{"id":47099,"date":"2018-06-29T04:55:13","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T09:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=47099"},"modified":"2019-06-03T14:29:39","modified_gmt":"2019-06-03T19:29:39","slug":"sleuthing-my-mysterious-tongue-swelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/sleuthing-my-mysterious-tongue-swelling\/","title":{"rendered":"Sleuthing my mysterious tongue swelling"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last 6 months I’ve had one side of my tongue swell up in an “allergic reaction.” I’ve never had food allergies that I know of.\u00a0 I know our system changes over time and allergies can move in and out, 2 Benadryl stops it within 2 hours or less.\u00a0 A\u00a0couple of nurse friends tell me it would go down on its own without the bennies.\u00a0<\/span>These are the dates it’s swelled up. I\u2019ve listed what I ate the previous day to determine what the trigger may be. My uneducated guess after reading these notes thru 6-28-18 is that I\u2019d eaten ham<\/a> each day EXCEPT for 6-27-18 where I did eat \u00bd a turkey burger.\u00a0 Note, the past 6 months I\u2019ve had packaged ham every week with no problem, I think the sodium from the processed meat (and Tums and Alka Selter Plus) may have caught up with me and is detoxing out my tongue<\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0I may have taken 2-4 Tums each day.
\nResearch online tells me meat allergies develop when the body\u2019s immune system becomes sensitized and overreacts to something in the environment that typically causes no problem.\u00a0\u00a0I’ve included links showing symptoms I may be developing a meat allergy<\/a>. I’ll tell you, my inner guidance tells me I don’t hafta stop meat altogether but I could definitely use a rest from it and I can ingest far less of it in the future. Good to know.<\/span><\/p>\n

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12-21-17\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12:35am\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0left side<\/span><\/span><\/strong>
\nOn 12-20-17 I ate\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Cuban sandwich (with ham<\/span>) from Publix. I ate it in 3 sittings, 930am,\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 115pm,\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>last was eaten at 3:45 pm <– 8 hours before tongue swelling<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2-13-18\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3:00am\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0left side<\/span><\/strong>
\nOn 2-12-18 I ate \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ham<\/span> at 7am\u00a0 and 745pm pm <– 8 hours before tongue swelling<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

5-22-18\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 time?\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 right side<\/span><\/strong>
\nOn 5-21-18 I ate\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ham<\/span> at 11pm\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0why did I not record this swelling on FB?<\/span><\/p>\n

5-27-18\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 730pm\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0left side<\/strong><\/span>
\nOn 5-26-18 I ate\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 845am turkey burger<\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a01pm I took an alka seltzer plus<\/span> pm <– 10 hours before swelling<\/span><\/span>
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\n6-28-18\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4am\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 left side<\/span><\/strong>
\nOn 6-27-18 I ate\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5am corned beef on pumpernickel<\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a08pm rotisserie chicken <– 8 hours before tongue swelling<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 10pm one half turkey burger\u00a0<– 6 hours before tongue swelling<\/span><\/span>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Tums earlier in day<\/span><\/p>\n

2007 – 2014 I didn’t eat beef or pork, packaged foods or bread and my allergies (and hot flashes) disappeared. In 2014 I began eating bread again, which was then a slippery slope to eating sandwiches, which was a slippery slope into having ham sandwiches every day for months for a quick meal.\u00a0 Ah, memories.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

RELATED: Symptoms of a Ham Allergy<\/a>
\nA Meat Allergy Can Develop Any Time in Life<\/a><\/p>\n

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