I have a problem and wanted to see what the general opinion was.
About 1-2 months ago, I drank some cheap red wine (although it was very tasty). About half way through the glass of wine, my ears started burning up and they turned bright red. I then noticed that I had red blotches all over my shoulders and upper chest/back. I thought, some people have problems with red wines, so I will just stop drinking red wine and go back to beer
Move forward to last weekend. I got home from a long day at work. I sat down , ate and cracked open a Guinness. About half way through the Guinness, same thing happened that happened with the red wine. Now, for dinner I had some mixed vegatables with Shitake Mushrooms. One time before(8 years ago) I had boiled some shitake mushrooms and ate and drank the broth and mushrooms. I immediately got very hot and broke out into hives. I went to my doctor and he gave me some benedryl and sent me home.
On a side note, I have eaten some shitake mushrooms hear and there over the years but never noticed any problems.
Now, I have read that it is possible for alcohol to make your allergy symptoms worse.
OK, so there is the facts. My questions:
1. Can you suddenly gain an allergy to alcohol?
2. Does the part about alcohol making other allergies worse seem factual to you?
3. Should I just quit drinking?
Two more things I thought of. Last night I took a drink of a Coors Light just to see what it would do. It did nothing but it was just a drink.
And two, I am going to Hawaii next week and altough I don't need alcohol to have a good time, it would be nice on occasion
Anybody have any thoughts, opinons or facts they would like to share?
Thanks,
Dave
About 1-2 months ago, I drank some cheap red wine (although it was very tasty). About half way through the glass of wine, my ears started burning up and they turned bright red. I then noticed that I had red blotches all over my shoulders and upper chest/back. I thought, some people have problems with red wines, so I will just stop drinking red wine and go back to beer
Move forward to last weekend. I got home from a long day at work. I sat down , ate and cracked open a Guinness. About half way through the Guinness, same thing happened that happened with the red wine. Now, for dinner I had some mixed vegatables with Shitake Mushrooms. One time before(8 years ago) I had boiled some shitake mushrooms and ate and drank the broth and mushrooms. I immediately got very hot and broke out into hives. I went to my doctor and he gave me some benedryl and sent me home.
On a side note, I have eaten some shitake mushrooms hear and there over the years but never noticed any problems.
Now, I have read that it is possible for alcohol to make your allergy symptoms worse.
OK, so there is the facts. My questions:
1. Can you suddenly gain an allergy to alcohol?
2. Does the part about alcohol making other allergies worse seem factual to you?
3. Should I just quit drinking?
Two more things I thought of. Last night I took a drink of a Coors Light just to see what it would do. It did nothing but it was just a drink.
And two, I am going to Hawaii next week and altough I don't need alcohol to have a good time, it would be nice on occasion
Anybody have any thoughts, opinons or facts they would like to share?
Thanks,
Dave
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