Do allergies get worst as you get older??

[the_bob_delusion]

I've noticed I seem to respond more to hay fever these days but don't remember it having much of an effect on me when I was younger.

I also noticed when I eat prawns now I get a slight itchness which I don't recall ever having.

Is this an age thing???

[purple_haize]

I suffered severely with ecexema (sp) as a baby and toddler, then was free from it, now that I am in my 60's it has returned, dr. said it is due to age.

Have tried various ointments on it, nothing much seems to work.

[nevillesdaughter]

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@kennedia_nigricans wrote:

cinammon is not healthy. i forgot why.

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Cinnamon has positives and negatives - eg it has been shown to have some anti-viral effects and has been used in HIV/AIDS research, but can also cause liver damage in some individuals, and there are legislated limits to how much can be added to processed foods such as breads and pastries.

Marina.

[orabrush]

Allergic rhinitis (hay fever) typically starts in early childhood with symptoms peaking in the second, third and fourth decades of life.

Medifocus Guidebook on hayfever

[cat_mioux]

I also carry an epipen. I've been to A&E about 4-5 times in the last 4 years.

Bob, I'd leave out the prawns. It starts with slight itchyness and can go pear shaped real quick.

[purple_haize]

Ms. Mioux.........do you need a script for an epipen?

[***super_nova***]

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@orabrush wrote:

Allergic rhinitis (hay fever) typically starts in early childhood with symptoms peaking in the second, third and fourth decades of life.

Medifocus Guidebook on hayfever

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it seems to now; as  child I have never had it and I did not know anybody who had it.  We used to spend summer in the countryside helping with hay, and climbing the stack of hay in the shed.  i used to also ride, and so spent time in stables, giving horses some hay.  I remember reading a book when I was about 15 and when hay fever was mentioned, I asked my mum what was that - that was the very first time I heard that expression.  Nowadays, every second kid has it.  😞  Another reason to reduce pollution and plastic in our environment.

[the_bob_delusion]

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@cat_mioux wrote:

I also carry an epipen. I've been to A&E about 4-5 times in the last 4 years.

Bob, I'd leave out the prawns. It starts with slight itchyness and can go pear shaped real quick.

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I ate stacks of prawns today prepeeled ones insead of the unpeeled ones. Alive and breathing, no itching all all. All good.

[***super_nova***]

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@**freethinker_bob** wrote:

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I ate stacks of prawns today prepeeled ones insead of the unpeeled ones. Alive and breathing, no itching all all. All good.

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For moment I thought you meant the prawns!!! LOL

[shoptilludroptara]

i guess it depends

im severly allergic to bees and pepper and soy

i dont even keep pepper in the house.i dont buy anything with soy in it or have it in the house.

im real careful outside because of the bees

my allergies are pretty much as bad as when i was a kid

my daughter is 11 and allergic to grass.trees.plants and flowers(to many too name lol)

it gotten worse she is madicated 5 days a week so she can go to school.then off it for the weekend

then the next week we use a different one for thos 5 days then back to the forst one

thank god for the holidays as she is medication free

she also has issues with soaps.washing powders and lots of other stuff lol(im careful what i buy and use)

my middle son is allergic to cut grass.issues with the sun.and allergic to soaps.washing poweders.creams and more

he has rashes all down both arms and chest and back that never went away as he had to many severe reactions

mostly from head to foot for weeks on end(got worse as he got older)

my oldest is allergic to bees and wasps(so far has improved)

all of them are asthmatic as well lol

fun times in my house

tara

[poddster]

I don't hav any allergies but I will keep you informed when I get older 🙂