anyone allergic to honey???

donna70 · 07-05-2007, 11:34 AM

Hi,
Just wondering if anyone has had a sudden allergy to honey? I had a severe lip swelling after eating some honey, which have done all my life and then 2 wks later my mouth swelled after eating a homemade bread. After all the blood tests and skin tests I reacted mildly to some foods, like eggs, milk, flounder, oysters but not bad welts just mild indurations. When I went for the office visit my allergist asked me if I ever tried to eat honey again??? My dr has me carrying an epipen and benadryl in my purse at all times because since my first reaction I have had more lip swelling and itching around my mouth and wake up many mornings with my lip and face having mild swelling. It seems like it is getting better but he is putting me on various meds to see if the swelling will go away completely and did not really warn me about eating the foods I had mild reactions to. Do you think I should try to eat honey again? that might prove it, but I am not too keen on the idea. I looked like a bad botox victim, just one side swelled up but it was big? Never had food allergies before. If anyone has experience with this I would really appreciate some input. thanks,
donna70

sammi2 · 07-06-2007, 08:44 PM

I have an allergy to honey but I react by passing out, a type seizure. I found out chemicals & antibiotics are used in the bee hives which I think may be causing my reaction. It may be your problem or could it be what the bees were eating.

donna70 · 07-07-2007, 12:18 PM

Hi,
thanks for your input, was thinking different things in different honey but did not know about the antibiotics etc in the hives. My dr says it is not drug related but that is a different thing with ingestion. Your reaction is much worse than mine was, but doesn't seem like there are many out there with this allergy. thanks again.

hedybird · 07-15-2007, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by donna70

Hi,
Just wondering if anyone has had a sudden allergy to honey? I had a severe lip swelling after eating some honey, which have done all my life and then 2 wks later my mouth swelled after eating a homemade bread. After all the blood tests and skin tests I reacted mildly to some foods, like eggs, milk, flounder, oysters but not bad welts just mild indurations. When I went for the office visit my allergist asked me if I ever tried to eat honey again??? My dr has me carrying an epipen and benadryl in my purse at all times because since my first reaction I have had more lip swelling and itching around my mouth and wake up many mornings with my lip and face having mild swelling. It seems like it is getting better but he is putting me on various meds to see if the swelling will go away completely and did not really warn me about eating the foods I had mild reactions to. Do you think I should try to eat honey again? that might prove it, but I am not too keen on the idea. I looked like a bad botox victim, just one side swelled up but it was big? Never had food allergies before. If anyone has experience with this I would really appreciate some input. thanks,
donna70

you may be allergic to candida --this is mold related bigtime: major culprits all sugars any fermented food yeast vitamins with yeast (chromium, selenium, a type of Vitamin A that is usually in capsule and has speckles sometimes...I am highly allergic to nearly every food in any supermarket and it is the nutrient dense as well as bad junk food too. But in my case a 40 year history w eating disorder (purged thousands of times during a 13 year period.......recently...after menses stopped...suddenly I was having reactions much more severe with food, especially any food eaten in normal quantities...sometimes even with Benadryl, and mild diuretics I look well, not human with lip swelling. I have been tested and always have a lot of allergies but the severity does not register. Ask doctor for Diflucan, 100 mg to try for a week and eat only the honey and a tiny piece of homemade bread...if the doctor agrees it is safe only!! And see if the RX prevents a reaction. If no reaction, consider you have a mold allergy. Or candida (systemic candida too).

mkgbrook · 07-16-2007, 10:32 AM

Also consider the fact that in most honey there is latent pollen granuals present. It could be a reaction to ingesting an environmental allergen that is hitting your system harder via aral intake.

I bought some of the high end.. non pasturized orange blossom and clover blossom honey that about did me in... the MD's assured me it wasn't the honey, but other components like the pollen, yeast, etc. I have a pretty severe yeast allergy preventing me from drinking fermented drinks and having to watch my bread intake. But I would doubt it is the fructose, glucose, sucrose and other natural sugars present.

In general Honey contains trace amounts of the pollen used in creation from the royal jelly, the B vitamins riboflavin, niacin, folic acid, pantothenic acid and vitamin B6. Honey also contains ascorbic acid (vitamin C), and the minerals calcium, iron, zinc, potassium, phosphorous, magnesium, selenium, chromium and manganese. Honey also contains organic acids such as acetic, butanoic, formic, citric, succinic, lactic, malic, pyroglutamic and gluconic acids, and a number of aromatic acids. I would suspect if is one of these trace elements.

Sincerely,
MG