Hey Belinda,

Sorry to hear you've been having allergy problems it sounds really annoying.

just a thought as I was reading your notes... and I don't know heaps about allergy stuff... but my DH has IBS and is a dermatitis/eczema type. At one stage he seemed to start getting really sensitive to everything - tomatoes were giving him stomach cramps and things he'd always had previously that were fine, no longer seemed to be. He did an elimination diet and worked out some foods that were irritating his system. Now I don't know if they are proper allergies per se but I suspect not, I think it's more of a sensitivity type issue. BUT, after finishing the elimination diet he was HEAPS better...suddenly he could have things like tomato etc with no problems. It's my understanding that sometimes your systemp can become overloaded and get over-sensitised. Maybe it's like your reaction threshold drops, and starts to include a greater range of things. I've also heard, that sometimes people show up with a really wide range of allergies, and after cuttng down exposure and giving their systems a break as much as possible, they show up as being allergic to a much smaller group of things (this happened for my sister too).

So what I'm trying to say in my long winded way... is yeah... what Christy said - maybe try an elimination diet!

Good luck and hope you feel better soon.
Belfie
P.S. btw, DH went to see an allergist guy - who could give him things like preservatives in capsule form for the purpose of testing. The actual guy was a total w*nker, but the structure provided was useful.