Re: INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE (IRS)

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This allergy as inflammatory response is interesting. So many pwc

have allergy problems. So many chronic sinus sufferers

have " allergic rhinitis " . Until the last couple of months, I've

never suffered from allergies, although as I've gotten sicker, I am

much more sensitive to chemicals and odors. i.e. perfume usually

smells like toxic detergent to me. :-)

But when I came down with this last cold that turned all nasty, and

I started the Zithromax, I also developed some kind of allergy. I

was sneezing all the time, head felt thick, eyes weird, etc.

Constantly clearing my throat. I've still got a little of that

coming and going. At first, it almost felt like there was something

lodged inside my sinus that was causing the sneezing etc. I thought

perhaps a fungal ball or something. But I couldn't figure out if it

was something like that, or an allergic response caused by the

Zithromax, or something else environmental. For example, I realized

that I've suddenly become sensitive to my dog's hair, and it's never

been an issue before. Why? All I know for sure is it's a new

experience.

During this recent experience of the head cold/bronchitis/allergy, I

also started to revisit some of the weird experiences I had many

years ago, which included itching under the skin on the palms of my

hands, armpits, mouth, etc (it actually got very nasty, with severe

abdominal/uterine cramping that came with the itching). No doc could

diagnose what was happening. Couldn't tell if it was a histimine

response, or a hormonal one or what. Fortunately, I tried B vitamins

because of their effects on the nerves (since the itching was

internal, not external), and it totally relieved the problem.. I

started the Bs again recently and the new itching disappeared as

well, thank goodness. Whether these episodes and the head allergy

are connected or not, I don't know. Could adding the B's be

partially responsible for the subsiding of the head allergy I've had

the last 6 weeks? It's so hard to know what's happening!

penny

> >>Tony,

> >>Please explaine what you mean with 'histamine inflammatory

system'

> > work when going thrue the roof

> >>/Per

> >>

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> Per Sjöholm

> Stockholm, Sweden

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Per

I read up on IRS 3 to 4 years ago so I wouldn't know where one

starts. I do remember that it explains the inflammatory cascade and

the bradikinnin and heart interactions. I just touched on it vaguely

because my mission was to find a test to say he ha it's all in the

blood not in the head.

tony

-- In infections , Per Sjoholm

<pts2grps@e...> wrote:

> Thanks Tony,

> The reason i ask is that I have been eating anti-histamin for a

almost my whole life.

> And histamin seams to be important here. There has been talk about

quercetin helping.

> My neigbor and MD had the idea that taking a daily dose 365

days/year would help me and it did for 35-40 years.

>

> I have also had a strong reaktion to tick-bites since i was small.

> I a tick bite in the wrong place and talking about tennis-balls (i

don't recommend the experince).

> The sweeling tok a long time (1-3 month) to calm down.

> I have had addtional tick bites and got the same respons.

> I had EM rash 3-3 years in a row, almost like a summer flue

(Penecillin each time, only 10-14 days)

>

> This summer i got a tick and NO swelling, was gone within a week.

> My allergy is also changing. I noted this sommer(2004) and I have

anot used any antihistmin is year.

>

> The diffence some to be abx 2 massive doxy, 1 IV rochephin , 1

massive tetracycline.

> Currently on 125 mg every other day.

> Reaktions(herx or inflammation) between 6 hours to 2-3 days

afterwards.

>

> I searched for INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME IRS and got 10000+

hits

> Any more specific suggestion of reading ?

>

> /Per

>

> dumbaussie2000 wrote:

> > Actually Per I feel that herx may actually be the inflammatory

> > response syndrome.

> > tony

> >

> >

> >>Tony,

> >>Please explaine what you mean with 'histamine inflammatory

system'

> > work when going thrue the roof

> >>/Per

> >>

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> Per Sjöholm

> Stockholm, Sweden