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**9rCR9hWL** · 12-07-2006, 09:37 PM

Ive known for years that Im allergic to metals - mainly nickel and perhaps lead. Lots of people have the same thing, particularly with earrings.

Unfortunately I react enough to have problems with ANY metallic thing other than gold or silver on my skin - zips, buttons, shoe buckles, the arms of sunglasses, rivets in jean pockets, not to mention jewellery. Ive worn dangly earrings where the only non-silver metal was little bits on the ends - I got rashes from when they would swing and brush the side of my neck

. Bah, thank goodness gi and hakama have no zips.

I was just working out bush for a week and had to wear work pants with a metal press-buttons and rivets in the pockets. So I covered the skin where these would touch with bandaids. Great. No problem with metal! I just got back to Perth this morning and took off the last of the bandaids.

Guess what? Im allergic to bandaids.

Every patch that was covered now has a lovely rash in the pattern of the adhesive, so Im guessing thats the problem. Even though I put fresh ones on everyday, wearing them that long did the trick.

Does anyone else have wierd allergies?

**AnneseeKels** · 12-07-2006, 09:43 PM

You're allergic to metal and you're a geologist???

**FjFHQLJQ** · 12-07-2006, 09:47 PM

hehehe, thats right!!! It has one advantage - Guys cant get away with buying me inferior rings because Ill itch, and I can easily tell the difference between cubic zirconia and diamond.

Any future dodgy fiance is screwed

**Fegemiembendy** · 12-08-2006, 12:10 AM

hahahaha, you made me laugh about the dodgy fiance bit. let's see, i am alergic to overly sarcastic people (because let's face it, sarcasm isn't humor), overly cocky kendo players, teacher's pet. ...etc.

**OgrGlgHu** · 12-08-2006, 07:50 AM

Ive known for years that Im allergic to metals - mainly nickel and perhaps lead. Lots of people have the same thing, particularly with earrings.

Unfortunately I react enough to have problems with ANY metallic thing other than gold or silver on my skin - zips, buttons, shoe buckles, the arms of sunglasses, rivets in jean pockets, not to mention jewellery. Ive worn dangly earrings where the only non-silver metal was little bits on the ends - I got rashes from when they would swing and brush the side of my neck . Bah, thank goodness gi and hakama have no zips.

I was just working out bush for a week and had to wear work pants with a metal press-buttons and rivets in the pockets. So I covered the skin where these would touch with bandaids. Great. No problem with metal! I just got back to Perth this morning and took off the last of the bandaids.

Guess what? Im allergic to bandaids.

Every patch that was covered now has a lovely rash in the pattern of the adhesive, so Im guessing thats the problem. Even though I put fresh ones on everyday, wearing them that long did the trick.

Does anyone else have wierd allergies?

...sorry... i supose that sometimes it can be a real problem... but...

hahahahahahahaha
i guess that is what you call "murphy's law"

anyway im alergic too... to non-vacation time of the year... lucky me... i have 3 months from now to NOT suffer the symptoms. ahhh the sacrificed life of the university student....

**DenisLevvin** · 12-08-2006, 07:50 AM

...sorry the edit... double post

**giftbestcom** · 12-08-2006, 07:58 AM

hehehe, thats right!!! It has one advantage - Guys cant get away with buying me inferior rings because Ill itch, and I can easily tell the difference between cubic zirconia and diamond.

Any future dodgy fiance is screwed

As a geologist, I'm wondering how do you personally reconcile the knowledge that Diamonds are not rare in nature, which is usually associated with value, and that a Cubic Zirconium is in fact a real (man made) diamond?

I think secretly all women know this.
They just want to make us suffaaaa!

**JoesBro** · 12-08-2006, 08:03 AM

OOps..
Scratch that last one.
It appears that Cubic Z is NOT a diamond after all.

Oh......Crap.....

And I've been telling my wife that it is all these years......
LOL

*Edit...Dear gods!
There's no way she could have not known that.....
Why, she's been humoring me all this time!

Kenzan's Brain: Told you so.
Kenzan: Shut up, or I'll poke you with a stick again!

**Aaron757** · 12-08-2006, 10:34 AM

They've just bred anallergenic cats....

I seem to be allergic to hard work. Can't get away with it but still bitch all the time...

Funny thing was that I thought I was allergic to my men 8(. Turns out I just needed to use one of those chin cloths. Would have been a great excuse, though...

**WeissVine** · 12-12-2006, 01:41 PM

Alison: a guy at my dojo is allergic to band-aids, but apparently the allergenic substance is not found in all types of band-aids. Maybe it's the same for you?

**Zmniubqr** · 12-12-2006, 02:11 PM

There's a guy at our dojo who replaced his kote a year or so back. Well, something in the laces gave him a horrible horrible rash, so he switched back to his old kote, but he still kept getting the rash. He wraps his wrists like a fiend with cloth and plastic and such, but it still gets on his skin somehow. I feel so bad for him !!

As for me? I can't eat uncooked plants (fruits and veggies) - the inside of my lips, inside of my mouth, tongue, throat, even down in my esopohagus gets all swollen and I have trouble breathing. Needless to say, it makes my life VERY difficult, and I have taken mega vitamin supplements since I was very young. Oh, and I'm allergic to penicillin. My mom took me to a doctor who gave me "allergy shots" (to make me build up a tolerance or something) for years, but I think it only made the problem worse.

**Junrlaeh** · 12-12-2006, 03:00 PM

OOps..
Scratch that last one.
It appears that Cubic Z is NOT a diamond after all.

Oh......Crap.....

And I've been telling my wife that it is all these years......
LOL

*Edit...Dear gods!
There's no way she could have not known that.....
Why, she's been humoring me all this time!

Kenzan's Brain: Told you so.
Kenzan: Shut up, or I'll poke you with a stick again!

HAHAHAHA!!! Thats hilarious!! Im glad youve been set straight on that one!

**rammossyAcron** · 12-12-2006, 03:05 PM

I'm allergic to cats. No seriously, really badly allergic. Like I hear about these people who have to bath their cats so that they can live in the house with them without the owners having a reaction, I haven't even BEEN NEAR a cat since I was nine. Last time I stroked a cat I was about 11 and I ended up in intensive care.

I am so allergic that if I am on the bus and the person sat next to me has a cat, I have a reaction. Its terrible!! My boss has a cat and one day he put his coat over my chair. I didnt go to work for a few days after!! I carry steriods with me everywhere I go (well i'm suppose to!) and I take daily medication. It totally sucks.

I'm also allergic to feathers, dust mites (thats normal though) chlorine, bleach... all that kind of stuff. Not good, not good.

Allergic to metals? Thats something i;ve never heard of...

So can you not take iron tablets?

Taking iron and stuff is fine, as far as I can tell its just my skin that reacts. Man, it sucks that you are so allergic to cats. I love cats.

Sounds like a few people have strange allergies - like spiderwebs?!?! and fresh veges?!?!?! wow

**yazetaw** · 12-12-2006, 04:03 PM

I was just working out bush for a week and had to wear work pants with a metal press-buttons and rivets in the pockets. So I covered the skin where these would touch with bandaids. Great. No problem with metal! I just got back to Perth this morning and took off the last of the bandaids.

Guess what? Im allergic to bandaids.

Are you, or have you just sweated and drawn the metal to your skin?
Maybe you need to do a test and try the bandage with out any metals near by.

**djmassk** · 12-12-2006, 05:45 PM

Thats quite possible, it was really hot. Ill have to give that a try.

**sarasaraseda** · 12-12-2006, 06:18 PM

I am not allergic to most things.
Coral scratches go septic on most people, I do not even clean them and ... nothing.
Poison Ivy, nothing, I have pulled the stuff out with bare hands and the person showing me where it was got a rash from proximity.
Poison sumac, nothing.

When hiking in Nepal, one of my fellow hikers wished that just once I would get the sh1ts like they did with astonishing frequency, and .. nothing.

Did get a reaction to a brown recluse spider bite, but that was venom, not allergy.

Cat scratches - no infection.

Gotta love my immune system, keep feeding it alcohol.

**Xzmwskxn** · 12-12-2006, 06:41 PM

I am not allergic to most things.
Coral scratches go septic on most people, I do not even clean them and ... nothing.
Poison Ivy, nothing, I have pulled the stuff out with bare hands and the person showing me where it was got a rash from proximity.
Poison sumac, nothing.

When hiking in Nepal, one of my fellow hikers wished that just once I would get the sh1ts like they did with astonishing frequency, and .. nothing.

Did get a reaction to a brown recluse spider bite, but that was venom, not allergy.

Cat scratches - no infection.

Gotta love my immune system, keep feeding it alcohol.

same here...

i guess we are immortal!!!!
have you seen "heroes"??? the new nbc series? may be we are one of them hahahahaha

**Cricequorie** · 12-12-2006, 06:42 PM

hmmm thinking again...
i guess im not immortal.

red hair girls are killing me

**yWleIJm4** · 12-12-2006, 06:57 PM

hahaha!! Us redheads like a challenge!

**fiettariaps** · 12-12-2006, 07:13 PM

For me, just metals but not as bad as alison only earrings are the problem. Mustard, coffe and some fabrics.

Coffee? How can you go though life without being able to partake of the One True Bean?

12-07-2006, 09:37 PM	#1
9rCR9hWL Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 382 Senior Member	Wierd Allergies Ive known for years that Im allergic to metals - mainly nickel and perhaps lead. Lots of people have the same thing, particularly with earrings. Unfortunately I react enough to have problems with ANY metallic thing other than gold or silver on my skin - zips, buttons, shoe buckles, the arms of sunglasses, rivets in jean pockets, not to mention jewellery. Ive worn dangly earrings where the only non-silver metal was little bits on the ends - I got rashes from when they would swing and brush the side of my neck . Bah, thank goodness gi and hakama have no zips. I was just working out bush for a week and had to wear work pants with a metal press-buttons and rivets in the pockets. So I covered the skin where these would touch with bandaids. Great. No problem with metal! I just got back to Perth this morning and took off the last of the bandaids. Guess what? Im allergic to bandaids. Every patch that was covered now has a lovely rash in the pattern of the adhesive, so Im guessing thats the problem. Even though I put fresh ones on everyday, wearing them that long did the trick. Does anyone else have wierd allergies? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-07-2006, 09:43 PM	#2
AnneseeKels Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 571 Senior Member	You're allergic to metal and you're a geologist??? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-07-2006, 09:47 PM	#3
FjFHQLJQ Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 485 Senior Member	hehehe, thats right!!! It has one advantage - Guys cant get away with buying me inferior rings because Ill itch, and I can easily tell the difference between cubic zirconia and diamond. Any future dodgy fiance is screwed Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-08-2006, 12:10 AM	#4
Fegemiembendy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 395 Senior Member	hahahaha, you made me laugh about the dodgy fiance bit. let's see, i am alergic to overly sarcastic people (because let's face it, sarcasm isn't humor), overly cocky kendo players, teacher's pet. ...etc. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-08-2006, 07:50 AM	#5
OgrGlgHu Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 544 Senior Member	Ive known for years that Im allergic to metals - mainly nickel and perhaps lead. Lots of people have the same thing, particularly with earrings. Unfortunately I react enough to have problems with ANY metallic thing other than gold or silver on my skin - zips, buttons, shoe buckles, the arms of sunglasses, rivets in jean pockets, not to mention jewellery. Ive worn dangly earrings where the only non-silver metal was little bits on the ends - I got rashes from when they would swing and brush the side of my neck . Bah, thank goodness gi and hakama have no zips. I was just working out bush for a week and had to wear work pants with a metal press-buttons and rivets in the pockets. So I covered the skin where these would touch with bandaids. Great. No problem with metal! I just got back to Perth this morning and took off the last of the bandaids. Guess what? Im allergic to bandaids. Every patch that was covered now has a lovely rash in the pattern of the adhesive, so Im guessing thats the problem. Even though I put fresh ones on everyday, wearing them that long did the trick. Does anyone else have wierd allergies? ...sorry... i supose that sometimes it can be a real problem... but... hahahahahahahaha i guess that is what you call "murphy's law" anyway im alergic too... to non-vacation time of the year... lucky me... i have 3 months from now to NOT suffer the symptoms. ahhh the sacrificed life of the university student.... Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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DenisLevvin Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 524 Senior Member	...sorry the edit... double post Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-08-2006, 07:58 AM	#7
giftbestcom Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 463 Senior Member	hehehe, thats right!!! It has one advantage - Guys cant get away with buying me inferior rings because Ill itch, and I can easily tell the difference between cubic zirconia and diamond. Any future dodgy fiance is screwed As a geologist, I'm wondering how do you personally reconcile the knowledge that Diamonds are not rare in nature, which is usually associated with value, and that a Cubic Zirconium is in fact a real (man made) diamond? I think secretly all women know this. They just want to make us suffaaaa! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-08-2006, 08:03 AM	#8
JoesBro Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 368 Senior Member	OOps.. Scratch that last one. It appears that Cubic Z is NOT a diamond after all. Oh......Crap..... And I've been telling my wife that it is all these years...... LOL Edit...Dear gods! There's no way she could have not known that..... Why, she's been humoring me all this time!* Kenzan's Brain: Told you so. Kenzan: Shut up, or I'll poke you with a stick again! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-08-2006, 10:34 AM	#9
Aaron757 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 422 Senior Member	They've just bred anallergenic cats.... I seem to be allergic to hard work. Can't get away with it but still bitch all the time... Funny thing was that I thought I was allergic to my men 8(. Turns out I just needed to use one of those chin cloths. Would have been a great excuse, though... Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-12-2006, 01:41 PM	#10
WeissVine Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 533 Senior Member	Alison: a guy at my dojo is allergic to band-aids, but apparently the allergenic substance is not found in all types of band-aids. Maybe it's the same for you? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-12-2006, 02:11 PM	#11
Zmniubqr Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 448 Senior Member	There's a guy at our dojo who replaced his kote a year or so back. Well, something in the laces gave him a horrible horrible rash, so he switched back to his old kote, but he still kept getting the rash. He wraps his wrists like a fiend with cloth and plastic and such, but it still gets on his skin somehow. I feel so bad for him !! As for me? I can't eat uncooked plants (fruits and veggies) - the inside of my lips, inside of my mouth, tongue, throat, even down in my esopohagus gets all swollen and I have trouble breathing. Needless to say, it makes my life VERY difficult, and I have taken mega vitamin supplements since I was very young. Oh, and I'm allergic to penicillin. My mom took me to a doctor who gave me "allergy shots" (to make me build up a tolerance or something) for years, but I think it only made the problem worse. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-12-2006, 03:00 PM	#12
Junrlaeh Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 568 Senior Member	OOps.. Scratch that last one. It appears that Cubic Z is NOT a diamond after all. Oh......Crap..... And I've been telling my wife that it is all these years...... LOL Edit...Dear gods! There's no way she could have not known that..... Why, she's been humoring me all this time!* Kenzan's Brain: Told you so. Kenzan: Shut up, or I'll poke you with a stick again! HAHAHAHA!!! Thats hilarious!! Im glad youve been set straight on that one! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-12-2006, 03:05 PM	#13
rammossyAcron Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 370 Senior Member	I'm allergic to cats. No seriously, really badly allergic. Like I hear about these people who have to bath their cats so that they can live in the house with them without the owners having a reaction, I haven't even BEEN NEAR a cat since I was nine. Last time I stroked a cat I was about 11 and I ended up in intensive care. I am so allergic that if I am on the bus and the person sat next to me has a cat, I have a reaction. Its terrible!! My boss has a cat and one day he put his coat over my chair. I didnt go to work for a few days after!! I carry steriods with me everywhere I go (well i'm suppose to!) and I take daily medication. It totally sucks. I'm also allergic to feathers, dust mites (thats normal though) chlorine, bleach... all that kind of stuff. Not good, not good. Allergic to metals? Thats something i;ve never heard of... So can you not take iron tablets? Taking iron and stuff is fine, as far as I can tell its just my skin that reacts. Man, it sucks that you are so allergic to cats. I love cats. Sounds like a few people have strange allergies - like spiderwebs?!?! and fresh veges?!?!?! wow Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-12-2006, 04:03 PM	#14
yazetaw Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 373 Senior Member	I was just working out bush for a week and had to wear work pants with a metal press-buttons and rivets in the pockets. So I covered the skin where these would touch with bandaids. Great. No problem with metal! I just got back to Perth this morning and took off the last of the bandaids. Guess what? Im allergic to bandaids. Are you, or have you just sweated and drawn the metal to your skin? Maybe you need to do a test and try the bandage with out any metals near by. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-12-2006, 05:45 PM	#15
djmassk Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 461 Senior Member	Thats quite possible, it was really hot. Ill have to give that a try. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-12-2006, 06:18 PM	#16
sarasaraseda Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 604 Senior Member	I am not allergic to most things. Coral scratches go septic on most people, I do not even clean them and ... nothing. Poison Ivy, nothing, I have pulled the stuff out with bare hands and the person showing me where it was got a rash from proximity. Poison sumac, nothing. When hiking in Nepal, one of my fellow hikers wished that just once I would get the sh1ts like they did with astonishing frequency, and .. nothing. Did get a reaction to a brown recluse spider bite, but that was venom, not allergy. Cat scratches - no infection. Gotta love my immune system, keep feeding it alcohol. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-12-2006, 06:41 PM	#17
Xzmwskxn Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 478 Senior Member	I am not allergic to most things. Coral scratches go septic on most people, I do not even clean them and ... nothing. Poison Ivy, nothing, I have pulled the stuff out with bare hands and the person showing me where it was got a rash from proximity. Poison sumac, nothing. When hiking in Nepal, one of my fellow hikers wished that just once I would get the sh1ts like they did with astonishing frequency, and .. nothing. Did get a reaction to a brown recluse spider bite, but that was venom, not allergy. Cat scratches - no infection. Gotta love my immune system, keep feeding it alcohol. same here... i guess we are immortal!!!! have you seen "heroes"??? the new nbc series? may be we are one of them hahahahaha Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-12-2006, 06:42 PM	#18
Cricequorie Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 352 Senior Member	hmmm thinking again... i guess im not immortal. red hair girls are killing me Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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yWleIJm4 Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 441 Senior Member	hahaha!! Us redheads like a challenge! Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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12-12-2006, 07:13 PM	#20
fiettariaps Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 419 Senior Member	For me, just metals but not as bad as alison only earrings are the problem. Mustard, coffe and some fabrics. Coffee? How can you go though life without being able to partake of the One True Bean? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter
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