Re: � Multiple chemical sensitivity

[Guest guest]

Hi Selma,Steve and others. Just want to say I have lyme,mcs and food allergys.

I was a hairdresser for yrs. Who knows what came first the chicken or the egg

as they say. Actually I was dianosed with Cfids,fibro,allergys ei for yrs and

now lyme 2 yrs ago. We are all so different. I's all such a big mystery. Sad to

see so many suffering. Take care Joyce

steve <xanax006@...> wrote: Hi Selma

although food allergies can exacerbate MCS symptoms at times,

it's really independent. people with MCS can feel totally fine, then

get exposed to perfume or mold or paint, etc - and have immediate

neurological reactions. sometimes they can be set back for days.

but if the exposure is massive - like pesticides - they can be set

back for months. also, many people with MCS have no food

sensitivities and are otherwise healthy. it's more of a detoxification

disorder. but like i've said, we're all different. my MCS is secondary

to auto-immune problems, lyme, malabsorption and 10 years of

oil painting.

Steve

On Nov 3, 2006, at 3:00 PM, selmanaka wrote:

> Hi, I don't have that MCS, I think.

>

> But lately, I realised that if I start consuming things I was not

> supposed to (due to sensitivity, like wheat, some nuts, some oils), I

> feel I start to react to everything else I'm usually not sensitive.

> Like bananas, melons, olive oil... In the end, my mouth 'burns' with

> so many stuff that I don't know anymore what causes what.

>

> If I cut the original thing that caused my first symptom, my tongue

> gets back to normal rather fast and I don't feel I'm being burned

> from inside.

>

> Just wanting to share this strange experience. It happened twice

> since I caught lyme, but disappeared after coming back to diet again.

> If I had continued with the non-diet, I could react to many stuff and

> would probably feel like 'mcs' (???). Just wondering...

>

> I had that burning with kiwis, certain tomatoes, etc even before

> lyme.

>

> Selma

>

> >

> > Wow, this is interesting - I did work with chemicals years ago. I

> think I may

> > have already had Lyme, but I wonder how the work environment

> contributed, and

> > I also wonder how many of the conditions you mentioned may have

> Lyme as a

> > base (my llmd thinks most or all cases of fibro and ms, if not

> other conditions,

> > may be Lyme related).

> >

> > I searched MCS in our old posts and saw that someone (, I

> think) said it

> > involved brain inflammation (which makes sense to me as something

> has to be

> > going on in the brain for senses like smell to be affected).

> >

> > Thanks, Steve and Kendra, for the resource ideas.

> >

> > Ann

> >

> >

> > In a message dated 11/3/06 12:36:23 AM, xanax006@... writes:

> >

> >

> > > there are many ways to get MCS. people lump it all under that

> title

> > > but you can get it from chemical exposures (ie, pesticide

> poisonings,

> > > sick-buildings,

> > > working with chemicals, house-painters, etc), you can also get

> this

> > > with MS,

> > > Gulf War Syndrome, mal-nutrition (crohn's), and some people with

> CFS

> > > and fibromyalgia get it.

> > > and no 2 people have the same version of MCS. some are offended by

> > > smells. others get seizures, etc.

> > > autistic kids are also very chemically sensitive.

> > >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Steve, thanks for clarifying!

And Joyce, your're right, what came first, the egg or the chicken.

Hope you're feeling a bit better. I'm using infrared light and it

seems to give me some effects...

Selma

<loveandlight1111@...> wrote:

>

> Hi Selma,Steve and others. Just want to say I have lyme,mcs and

food allergys.

> I was a hairdresser for yrs. Who knows what came first the chicken

or the egg as they say. Actually I was dianosed with

Cfids,fibro,allergys ei for yrs and now lyme 2 yrs ago. We are all so

different. I's all such a big mystery. Sad to see so many

suffering. Take care Joyce

>

> steve <xanax006@...> wrote: Hi

Selma

> although food allergies can exacerbate MCS symptoms at times,

> it's really independent. people with MCS can feel totally fine,

then

> get exposed to perfume or mold or paint, etc - and have immediate

> neurological reactions. sometimes they can be set back for days.

> but if the exposure is massive - like pesticides - they can be set

> back for months. also, many people with MCS have no food

> sensitivities and are otherwise healthy. it's more of a

detoxification

> disorder. but like i've said, we're all different. my MCS is

secondary

> to auto-immune problems, lyme, malabsorption and 10 years of

> oil painting.

>

> Steve

>