??? Is anybody allergic to Lavender.!!!

[Jenny1973]

I know this might seem mad but I think "I am".
On quite alot of occasions Ive come across this thought.
I take allergy tabs for the common allergies, I suffer with hayfever, & skin allergies.
But on Saturday I woke with "what I thought" was the start of a cold. My nose constantly itched & run,I was sneezing, my eyes were puffy & running. I suffered all through work feeling like crap.
The next morning I woke up with a clear nose, eyes ok, minimal sneezing (for me).
I knew I couldnt have a 1 day cold! But thought back to what I used to wash in the shower. Id used Palmolive Arromatherapy shower foam. When Ive previously used the same make, but in a shower gel or foam bath, & always suffered with the same feeling.
Ive also bought a lavender pillow & reacted the same.
Has anyone suffered from this with lavender, or anything else caused you to react in this way.

[bluebear]

My sister has reacted to a lavender handcream (which was basically aqueous cream with lavender oil added as it was home made)..so it's not impossible.

[vickitiredmum]

Dont go near sudocream then if you are!

[marthamoo]

I thought this thread was about something entirely different

I don't see any reason why you can't be allergic to lavender - eliminate it from your environment and see if your symptoms go away. If they do, you can re-introduce it to be double sure that that's what is causing it.

[Lucycat]

me too marthamoo!!

[SherlockLGJ]

Tempting so tempting. ROFL

[skinnycow]

i always have a sneezing fit after brushing my teeth and eating mints - thats related to lavender isnt it?

[vickitiredmum]

I stumbled across a peculiar bullseye thread last night whilst searching for something else last night . How wierd is that!

[Chandra]

I was about to ask to what lavender you were refering to

It may be, remove it for a while and if the symptoms dissapear there you have your answer. Good luck.

[Nevada]

skinnycow - my dd is like that. You can tell if she's brushed her teeth by whether she's sneezed or not!

[marthamoo]

skinnycow - dh has a sneezing fit if he eats mints and looks at the sun. Weird.

[Jenny1973]

BTW The Shower foam etc all had lavender in it.
But call me dim, but nobody I know as ever spoke of an allergy of it,nor have I read anywhere about it.I certainly have never heard of a relation to mints & toothpaste
The sudacrem is a new one on me also.
But thanks for all advise.
What did you expect the thread to be about? Marthamoo & Lucycat?

[Jenny1973]

Well computers, internet is all relativly new to me-even MN...Ive never looked into any sites. Must do though thanks.

[laurenholly]

hi jenny

[Jenny1973]

hi laurenholly

[QueenEagle]

[Jenny1973]

[Jenny1973]

Yon know I actually found MN recently & found the site interesting & helpful. But I've began to think its also a site for Sarcastic,bitcy,tactless & general take the piss responses.

[Pixiefish]

no one's taking the piss jenny- your question was unfortunate but you weren't to know. there was once a poster who went under various variations of lavender- things got fairly nasty when her dh came on and got nasty. she was banned but kept coming back

[moondog]

Jenny,don't bridle!
Nothing to do with it,but there was arather strange poster calledd lavendar (sic) a while back who seemed to whip everyone into a frenzy.

Everyone is very nice really!

[Jenny1973]

I do understand that,Im not one to normally complane-but this s#isnt the only thread Im on about really

[Jenny1973]

comlain-i mean

[Jenny1973]

ooh dear mi spellin gone all up the wall

[tatt]

the site can be a bit of a pain at times, jenny1973, but its also very useful to talk to other people with the same problem. Not that I know anyone allergic to lavender, I'm afraid.

For people thinking about a poster called lavender it can be really distressing when you are diagnosed with an allergy. Please think about how you'd feel if you'd just discovered you had an incurable problem.

[Jenny1973]

Thanks for that tatt. I really appreciate it. I do learn alot from MN but some times Im really put off asking something. Do you think its worth asking My Dr about testing?