My Asthma Story Bow!

Dear Asthma,

Please! Let go of me.. it's been 17 long years. :'( and counting?

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Do you have an allergy to food? If so, is there an asthma diet that can help you reduce symptoms?

(Penguin Nebulizer)

i wish i had one of these back then. :)

but never will i wish EON will have these neither 

oh please Gahd Forbid! 

Anyhow back to topic.

I’ve had enough with my allergies and asthma. Frankly, I don’t even know if I officially have allergies, and if I do, what I am allergic to. When I went to my doctor a couple years ago, I was told that I have a mild case of asthma. But, nothing really regarding an allergy.

It’s time for me to start doing something about it, because it is a life-hindering issue. While I don’t have problems every day, I do often have issues with coughing attacks that interrupt my day, and are frankly embarrassing when around other people.

When I research this article, it was just as much for my own good as providing information for other asthma and food allergy sufferers.

If you have issues with allergies and/or asthma, and you’re not quite sure what to do about it other than “throw medicine” at the problem, you need to know what foods trigger attacks. While there is no diet that has been proven to cure asthma, the following are some of the foods known to trigger attacks:

 Beer

Wine

Shrimp
(and other shellfish)
Pickled food

 Peanuts (i <3 Peanuts!! :'()

Processed potatoes

Dried fruit

wool or synthetic clothing,
soaps, detergents,
perspiration, disinfectants,
topical antimicrobial

House dust, mites, animal dander, cockroach, pollens, molds.

Preservatives in topical medications, metals, latex.

Cow's milk, eggs, peanuts, wheat, soya, fish and shellfish.

Hard water, cooking with gas, proximity to rad traffic, environmental tobacco smoke.

Extreme temperature and humidity,
and seasonal variation in the pattern of atopic eczema.

 

Info credit: Ask The Doctor

Most people with food allergies experience symptoms such as rash, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. In my case, I get an itchy skin, throat, cough uncontrollably, and even sometimes experience a closing of my throat.

My advice to my fellow Asthmatics: Other than going to an allergy specialist, the only way you can beat a food allergy or asthma attack brought on by food is to eliminate the trigger foods. If you can do without all of them, Great! If you want to narrow it down, maybe reintroduce one food at a time to see how you react.

So... again to you ASTHMA!!! Please please go away!!! 

I don't need you in my life!:(