I'm sorry you are going through this....but for a Dr to decide to do an allergy screening because of a single hive on her chin, AND to tell you that she is allergic to all thses things seems way WAY too out there. Please get a second opinion...I suspect that a certified allergist will pooh pooh the whole thing when you tell him why and how the testing was conducted. I am an "allergic person"...have...had all sorts of allergies. I have tested positive and negative to all sorts of things like corn, ragweed, certain foods etc....and periodically I will get a few idiopathic hives...mostly when there are other stressors like a sinus infection...or a lot of mosquito bites.I have a friend who is an allergy cripple....she looks normal, but spends a week at a time at an allergy clinic and avoids all sorts of things like beer, freshly made bread ( but day old bread is good as is wine!) etc etc etc... Someone told her she was highly allergic to "something" and she has searched until she found someone who will corroborate those findings. Get a second opinion....and perhaps a third opinion. Allergies are very scary, I am allergic to Penicillin to a dangerous degree and my Son in Law to fish....once! he ahd a reaction needing a trip to the ER...but has managed to eat small amounts since...(what a dummy to even try it!)...allergies come and go. Get at least one more opinion....probably 2 more. No need to make Grace an "allergic kid" because one doctor found a bump on her chin! Linda C

I'm new here :-) and this may or may not help, but I make my own laundry detergent - I'm allergic to a lot of scented products, so it's the best option I've found. My basic recipe is 1 cup baking soda, 1 cup washing soda, 1 cup Borax, 1 bar castile soap (grated; can also use 1 bar Zote or Ivory, but the castile is 99 cents at my grocery!). Can add 1/4 cup Purex crystals for scent. Shake it all up in a bottle and use 2 tbsp per load. This is great for HE washers since it doesn't foam up. Our clothes are so much softer and cleaner now - we even stopped using fabric softener altogether! It's much cheaper than purchasing detergent and, for me at least, has been great allergy-wise. You might give that a try!

You know I haden't actually eaten the shrimp yet last night ...I had only peeled and chopped them (I was making a tex-mex fajita recipe), anyhow I recall I felt a little odd....kinda like an overall weak feeling like my bloodsugar may have dropped. Again all of this was very mild but noticable. I didn't eat much of the shrimp and I drank a lot of water with dinner so about a half and hour later I felt better. Well I guess I am just going to have to go see Dr Lou...poor me LOL-did I mention he is hot?? I do have a small bag of frozen scallops in the freezer that I was planning on making this week...I better not. Thanks guys! No shrimp till I get some answers!! Cheers! Susie

@ chocolate, You are correct, it is not a research study, it is a recent (2018) review of the evidence (literature search 1980-2017), published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal, covering environmental sciences and engineering, public health, environmental health, occupational hygiene, health economic and global health research. The authors report no funding or grants for the study. Their conclusions, "There is still a need for more knowledge about the possible health impacts of carpet flooring, especially from new types of carpeted floors that have come on the market in recent years. This will require cohort studies with larger study populations and interventions as well as doctor diagnosed disease outcomes. Supplemental in vitro studies can be valuable to add plausibility to findings in epidemiological studies. So far, we have not found peer-reviewed evidence supporting the notion that modern carpets now are unproblematic for the indoor environment. On the contrary, the literature suggests that the use of carpets is linked to increased levels of indoor dusts, allergens, and microorganisms, and associated with increased risk of a number of health outcomes including mild cognitive effects, irritative symptoms, and asthma. Caution should therefore still be exercised when using carpeted floors in homes, schools, kindergartens and offices unless special needs make carpets preferable. Acoustics problems can in many cases be solved in other ways than by using carpet flooring."