Anyone here allergic to a Vitamin?

Zombienosh

Not looking for medical advice**

Howdy.

I think I might be allergic to vitamin e, or some form of it maybe.. I just wondered if anyone has any experience with being allergic to a vitamin?

To me the concept of being allergic to a vitamin seems mental, some Google searches seem to imply it's pretty hard to confirm also as conventional allergy tests don't seem to pick it up?
I've had patch testing and skin prick testing before but they didn't involve vitamins.
I guess the next step would be to try get some accurate tests done.

TommyKnocker

Can I ask what makes you think you are allergic to Vit E?

Orla K

If it was a supplement could it be from one of the fillers in it?
Oddly a few days ago I found I had a problem with iodine tincture, irritated the hell out of my skin.

bbam

Zombienosh wrote: »

Not looking for medical advice**

Howdy.

I think I might be allergic to vitamin e, or some form of it maybe.. I just wondered if anyone has any experience with being allergic to a vitamin?

To me the concept of being allergic to a vitamin seems mental, some Google searches seem to imply it's pretty hard to confirm also as conventional allergy tests don't seem to pick it up?
I've had patch testing and skin prick testing before but they didn't involve vitamins.
I guess the next step would be to try get some accurate tests done.

I have no advice only to say be really careful..

There are no magic tests for allergies..
It is a huge market for mumbo-jumbo merchants who unscrupulously extract money from people looking for quick answers..

nbrady20009

bbam wrote: »

I have no advice only to say be really careful..

There are no magic tests for allergies..
It is a huge market for mumbo-jumbo merchants who unscrupulously extract money from people looking for quick answers..

I would look for a Skin Prick Test, Radio Allergo Sorben Test (RASH), Food Challenge/ Food exclusion and reintroduction. And despite the scientific literature suggesting that it is no greater than chance, I would also recommend Kinesiology. I went in knowing what my allergies were, and it picked them all up, plus a couple which I was able to cross check using food exclusion. My experience with it was very positive, although it may not be the same for you.

Tests to stay away from: IgG Blood Test, Leucocytotoxic or Cytotoxic test, Hair Analysis, The Pulse Test and Electro dermal (Vega) test. None of these have any scientific basis to support them.

JohnBee

nbrady20009 wrote: »

None of these have any scientific basis to support them.

Unlike Kinesiology? :rolleyes:

JohnBee

Zombienosh wrote: »

Not looking for medical advice**

Howdy.

I think I might be allergic to vitamin e, or some form of it maybe.. I just wondered if anyone has any experience with being allergic to a vitamin?

To me the concept of being allergic to a vitamin seems mental, some Google searches seem to imply it's pretty hard to confirm also as conventional allergy tests don't seem to pick it up?
I've had patch testing and skin prick testing before but they didn't involve vitamins.
I guess the next step would be to try get some accurate tests done.

I would think that it is not the vitamin E itself which is the issue but the ingredients used to make it into a tablet (these are called the excipients). Perhaps ask your pharmacist about this and they may be able to advise on this?

nbrady20009

JohnBee wrote: »

Unlike Kinesiology? :rolleyes:

Did you not read the post, it has no greater outcome than chance but it came up 100% for me.

Zombienosh

JohnBee wrote: »

I would think that it is not the vitamin E itself which is the issue but the ingredients used to make it into a tablet (these are called the excipients). Perhaps ask your pharmacist about this and they may be able to advise on this?

Yeah I was thinking it's probably not the vitamin itself but the way it was processed.
I actually reacted to Alpro's Almond milk, which is enriched with vitamin E.

I eat a lot of foods that would contain vitamin E, so it's not a reaction to natural vitamin E, maybe just the way it is in the milk. I've used various other milks and noticed this is the only milk variant I've used which was enriched with Vitamin E.

Rodin

Orla K wrote: »

If it was a supplement could it be from one of the fillers in it?
Oddly a few days ago I found I had a problem with iodine tincture, irritated the hell out of my skin.

Iodine is a known irritant to the skin.

Orla K

Rodin wrote: »

Iodine is a known irritant to the skin.

Iodine alone would be bad but tincture is about 2% and shouldn't have given me as much of a reaction as it did. Most people are fine using it but for some it can cause a bad reaction.