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Latex allergy

  • 29-10-2013 10:15pm
    #1
    Barcafan11
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 117 ✭✭


    Hi, I'm just wondering if anybody here has, or knows anybody who has a latex allergy ? I bought a Halloween costume recently and got a very bad reaction from the latex mask. My face literally swoll up like a balloon. And that was only after literally 30 seconds on my face. I wore it again Saturday night and the pain on Sunday was unreal. Off to get blood allergy tests as a result, but I'm just wondering what to expect as in lifestyle changes etc etc if I do in fact have an allergy. I don't want to be reading all the horror stories or freaking myself out for no reason either.

    Any info greatly appreciated


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  • #2
    Zombienosh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,911 ✭✭✭Zombienosh


    Well thankfully I don't think you'll encounter latex too much on a daily basis.


  • #3
    username123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,484 ✭✭✭username123


    Yeah I'm allergic to latex. Not as severe as you describe.

    The worst reaction I ever had was after a surgery, there was latex in the sticky parts of the dressing covering the wound, and I could feel it itching and burning etc. Eventually I took it off before I was supposed to and found a swollen red blistered area directly where the skin met the sticky bit. Took longer to heal than the wound itself!

    Other than that, no condoms, you gotta tell dentists so they don't use latex dental dams, and avoid latex clothing/gloves. I can wear gloves for a few minutes with no issues. For me the reaction seems to get going with prolonged exposure or sweat, when my skin can't breathe.

    It's not a big issue tbh.


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