The fatigue (as well as gi problems every morning) was what led to try to cut out corn (I'd been allergic as a baby but outgrew it and drank soda and ate whatever growing up). Basically, when I started grad school at 21, after any and every meal, I would practically pass out for an hour no matter what was occuring. And I always felt tired. I'd been having "tension" migraines for five years before that that turned out to be allergy migraines.
The difference between the two of us is that I don't actually have antibodies to anything they test for with corn, so it's a very atypical allergy. But as my doc said, if you feel better, there's no reason not to avoid what makes you feel bad.
Basically the presence of antibodies they detected to milk with you means you have the potential to have an anaphylactic response, whereas for me, the chance is slim and none unless I suddenly develop antibodies (says my Ph.D. in immunology).
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Date: 2010-07-07 10:39 am (UTC)The difference between the two of us is that I don't actually have antibodies to anything they test for with corn, so it's a very atypical allergy. But as my doc said, if you feel better, there's no reason not to avoid what makes you feel bad.
Basically the presence of antibodies they detected to milk with you means you have the potential to have an anaphylactic response, whereas for me, the chance is slim and none unless I suddenly develop antibodies (says my Ph.D. in immunology).