Allergy to Lilies
Posted: Thu Mar 20, 2014 7:16 am
I have a severe allergy to the Lily flower. I have suffered with this allergy for 7 years and now I go into anaphylactic shock. I have been 911 to the hospital over 10 times. I currently work at a hospital and most of the exposures have been at work. Thank God they have been able to treat/stablize me for transport to ER. I go nowhere without my Epi pen and others medicine. I hear others say it the fragrance yet I have never smelled them but my body reacts immediately. It starts with uncontrolled spasmic
coughing, then my vocal chords begin to swell and I lose my voice with 3-5 minutes, next starts the wheezing and the throat starts to swell. I have had 4 exposures this month and although predisone is the miracle drug, I really dislike it because its side effects. My allergist tells me no one has ever heard of this allergy so there isn't a allergy injection on the market. So basically I run for my life everyday. Does anyone have this type allergy?
Lady Teresa
coughing, then my vocal chords begin to swell and I lose my voice with 3-5 minutes, next starts the wheezing and the throat starts to swell. I have had 4 exposures this month and although predisone is the miracle drug, I really dislike it because its side effects. My allergist tells me no one has ever heard of this allergy so there isn't a allergy injection on the market. So basically I run for my life everyday. Does anyone have this type allergy?
Lady Teresa