Have any of you found out you were allergic to something after years of not knowing?

@Pinkdove74 Yeah, I think it isn't that common to develop them years later but like you mentioned, it can be deadly when it suddenly happens.

@WizardofOz i heard so too and that its pretty dangerous when you discover such when you are older. Crazy how life turns

@WizardofOz yes the last time it happened I was at a party and went to do some washing up that I didn’t know was lemon and my hands and wrists blistered. I had a coarse of injections and my dressings changed twice a day. People looked at me as though I’d tried to commit suicide..

@Primnproper Is that type of reaction rare? I've never heard of anything like that.

@WizardofOz apparently even it being lemons is rare..just typical of me.. lol

@Fluffybull I know my mom used to drink a lot of milk and loved vanilla shakes, now she has a very little tolerance for lactose. She really misses her skakes lol

@WizardofOz Has she tried oat or soya milk?

@CrazyMusicLover As far as I know one of those drops is pure histamine: it *should* react on everyone, if it doesn't it means the entire test is invalid because the area isn't sensitive. So if it's only one it should be fine/normal

@Elessar I just checked out my papers and found out I have no report from that exam. 😑 Uh, I wanted to check out what was that separate regular needle thing. Don't you know what it could have been by any chance?
Anyway, what I gathered from that test is that even if the reaction will fade away within those 15-20 minutes, it still might come suddenly and strongly for a while.

@CrazyMusicLover Probably the histamine thing! If I recall correctly they kept it separate from the proper allergens also here; my last test like that was years ago.. The recent 70+ substances panel was a blood test (essentially they search IgE antibodies against allergens, without measuring the reaction because my reaction test gave unreliable results iirc)

@WizardofOz I can't eat them, use wax warms that are pecan scented, and can't have them touch other foods. Found this all out the hard way

@LilPrincess I sometimes worry about eating something different and suddenly going into some type of shock because I'm allergic to it!

@WizardofOz its a scary thought

@LordShadowfire That's one of the reasons why I'm afraid to try new foods. With my luck I'll have a major reaction.