TL;DR: Can food allergies cause extreme itchiness and how would I pin down the exact cause of the itchiness?
About 3:30am(that seems to be what the receipt is saying) I consumed a giant bean and cheese burrito I had bought from a gas station. I had topped it with pepperjack cheese and chipotle peppers in adobo sauce.
About 5:30am I noticed I was getting extremely itchy. It is 6:15am now and I am still rather itchy. My arms itch, my scalp itches. my face itches. my back itches. My sides itch. Those seem to be the worst areas. They have been itching pretty much constantly.
The extreme itchiness has happened before. I have never been able to link it to anything before. It has happened pretty often in the past. It just didn't seem to coincide with anything else. I am wondering now though if it could be a food allergy. I had quit cheese for a week. I am pretty sure that milk based products are behind a few of the issues I have been having.
When I told this to a person I know who works in the medical field they told me that dairy most likely wasn't a issue unless I was lactose intolerant. I am pretty sure I am not although most my immediate family is. The person has no formal medical education. The job they have in the field doesn't actually require any sort of education as far as I am aware. So I am not certain I trust their thoughts on the matter.
I have been having the chipotle peppers in adobo sauce for the past two weeks with pretty much every meal. I haven't had any itchy episodes in that time. I haven't had cheese or dairy of any sort in that time though. I also haven't had uncooked jalapenos in that time either. Those are actually the only two ingredients I can think of that were in the meal that I hadn't had in awhile.
Could something I ate cause those type of symptoms, for that length of time, and starting that long after eating it?
What would be the easiest way to find out the cause of the extreme itchiness and whether it is a food allergy?
6:30am CDT now and i am still really itchy. It usually lasts awhile though.
About 3:30am(that seems to be what the receipt is saying) I consumed a giant bean and cheese burrito I had bought from a gas station. I had topped it with pepperjack cheese and chipotle peppers in adobo sauce.
About 5:30am I noticed I was getting extremely itchy. It is 6:15am now and I am still rather itchy. My arms itch, my scalp itches. my face itches. my back itches. My sides itch. Those seem to be the worst areas. They have been itching pretty much constantly.
The extreme itchiness has happened before. I have never been able to link it to anything before. It has happened pretty often in the past. It just didn't seem to coincide with anything else. I am wondering now though if it could be a food allergy. I had quit cheese for a week. I am pretty sure that milk based products are behind a few of the issues I have been having.
When I told this to a person I know who works in the medical field they told me that dairy most likely wasn't a issue unless I was lactose intolerant. I am pretty sure I am not although most my immediate family is. The person has no formal medical education. The job they have in the field doesn't actually require any sort of education as far as I am aware. So I am not certain I trust their thoughts on the matter.
I have been having the chipotle peppers in adobo sauce for the past two weeks with pretty much every meal. I haven't had any itchy episodes in that time. I haven't had cheese or dairy of any sort in that time though. I also haven't had uncooked jalapenos in that time either. Those are actually the only two ingredients I can think of that were in the meal that I hadn't had in awhile.
Could something I ate cause those type of symptoms, for that length of time, and starting that long after eating it?
What would be the easiest way to find out the cause of the extreme itchiness and whether it is a food allergy?
6:30am CDT now and i am still really itchy. It usually lasts awhile though.