#medications for allergies

[thebibliosphere]

Still not over the head of cardiology, who said she wouldn't formally diagnose me with dysautonomia because she didn't want me to think of myself as disabled.

As if good vibes and a can-do attitude can stabalize autonomic dysfunction.

[reasonsforhope]

"A clinical trial studying severe allergic reactions in the U.K. is being called “life-transforming.”

Five United Kingdom National Health Service (NHS) hospitals are participating in the £2.5 million ($3.2 million) trial to help patients live with their food allergies.

The study is being funded by the Natasha Allergy Research Foundation, Sky News reported. The foundation was formed in the memory of Natasha Ednan-Laperouse, who died in 2016 after eating a baguette that had sesame in it...

The trial is studying clinical oral immunotherapy treatments in which patients are given small doses of the food to which they are allergic to build up their tolerance. The food is given under medical supervision by trained staff, The Telegraph reported.

The study has 139 people participating who have allergies to peanuts or cow’s milk. They range in age from 2 to 23 years old, the BBC reported.

The Food Standards Agency said 2 million people in the U.K. have a diagnosed food allergy. In the U.S., about 5.5. million children have a food allergy, the National Institutes of Health reported.

One 11-year-old who was diagnosed with a severe peanut allergy when he was an infant can now eat six peanuts.

A 5-year-old with a milk allergy can drink 120 ml of milk every day and can enjoy a daily hot chocolate, the BBC reported.

“To have a patient who has had anaphylaxis [Note: Anaphylaxis is an allergic reaction so severe that it's potentially fatal without immediate treatment. It is very common with peanut allergies in particular. x] to 4mls of milk to then tolerate 90mls within six to eight months is nothing less than a miracle,” Sibel Donmez-Ajtai, a pediatric allergy consultant and principal investigator at Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust, said, according to Sky News.

The final results of the study are expected to be released in 2027.

Similar studies have been conducted in the U.S. To find one, visit FoodAllergy.org.

Earlier this year, the NIH released the findings of a study of an antibody treatment that would help children consume allergy triggers safely."

-via WHIO 7 Local News, May 8, 2024

[retrogamingblog2]

Pokemon Medicine Bottles made by bubbledreamz

[fishyfishyfishtimes]

Sometimes I feel like celiac disease doesn't actually count as a disability since it's so easy and stress free compared to deadly allergies, but then I remember that I have to meticulously plan every trip I go to and play 4D chess with uni campus restaurant menus and for a brief moment there was genuine consideration if I should be put on growth hormones because I was so small from not getting enough nutrients

[kayvsworld]

I wish there were mcu comics I wish there were comics but of the mcu. low stakes inter-movie 2012 avengers tower style shenanigans and I am NOT talking about avengers assemble the cartoon OR the tie in comics I am saying a series, an avengers series specifically of the avengers and they do avengers things and it's mcu but it's comics

what I am actually saying is that I wish there had been more avengers movies before aou where they did avengers things and were friends, an avengers 1.5, but this is a more unfixable problem

[theriverbeyond]

DANGER WARNING and other poems better left unsaid (2024) ft. early morning hotel views and my travel sized sharps container

[cosmicelite]

perfectly normal sketches of zarbon doing some training

[cakesexuality]

Have I ever told you that a counsellor in college (who I like and trust) asked if antidepressants make me manic and was suggesting I have bipolar disorder

[derpemblemarchives]

September 23rd 2024 Update

Hello Everyone!

I know it's been quite a while since we've last given a proper update on this blog! [squints] Oh lord, almost four years?

That being said, I want to announce that I have something big planned! As I am now much older and have more adult responsibilities, this will be a very slow transition, but I'm excited for what the future holds!!

More info hopefully coming in within the next few weeks! Are you ready? 👀

[steriotypicaloutlaw]

Consider: Ghost having an allergy to sunlight. He's always covered from head to toe, and while yes, he is trying to hide his identity, it would be fun to explore that.

Like, when he is in direct sunlight for even a few seconds he starts to develop an itchy red rash. When he's in it for 10 minutes or longer blisters start to appear. If he is covered, he can be in direct sunlight all he wants, though heat rashes can occur if he isn't careful and doesn't take the correct precautions. Of course he gets them often when on the field, cause ain't no way is that man taking off any of his gear or taking care of himself the way he should for that. Does he regret it later? Yeah, of course he does. But will it prevent him from doing it again? Nope, not in the slightest. In his mind, it's a worthy price to pay to make sure his team is safe and his job is done correctly.

The first to find out is Price, of course, checking in on him in the Med Bay after a mission. He scolds him for not taking better care of himself and then helps him apply lotion to his back. Soap finds out unintentionally. He's getting his wounds patched up after a mission and Ghost is in the room watching over him. Price comes in to check on them and sees Ghost squirming in discomfort. (Soap would have noticed if the medic wasn't blocking his view of the man.) Price tries to be quiet when asking if it was the heat, but Soap can hear them talking. The medic sighs and shakes her head when hearing that, yet again, Ghost didn't take care of himself and got another one. Meanwhile, Ghost is ordered to remove his excess gear so he's not irritating his skin further.

[thebibliosphere]

tw: content under a cut for talking about calorie counting (in a positive way), restrictive medical diets, and MCAS 'remission.'

So it's been 5 months since I last saw the GI doctor who took me seriously regarding my mast cell dysfunction, and not only have I gained a LOT of foods back into my diet under his care without experiencing idiopathic anaphylaxis, but I've also managed to eat 2000 calories almost every day for the last 5 months.

Prior to his care, since 2020, I had been mostly surviving on a liquid diet with the odd bit of solid carbs and protein when I could handle it.

Which was better than the 2 things I could digest safely prior to 2019, which were oatmeal and filtered tap water toward the end when I was dying. But even after I recovered from that, any time I went over 700 calories a day in solid food, I'd be writhing in pain.

I still have days when the pain hits, and all I can manage is liquids, but those days are so much less, and thanks to being able to eat more foods, I can at least liquidate more nutrients to make sure I'm getting what I need.

Things will never be 100% healed. That's not the nature of this kind of immune disease. But they're better. I'm better. I'm still so scared to say any of this is in remission because MCAS is wildly unpredictable. But I'm so much better than I was.

And I'm going to go happy-cry and eat a gluten-free cupcake about it.

[tj-crochets]

Went to the doc today and got a new quote for the list of funniest things doctors have said to me: "I'm definitely treating you for something, I just don't know what it is. The hydrocortisone is working though" Long story short, I still do not have a diagnosis for Addison's, but I also don't definitively not have Addison's, and I am staying on the hydrocortisone (which is, in fact, working lol) but now I get stress doses to take when needed Also I found out when you tell a nurse and then a doctor who are concerned at your resting heart rate being in the 120s "yeah, I had an allergic reaction last night, my food was cross contaminated" they get identical like D: expressions (apparently allergic reactions severe enough to cause GI issues are severe enough that I should take a stress dose of my meds, which is good for me to know!) edited to add: it's really weird for me (not bad! just weird!) to go to this particular doctor, because I can just ask him "Hey can I please get my vitamin D, vitamin b12, and iron levels checked?" and he's like "Yeah, sure" and just orders the tests right then. He doesn't even ask why

[pedgito]

i fear i was born to nap. i love a good nap

[batwynn]

Ok. Five days without antihistamines before my immunology appointment (FINALLY). I can do it. I won’t even look at a potato. 😤