DeborahW, Founder
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Hello. What you are describing is how my symptoms are when I am going into anaphylactic shock. Each symptoms on its own doesn't mean you are in anaphylaxis, but when we combine them all, it indicates you are headed into shock. When this happens to me, I immediately start my emergency protocals, which is to double all my histamine blocker meds (meaning I take an extra allegra, zyrtec, and Zantac) and I take a singulair. If that doesn't work, I tend to take some prednisone, which usually will calm down the symptoms.
Before I was diagnosed, I had symptoms such as yours, except that after I had all the symptoms you described, I would pass out. If you pass out, you are now in anaphylaxis. Sadly, no one (including the ER) recognized this as anaphylaxis. So, they just gave me IV fluids, nausea meds, and tried to stabilize me. It was quite scary. Now that I know what it is and how to prevent or halt the progression into anaphlayxis, I don't really have these attacks very often anymore.
Anything that is causing that burning sensation is definitely a trigger for you. Your job is to identify what is causing it. Keep a medical diary and write down everything that you eat and drink throughout the day and how you feel afterwards. After a while you will see a pattern of what bothers you.
Now in the meantime, you might be in a heightened trigger time where you are just so reactive right now that it doesn't matter what you eat or drink because you are still having those symptoms regardless. So, you need to give your body time to rest and recover. That means literally staying at home and just lying around for possibly even a week! Don't eat of drink anything but the most mild of foods. My safe foods are saltine crackers, white minute rice, and water. That is it. Even then if I eat more than a baby amount of those foods at a time, I will start to get sick. I take extra zyrtec, zantac, and allegra during these times and that helps a ton. Eventually I recover and am able to resume life again!
I totally know what you mean with the burning sensation. I describe it as feeling as if my skin is on fire under the top layer of my skin. sound familiar? Haaa. Before I was diagnosed, one of my fastest triggers to the burning feeling was even one sip of alcohol or wine. I would get a severe aching feeling that traveled through every muscle quickly along with a deep flush and headache. I quickly figured out that alcohol was not allowed, not even a sip. Turns out that both alcohol and shellfish are the 2 biggest triggers for mast cell problems. Needless to say, I haven't tasted either for over 10 years!
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