I also am so restricted in my diet, by patch tests, elimination diets, etc over the past 24 years, I am now down to only being able to eat extra lean ground beef, minute rice, cranberry juice and pepsi.I can sometimes sneak in a few bites of catfish, if I take benadryl with it. A lot of the reactions are like food poisoning. Whether or not they are allergies or intolerances at this point doesn't even matter, really. My symptoms will vary between respiratory or digestive, but will always be the same with the same foods. Now I have several 3 inch thick medical records in almost every clinic in the hospital, because I am a physical mess. (I also have depression problems, but that's for later discussion.) Anyway, the question I have been trying to find an answer to is "If a person is allergic to all seafoods, will that person have a reaction to fish oils?" I read the one post that said allergic reactions are caused by proteins, but more than one of my physicians - and I am fortunate to have the "best of the best" where I am - say that a person can be allergic to a food product at any point in the chemical breakdown of that food. But none of them have the answer to this question, even my allergist. So I guess the better way to ask the question is "Has anyone else out there who is allergic to all seafood been able to tolerate fish oil capsules?"I have more to post that might help others. Thanks for any help anyone can give me on this one!
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