I have idiopathic angeadema so don’t know really what causes my issues. I can swell in my airways mild lips and mouth but not obvious. I carry Epipen as I’ve had a few severe ones. I’m dairy and gluten intolerant and these can sometimes cause an issue others ok. Bananas can cause issues but mild
Recently I’ve had trouble with mint and it’s made me feel sick and ill with stomach pain. I had a lemsip last week with menthol and was sick with sneezing and coughing and mild swell. Feel like… read more
I have developed a mint allergy over the last few years. I noticed it first after I ate an Olive Garden mint. My inner ears and throat itch. Most recently I ate a cough drop and had the same reaction. It's so strange to be bc I've never had an issue with them before
Check if she is sensitive to Salicylic acid- Many foods including mints are high in Salicylates
My sister is VERY allergic to all mints and has to not only avoid them in foods and personal products, such as a lot of the dental products, but find it appears in a lot of cleaning products. Check product ingredients carefully and you may have to make our own cleaning products. The problem with having allergies is that when we are reacting to things in the air our food allergies can worsen. Wishing you luck.
my son has this condition, this is apart from his food allergy list and oas list. he is now on daily medication and it has improved his life. he started during his teens, and its caused by many differing types and levels of histamine in your blood, add in stressor, like tree pollen, dog allergy etc or stress or virus and his bodyb tips over the edge in to anaphylaxis. for many it starts during teens as teen growth hormones play a role, often peaking during exam times and often burns out during 20s. our son hasnt grown out of it totally but his medication did help. i hope you grow out of this asap!
One of my closest friends is Anaphalyctic to Mint in the air. It is very inconvenient and dangerous to him. He will react to mint many hours after it has been in a space. In order for me to have him at my birthday party Yesterday, I cleansed my house of Mint for a week in advance and aired it out. Thankfully that was enough to protect him.
I have my own inhalant food allergy reactions and I know how hard as well as scary it can be to enter a potentially unsafe space. I have hurt my friend more than once by not sufficiently cleaning my house in advance for him to spend time in my home.