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Awhile back I posted a short list of foods that I was suddenly having reactions to.
Tomatoes, walnuts, raspberries, red wine, cinnamon...
Someone suggested to look into histamine intolerance.
While trying to figure out the histamine issue, my tinnitus was flaring out of control. I was experiencing severe dizziness. I made appointments with an ENT and a dizzy clinic. (losing my hearing, but that's another post.) MRI and CT scans are totally normal at least).
Pulsing, whirling, bird chirping, radio music, tones, crickets, hissing. You name it, I believe I have heard it. The tinnitus was so loud I would be sobbing in despair by the end of the day. (I even called the gas company at one point, thinking I had a gas leak (loaded my cats up in the car and called them from the street).
It wasn't until I started eliminating high histamine foods(ongoing), that the tinnitus has gone back to a tolerable level of background noise. The dizziness is 80% gone and only comes on when I have eaten a high amount histamine releaser/histamine producing type foods.
Thank you to those of you that responded to my first distress call about food reactions!
None of my doctors had a clue beyond maybe making a note in their files of my thought that I might have an intolerance. (like gee, thanks for the help and guidance, stupid gp).
-Ede
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Keebler
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- Ede,
Wow! Thanks so much for your detailed note - and hope for so many.
I've seen LymeToo and others' posts in recent months about the importance of considering this - as well as oxalates.
Your personal account adds so much to the conversation. It's very important to hear this.
Glad to hear of your improvements. Thanks for sharing.
This is certainly something I need to finally seriously consider as some sauerkraut yesterday turned my skin into a science experiment (organic, the best brand but . . . still . . . .) so went looking and that - and a few other foods that might not be good for me might need to be released from my clutches.
I've had very serious rashes now for months and while I don't eat sauerkraut very often, beans are plentiful and a few other questionable foods.
Your personal account has sparked me to finally take a better look at this. And I'll go search & study TuTu's links on histamine, oxalates & Mast Cell Activation. Sigh - would it be goodbye to all my deep colors of antioxidant rich foods, I wonder?. But, oh, if anything could help . . . gotta seek it out, eh? -
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- In addition to some of the links others have posted of late:
About HIT - What is Histamine Intolerance? -
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- For what it's worth, Stinging Nettle LEAF has been helpful to calm histamine reactions for me in the past due to seasonal allergies.
It might be helpful to others regarding foods, yet, for someone who is sensitive to histamines, diet is essential to avoid such in the first place. -
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