Surprise!Those Rashes And Pimples Might Be Allergies From Kissing,Sex,Money…read more

uticaria or sun allergy

Kissing

After your face-smacking partner brushes his teeth, his saliva might still have traces of something he ate or a medicine he took earlier in the day. When you have a life-threatening allergy, get your sweetie to swear off the stuff, too.

Sunlight

Solar urticaria  which looks like hive,appear on most people after staying for a few mins under the sun,it isn’t usually dangerous, but it can be itchy, uncomfortable, and a real roadblock to enjoying life. Sometimes it can be treated with desensitization therapy:

A Juicy Burger

burger

Most people have allergies to meat, including rashes, vomiting, diarrhea, and trouble breathing.

Money

nickels, dimes, quarters

A handful of change can leave you with an itchy rash. . Nickel (a metal found in coins, jewelry, keys, and other everyday objects) is one of the leading causes of allergic dermatitis.

 

 

sources:

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology: “If Kissing Or Sex Leaves You Tingly, Is It Love Or Allergies?” “Latex Allergy.”

Medscape: “Solar Urticaria,” “Exercise-Induced Anaphylaxis.”

Vanderbilt University Medical Center: “Red Meat Allergies Likely Result of Lone Star Tick.”

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology: “Two Cents About Nickel,” February 2011.

American Osteopathic College of Dermatology: “Dermatographism.”

DermNet NZ: “Dermographism.”

Pollart, S. American Family Physician, December 2009.

American Latex Allergy Association: “Allergy Fact Sheet,” “Latex and Contraception.”

NIH Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center: “Autoimmune progesterone dermatitis.”

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