I am needing help from those of you who have knowledge of chemical make up of items!
I will give you a little background. I have been waking up in the mornings very swollen, looks like I participated in fight club just about every morning. These symptoms have actually been getting worse. I have a tendancy to ignore things I can't control. I have woke up two nights with my blood pressure sky high and heart rate really up there. This has been like around 4am. I have learned from Joan (thanks Joan!!) that our histamines are the highes in the early morning. Well I believe I was having a reaction to something and it can't be ingored anylonger. So systematically I started to remove the items I thought may be making me trigger in the middle of the night...sounds so stupid.
I have an allergy to Mercapto mix, this is found in neoprene and other rubber products. Neoprene is that squishy stuff, that they make so much out of. I know that my c-pap head gear is made of neoprene, infact I can't find it in any other material. So I made one, not ready to patent it yet!
I also realized the wrist support that I sleep in is made of you guessed it neoprene. The swelling has gone down just by removing these things!!
I am afraid this has been a constant trigger, could explain a lot of the itching! I started looking around and found quite a bit of it. It is on my cell phone, the keyboard support, and my mouse. So I touch it during the day and was sleeping with it at night. I can only guess it is one of those things the longer you are exposed the worse the reaction.
So, this is where I need help, it is my understanding that this chemical is in elastic. Does anyone have vast knowledge about this. Is it in elastic? I could use some help and probably some new undergarments!!
About a year ago I tried to find and wear clothes that did not have elastic! Wanted to get input before I do it all over again.
Thanks!