Allergist - Fibromyalgia Message Board

sujenke · 02-07-2002, 07:42 PM

Hi!
Ive made an appointment with an allergist at the Univeristy of Missouri who's supposed to have good luck finding food and environmental allergens that make fibromyalgia worse, or even be the sole cause of the symptoms.

Has anyone else been to an allergist, and have you found any "clues" to your condition? I'm on Zyrtec everyday for allergies, but still have a constant stuffy nose and nasal problems. I also get rashes easily from food. I've had allergy problems for years before the fibromyalgia symptoms started. I really hope that she will be able to enlighten me!

SUsan

rhody · 02-08-2002, 06:35 AM

You can see what I wrote in the Source-Of-Pain Experiment on this post. I wonder, also, if some of you are affected by environmental allergens. Maybe not exactly like me, as I had problems with my mercury-silver dental amalgams. But maybe there's other things too....

Morficarts · 02-08-2002, 07:44 AM

I don't know if this will help or not, but I have severe allergies after having a silicone implant rupture and now I'm diagnosed with fibro. Also I had problems with my teeth. I stopped counting at 14 root canals, and I couldn't get numb anymore. There are 37 chemicals in silicone and 5 to 7 heavy metals in the shells. Maybe you have a sensitivity to some of the same things I do but just from different sources. Just a thought. Good luck Terry

cadwellm · 02-08-2002, 11:09 PM

I went to an allergist and found out I'm allergic to just about everything. Now I wish I hadn't gone.

darlene · 02-10-2002, 12:07 AM

I have an appointment this coming Monday with an allergist/Immunologist at OHSU. Trouble is, the only reason I'm seeing him is because my workmen's comp carrier is sending me to him. So, naturally he will rule on the side of the insurance company. I was exposed to molds & yeasts at work and although I already had FM I trully do believe the exposure made the FM much worse. If he gives me any answers I will share them with you.

Good Luck,
Darlene