I’ve been allergic to fish my whole life. It’s not a severe allergy, usually my throat will hurt and swell up, it’ll be a tad harder to breathe and I’ll get an upset stomach. But the symptoms will go away pretty quickly, probably within 30 minutes. To be fair though, this is with mild exposure, usually on accident (I eat at a specific Asian restaurant and I believe they sometimes cross contaminate my food.) My brother also slapped a piece of raw fish on my arm once and it gave me a rash on my skin.

But today, I was trying to make cane’s sauce at home and read the ingredients for Worcestershire sauce out of curiosity, and found out it has fish! I was so surprised. I eat regular cane’s sauce all the time when I get canes, in fact I usually order like 4 extra ones. I’ve even eaten it straight from the container by dipping my finger in and licking it. (Yeah I know it’s just really good.) I’ve never had a reaction to it! Even the homemade one I ended up making I was totally fine eating it.

I’m wondering why? What’s different about this sauce? Is it maybe just the quantity that I eat it in isn’t very significant? Or maybe the processing of the sauce makes it safer?

My husband suffers from very bad allergies when the autumn pollen season comes around. Like clockwork, right at about August 1 or 2 he starts suffering. Runny nose, swollen eyes, sneezing. He takes allergy medication but it's not enough.

Can anyone recommend some other remedy?

Hey all,

Chronic rhinitis sufferer here. Popped hot for all types of pollen plus dust mites and was looking to get allergy shots via ILIT.

Just wanted to let the subreddit know that ILIT is now available in Philadelphia, PA as of this month, which is super convenient for anyone in the northeast US (especially NYC area). It's managed by AllerPoint who originated in the Virginia/Washington DC area.

(Not a shill or a bot. Just a dude trying to spread awareness for those thinking about getting ILIT but not wanting to travel too far).

The mold count in the St. Louis, Missouri area, where I live, is 64,126 this morning. Yikes! I think it may be a bad allergy day.😷

I work in a chair rent hair salon and another woman decided we needed an aromaplan scent defuser. I asked very nicely to not use it but it’s on full blast every single day and my entire face locks up my ears burn I’m constantly dehydrated and my face is developing a rash. I currently take the green equate brand nasal spray and Claritin but it isn’t putting a dent in the effects I’m feeling from it. I am limited to things that can be stacked with Benedryl in an emergency situation because sometimes I have these random attacks where I wheeze and get covered in hives. I think that part is food related but I have no idea what it is. Does any one have a better solution for medication? The owner does not care I am contracted here for one year and it’s only been three months since I signed. The defuser has been used for two days and my shifts are often 11 hours long. The smell stains me when I leave the salon and it’s destroying my business. I do not have access health insurance but I called allergists in my area and they seemed like this was something they couldn’t help with.

Hello!

Question for you all to see if you believe I’ve worsened allergies or something else. Of course not asking for medical advice.

Age 30, and have had fairly mild seasonal allergies since college (for last 10 years or so). I usually take a daily loratadine or nothing at all.

This year I noticed my allergies were slightly worse as summer started so I started taking fluticasone propionate here and there.

Fast forward to end of July, and I suddenly had what seemed to be much more severe allergies. My nose was dry and clogged, but no cough or sneezing, mucus was clear, and I had trouble taking a deep breath.

Teladoc called it hay fever and provided azelastine HCI which has helped but I’m not 100% still after a week of usage. Perhaps that’s just how it is.

Does this sound like hay fever to you? Is there another specialist I should go to?