Posted by jeffreyms on March 4, 2005, at 20:09:30
In reply to Re: question on fish oil and allergies. Please help. » jeffreyms, posted by Larry Hoover on March 2, 2005, at 16:11:35
Hello,
I'm sorry I recently moved and got rid of all of my books regarding food allergies. I don't remember the name of my Doctors book but his name was Dr. James Brenneman (sp?) The book would probably be hard to find as he has retired for some time now and i'm sure it's out of print. They used to have it a the local (Kalamazoo) library so i could check. I did go see a couple doctors quite a few years ago that both have books on the subject. One's name is Sherry Rogers MD. and the other i believe his name is doctor Randolph. Dr. Rogers discovered how allergies/intollerances can effect your brain because she had the problem herself. Your right some people still consider it controvertial but i've noticed it how allergies can effect your brain and serotonin (sp) levels in books besides just allergy type books like books dealing with low carb high protein diets and such so I think it's starting toget a little more commonly accepted.I'm not sure of any web sites because i haven't researched it on the net yet-sorry. If you find anything useful, please let me know. I also read on remedyfind.com how some people had a very positive effect on energy levels and mental problems by changing their diet and cutting out certain foods especialy grains
Jeff> > Hi Lar,
> > thanks for the response.
> > My allergist wrote several books on was one of the doctors that discovered the type 2 delayed food allergy. Not all allergies are the immidiate type 1 where you immidietely get hives or a headach or whatever. Te patch test is were they put a part of the substance that they are testing you for on part of your body(usually arm or back) along with a liquid that helps the some of the substance disolve into your arm and then you leave it for about 3 days and see if you develop a whelt or blister. I was eating tuna every day and developed the biggest blister to it. I'm not sure if you could define this a a true allergy or just food intolerance or bad reaction to food as i don't think it goes through the same ige channels as a immidiate reaction.
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> It's hard to get a clear picture of the type 2 reaction. It's still a very controversial diagnosis, and thought to be experimental by some.
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> It's not an IgE reaction. It may be IgM, or T-cell mediated. It's got me curious, though.
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> > At first delayed "allergies" were controversial but now its becoming more and more accepted and many doctors are coming around to the fact that they exist. I know they do for me. If i have a big cup of coffee for instance, i won't have a immidate reaction but for the next couple of days i will be very tired, depressed and achy. I noticed this and also my mother did and she also noticed that after ingesting something i was allergic to i would become much more iriatable and my skin would be very sensitive. she even noticed that when she scratched my back it would leave red marks for a few minutes if i was having a delayed reaction. we both noticed these reaction before i went to the doctor and even heard of delayed reactions so that would pretty much rule out it being psychosomatic. I wish it was so easy as fish oil doesn't contain proteins so i couldn't get allergic to it but as sensitive as i am to everything i would be very much surprised if i didn't.
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> I would have to read something more authoritative about mechanisms. You said your doctor wrote a book? What's it called?
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> > I do understand your skeptisism and if i hadn't lived this myself I might not be sure if i believed in it or not as well.
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> I honestly thought you were going to describe what is known as electrodermal testing. That is totally quackery.
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> > Thank you very much for your response and please forgive all my typos. Jeff
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> Do you know of a website or something that describes this phenomenon?
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> Lar
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