# So. What are YOU allergic to? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 24, 2001, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-allergic-to/89351 "2001-10-24T18:28:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Demise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/34f0e0/32.png) [@Demise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demise)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-allergic-to/89351/21 "2001-10-24T20:30:04Z")
Penicillin. My joints swell up and it becomes agonizingly painful to move. Then I may or may not die. Wooo! Fortunately, I’m not allergic to any other antibiotics…that I know of… ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-allergic-to/89351/22 "2001-10-24T20:43:46Z")
Fabric softener. This only became a problem for me a few years ago. Must be an age thing. Itchy!!! ---
**Author:** ![Shera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Shera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shera)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-allergic-to/89351/23 "2001-10-24T20:45:25Z")
Iam allergic to Penicillan, pineapple, and mango. I think that I am developing a new allergy to something though, becuase I have this weird rash on my face and arms that isn’t going away. I have no Idea what it could be. ---
**Author:** ![NothingMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b77776/32.png) [@NothingMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NothingMan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-allergic-to/89351/24 "2001-10-24T21:05:54Z")
It would be easier to say what I’m **not** allergic to. I once had one of those allergy tests where they prick you with fifty different allergens. I had a reaction to 38 of them. The doctor said he had never seen that many before. Among the biggies are: dust, cats, dogs, horses, all nuts, MSG, NutraSweet, seafood, some fresh fruit, fabric softener, most detergents, grass, ragweed, pollen . . . and I swear quick temperature changes. If I come into the house out of a cold winter day and put my hands in warm water (like one would do to wash dishes) I will sneeze for ten minutes, its weird. Too bad bodies do not come with warrenties, cause I would get my money back. ---
**Author:** ![beegirl13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@beegirl13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beegirl13)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-allergic-to/89351/25 "2001-10-24T21:10:15Z")
I’m also allergic to nickel, but it seems to affect me only if it is in my ears. Watches, rings, etc. don’t bother me at all, but I can only leave regular earrings in for maybe an hour before my ears itch and burn. I may or may not be allergic to bee stings. I am definitely not deathly allergic, but I broke out in hives once after being stung.(There’s a bad pun hiding there somewhere.) Ever since, I have taken Benadryl after a sting just in case, so I don’t know if it would happen again or not. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-allergic-to/89351/26 "2001-10-24T21:38:03Z")
Oh yah, I forgot: Marijuana Feathers - they do come from animals… **cher3** , I’ll open your mail. I took a course of Cipro just last week. ---
**Author:** ![VeraGemini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e9bcb4/32.png) [@VeraGemini](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VeraGemini)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-allergic-to/89351/27 "2001-10-24T21:48:07Z")
Everything. 😃 No, seriously… I have your typical hay-fever reaction to dust, mold and pollen. Oranges, pineapples, grapefruits, or mangoes send me to the hospital. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-allergic-to/89351/28 "2001-10-24T21:58:18Z")
Cat saliva. Not _cats_, mind you, but their saliva. I get hives and stuff from it. Even though I’d like a kitty cat to watch grow up into an old lady or old man cat…I can’t have one. Various ingredients in different shampoos, soaps, detergents, and deodorants so that when I find one that doesn’t make me break out in a rash, I stick with it. My allergies are manifest in my skin- no real sneezing type allergies. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-allergic-to/89351/29 "2001-10-24T22:04:53Z")
That’s very neighborly of you **GingerOfTheNorth** Actually, I could have my kids do it. They’ve been on a diet of equal parts macaroni and cheese and amoxicillin for the last month. And my daughter’s preschool just called to say she’s been complaining of a sore throat. Whee. ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-allergic-to/89351/30 "2001-10-24T22:05:09Z")
Well, I’m asthmatic, so I consider things that induce an attack in me to be allergins. Those things include: Cigarette Smoke. BIG TIME. And I got bitched out by some hoser because I didn’t want to date him because he smoked. Look, doofus, you try waking up when it feels like an elephant is sitting on your chest, and see how YOU like it! \ Cats - unfortunatly, because I’m a HUGE pet lover, kitties included. I’m also allergic to: Peanuts Erythomycin Thats it. Al. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-allergic-to/89351/31 "2001-10-24T22:24:30Z")
i said it before, i’ll say it again: i hate cats. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-allergic-to/89351/32 "2001-10-24T22:40:52Z")
Valium. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-allergic-to/89351/33 "2001-10-24T23:04:58Z")
I am told that I am allergic to Alcohol. Honestly, I wonder who came up with that crazy idea! ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-allergic-to/89351/34 "2001-10-24T23:13:13Z")
nearly everything. i have a great allergist, so even though i am very allergic to cats, i have three of them. if i don’t bother the dust the dust won’t bother me. when cleaning house i look like i’m working in the ebola room at the cdc. love to take those meds… meds what i like to take… sniff the flonase, snort the atrovent… ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-allergic-to/89351/35 "2001-10-24T23:14:04Z")
I really wouldn’t say I’m _allergic_ to it, but there is this one type of deoderant I wore that irritated my underarms slighly. I have some kind of allergies towards perfume. I went into a perfume store once and had to run out about a minute later because I just couln’t take the smell. My face was red and my lungs felt like they were on fire. Certain pefumes are ok, as long as they aren’t strong. (As a result, I never wear cologne.) ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-allergic-to/89351/36 "2001-10-24T23:23:05Z")
Nature. Pollen. Things That Are Found Outside And From Which I Cannot Escape. Also penicillin. ---
**Author:** ![Tyklfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3e96dc/32.png) [@Tyklfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tyklfe)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-allergic-to/89351/37 "2001-10-24T23:25:12Z")
Stupid Freakin’ Cats… :looking up local dog breeders: ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-allergic-to/89351/38 "2001-10-24T23:35:44Z")
**cats** 27 different pollens almond oil lanolin/wool penicillin Allegra (my latest discovery) ramie dust mold whatever caused the bizarre rash on my arm last week ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2001, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-allergic-to/89351/39 "2001-10-24T23:51:20Z")
Besides numerous “things that grow in the ground and produce pollen.” - Clay(natural). More red than gray. - Tomato sauce spices (basil for certain, possibly others- but fortunately not garlic. This one is getting worse, so I am very careful now.) - Nickel - Mosquiteos, mildly. (half dollar sized welts are attractive) ---
**Author:** ![Read\_Icculus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/4af34b/32.png) [@Read\_Icculus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Read_Icculus)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2001, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-allergic-to/89351/40 "2001-10-25T00:07:11Z")
Cat hair, rodent hair and bananas. I am not allergic to banana hair. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-allergic-to/89351.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-what-are-you-allergic-to/89351.md?page=3)