SwimminCkick

What are your weirdest allergies?
How did you find out bout them?

Personnallly, I am allergic to the sun. I sneeze and get hives when th wweather is nice.

What about you?

ItsASecret

I don't know about the hives part, but as for the sneezing I have the exact same thing, and I too thought it was allergies. Everyone, including my own mother laughed at me whenever I went from inside to outside because I sneezed each and every single time. With zero actual allergies even my own doctor chuckled when I asked what in the world would make me sneeze every time I went outside, she had no answer. It is very annoying, but I do know what it is. It is called ACHOO syndrome, no word of a lie. I was sitting in my genetics class one day and Mike the prof decided to make us laugh with some genetic mutation examples that result in some things that are relatively uncommon. Low and behold there on the list was "ACHOO syndrome - a genetic autosomal dominant trait that results in the photic sneeze reflex" (sneezing when exposed to bright light). Well I almost burst out laughing because I finally had the answer to the question that my G.P could not answer, what in the world makes me sneeze when I go outside. Turns out Mike the Ph.D geneticist also has the same thing, and when he said who else does I apprehensively held up my hand while laughing. Good times. I can now go out and joke about it because I consider myself an appropriate 'mutant' for that particular trait.

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yellowpiXi3

not so much me but my bf is allergic to life....lol jk.

but we found out he's allergic to about 31 different types of food.. its an IGg allergy so he doesn't get the reaction instantly...

i am allergic to grass.

ren_07

It's not really weird, but chlorine. I just cannot swim in pools if they are too clean lol

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ViSuvius

ok....where to begin. I am allergic to Aloe vera, Agave (which is what they make tequila out of) and Eucalyptus.
Found aout about the aloe allergy after using some aloe based moistrizer and got hives that looked more like blisters.
Agave, had a shot of tequila once and broke out in hives.

Eucalyptus....well it almost killed me, twice! My mother is Eastern Cherokee and Iroquois, so growing up trips to the doctor we not necessarily commonplace. We have always used herbal remedies. One of them being eucalyptus in boiling hot water and using the steam to clear up congestion. Well I think I was maybe 5 had a really bad cold and my mom did the same thing that she had done for my brother and sister, the eucalyptus remedy. The only problem was that it made me worse (A LOT WORSE) rather than better. So off we went to the hospital. More recently I was working in Santa Barbara, CA during the tea Fire - now keep in mind most of what was burning was eucalyptus- there was ash falling, smoke in the air and I had a reaction. You know you're in bad shape when the people at Urget Care tell you that you need to go to the hospital emergency room! The thing is, as long as the eucalyptus trees near my house are not dripping sap or sending off a lot of smell I'm fne. But if there is a fire burning eucalyptus...I'l be inside with the A/C going.

xHannahX13

I'm allergic to pine, juniper, ceader, cats, and laundry detergent.
I used to tell people that I was allergic to fish so I wouldn't have to eat it lol