Averie WoodwardI saw my first allergy when I was very young, it came as red spots that itched terribly. In my family we don't have allergies(at least none that we know of) so mine was quite unusual and it took sometime of random guesses and lets-watch-and-see attitude before we could pin point the cause. At first we thought they were insects bites on my neck but then it spread into larger patches and then we knew "ok, this has to be attended to".
I saw them frequently after that. They came, stayed for a few itchy days and then cleared away(my allergies). So I had to be on a constant diet watch, which I found exhausting because staying off a few of my favourite chewables was not pleasant. However, With close monitoring we finally pinned Vitamin C as the source of my allergies. It was noticed that anytime I ingested Vitamin C tablets or drinks with vitamin c additives I had these red spots.
Once this was established, life returned to normal. Then one night as I lay on the floor after dinner, feeling contented and happy, I felt a burning sensation on my chest, which became really itchy and when I looked, it was all red and within seconds the rash was all over my body.
"I had not touched the Vitamin C tablets in the house", I wailed as the itching drove me crazy. Fast forward to an empty bottle of calamine lotion(used to stop itching) and a trip to the doctor(which did not tell us the cause, just gave us drugs to subside the itching and the usual it's-an-allergy-check-what-she-eats-talk).
As the LORD will have it. Thank God for God, there were two elderly matrons working around at the time and you know elderly people and their talks. One gossip to another until their idle gist came to rest on my body and then one said to the other. "you know this thing is caused by water right? I have seen it before. A nephews, brother, cousins, sisters aunt used to have it whenever she bathed with cold water". Viola! That was my salvation. My parents left the hospital, armed with that information. It turned out those two women were right! Whenever I drank or bathed with cold water in extreme low temperatures, I had a breakout. This doesn't mean the vitamin c was wrong. I react to vitamin c and cold water too.
Why am I writing this? It's a little exposè to help those who have this problem or know anyone with these symptoms. Special shoutouts to those two matrons, I may not be able to recognise you anymore but thank you🙏
One lesson I learn't is- God uses people to speak to you. So don't commonize, listen!
Do you have allergies, would you mind sharing your experience?
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