After a life time of either my mother or when I was older me going to the doctors to ask for an allergy test I was finally referred for one after presenting in A&E with a face that looked more akin to someone who had acid or a kettle full of boiling water thrown in their face. Even down to the skin peeling off my face.
Rather than using a night time moisturiser
i had the patch test done about a month ago. (I suspected after reading about allergies that I was allergic to polyethylene glycol which I also asked to be tested for)
Well it came back that I was allergic to pages and pages of stuff Mainly all Cleaning products, laundry detergent washing up liquid , surface cleaners etc and all personal care items like shampoo, conditioner, body wash and body lotion, essential oils, and many many other things.
i am now a month past the date I had the testing done and the reaction circles got bigger and bigger. They are now I think reducing and I have avoided I think everything that is on the lists I got.
I haven’t washed my hair in a month because I can’t find a shampoo I am not allergic to.
The skin on my back is starting to feel much smother around the reaction sites however the itching is still there.
it isn’t even just my back but my wrists, the backs of my knees my upper chest, neck back and scalp.
it is driving me mad.
Do you think I am allergic to something else?
I got the impression that when I went to see the consultant that he was surprised I was actually allergic to many things but I also got the impression that there would be no more testing for anything else and my problems would just go away
Only they haven’t.
Is it normal to itch so much after a patch test and how many months do you wait to go back to the doctors and ask for the next level allergy testing.
i am not looking forward to it as it took 60 years and an extreme reaction to get the first referral. Although I have had similar extreme reactions before and no one did anything then.