What causes my reaction to foods?
Posted: Fri Aug 16, 2013 1:14 pm
I didn't have any food problems prior to getting sick, aside from mangoes. But now if I eat gluten, eggs, cranberries, soy, milk proteins, or some other things, I seem to have some sort of immune reaction.
Usually it's full-body swelling, which typically lasts about a day after eating the "bad" food. This is very noticeable, and one doctor referred to it as "non-pitting soft tissue swelling". Before I discovered the cranberry problem (which I ate for 30 years with no problem!), I had started eating them daily in salads and was so swollen that it hurt to have my legs up on the couch due to the pressure it was putting on my legs.
I've been tested for typical allergies, and don't have them to the foods which were tested (including gluten, eggs, soy, and dairy), so I'm wondering what could be going on to cause these problems.
To make things more interesting, I initially just reacted to egg whites, not egg yolks, but eventually started reacting to egg yolks as well. Except instead of full body swelling, I would just have intense back pain for an hour or so.
So I guess I have multiple questions:
1) What's happening to cause these reactions to food which I'm not properly allergic to?
2) Is there something I can do to avoid these reactions? I REALLY miss eggs and wheat!
3) Is there a way to stop more reactions from developing over time?
Usually it's full-body swelling, which typically lasts about a day after eating the "bad" food. This is very noticeable, and one doctor referred to it as "non-pitting soft tissue swelling". Before I discovered the cranberry problem (which I ate for 30 years with no problem!), I had started eating them daily in salads and was so swollen that it hurt to have my legs up on the couch due to the pressure it was putting on my legs.
I've been tested for typical allergies, and don't have them to the foods which were tested (including gluten, eggs, soy, and dairy), so I'm wondering what could be going on to cause these problems.
To make things more interesting, I initially just reacted to egg whites, not egg yolks, but eventually started reacting to egg yolks as well. Except instead of full body swelling, I would just have intense back pain for an hour or so.
So I guess I have multiple questions:
1) What's happening to cause these reactions to food which I'm not properly allergic to?
2) Is there something I can do to avoid these reactions? I REALLY miss eggs and wheat!
3) Is there a way to stop more reactions from developing over time?