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<blockquote data-quote="Brunneria" data-source="post: 929140" data-attributes="member: 41816"><p>Hi,</p><p></p><p>The only facial swellings i have ever had were:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Puffy eyes when i had wheat (this was worst in the mornings, affected fingers too, and was worst in my teens)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Swollen lip when i had a luminous yellow kipper once</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">After crying a lot</li> </ul><p>So, unless you have been blubbing a lot, i would suspect food intolerance. But it could be ANYTHING including face cream, soap or washing powder left on towels or sheets...</p><p></p><p>One thing i think people dont realise with intolerances, is that they can be a combination of things (for instance, Maybe you have a symptomless intolerance to dairy products, but then you are exposed to a shampoo that acts as a final straw. Your body could cope with one, but not both, and suddenly the symptoms start). Or sometimes a product/food that you have eaten for years will have a slight ingredient change, and suddenly you get symptoms.</p><p></p><p>Makes it very difficult.</p><p>And I have never found doctors to even understand the issue. They tend to just refer you to a clinic which will run skin prick tests on a standard list of allergens. If that doesnt work, they give up.</p><p></p><p>Really, going on a food/chemical exclusion diet, followed by a slow re-introduction of one item at a time, is the only way to spot the trigger. But that takes a lot of effort, time and self discipline - and your doc won't believe you if you trundle in and say 'turns out i get swelling with dairy and a particular shampoo'. You will probably get 'crackpot' entered into your notes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brunneria, post: 929140, member: 41816"] Hi, The only facial swellings i have ever had were: [LIST] [*]Puffy eyes when i had wheat (this was worst in the mornings, affected fingers too, and was worst in my teens) [*]Swollen lip when i had a luminous yellow kipper once [*]After crying a lot [/LIST] So, unless you have been blubbing a lot, i would suspect food intolerance. But it could be ANYTHING including face cream, soap or washing powder left on towels or sheets... One thing i think people dont realise with intolerances, is that they can be a combination of things (for instance, Maybe you have a symptomless intolerance to dairy products, but then you are exposed to a shampoo that acts as a final straw. Your body could cope with one, but not both, and suddenly the symptoms start). Or sometimes a product/food that you have eaten for years will have a slight ingredient change, and suddenly you get symptoms. Makes it very difficult. And I have never found doctors to even understand the issue. They tend to just refer you to a clinic which will run skin prick tests on a standard list of allergens. If that doesnt work, they give up. Really, going on a food/chemical exclusion diet, followed by a slow re-introduction of one item at a time, is the only way to spot the trigger. But that takes a lot of effort, time and self discipline - and your doc won't believe you if you trundle in and say 'turns out i get swelling with dairy and a particular shampoo'. You will probably get 'crackpot' entered into your notes. [/QUOTE]
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