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Terre
Renowned
Seliah, have you been tested for Celiac disease? Some doctors discovered that there is a higher percentage of Celiacs among children who get a lot of ear infections than in the normal population so they were suggesting that parents of children who keep getting such infections have them tested.
To be fair, in my case it's because I'm basically a medical nightmare. LOL
I am lactose intolerant, and gluten intolerant. (Not Celiac, and NOT allergic - just intolerant.) There's a whole host of foods I can't tolerate, and I have a slew of medication allergies - enough of them actually, to make it really difficult for a doctor to prescribe much for me. I'm also deathly allergic to bee and wasp stings, as well as fire ants. As in the epi pen might or might not work, and the ambulance might or might not get to me fast enough, and I might or might not crump in the back of the rig on the way to the hospital allergic. The last time I was stung, I was 23, and they were pretty clear with me that if it happened again, it would most likely kill me before anyone could get to me.
Part of the reason I am so prone to recurrent ear infections is because all of the structures in my head and neck are basically child-sized. I had extensive throat surgery a few years ago to correct 85% blocked airways - they removed my uvula, tonsils, adnoids, 90% of my soft palette, corrected a badly deviated septum, and quite literally scraped away at the actual airways to widen them. When they were done, my airways were the size of a 10 year old's, instead of the 5 year old size they were when I went in. I had that surgery done when I was 28.
All of my sinuses, my airway, all the passages and tubes in my head and neck are pediatric sized. They have to use pediatric dental equipment on me, and pediatric respiratory equipment on me. Anything made for adults is too big. This results in the gunk and nasty stuff quickly spreading to basically everywhere whenever I pick up any kind of respiratory or sinus infection. If I get a cold, it will quickly spiral into a sinus infection, a bilateral ear infection, an eye infection, an upper respiratory infection, and then it will drop and turn into a lower respiratory infection. Oh, yeah, I'm also living proof that yes you CAN get strep throat even after having your tonsils and adnoids removed... I get that about three or four times a year. Medication, no medication, doesn't matter. I had tubes in my ears when I was a kid; they don't like to put them in adults, so when they finally fell out, the tubes were never replaced.
So... that's why I get so many recurrent ear infections. It's basically everything from my head to my chest that gets infected, and it all gets infected rapid-fire one after the other once I pick up any kind of respiratory or sinus bug at all. There just isn't enough room in my sinuses to deal with it all.
And yet conjunctivitis is about the only thing I have not ever caught! LOL
Have a good night, Rokket. I sure hope for you that it's something less intimidating than pink eye.
I was either in my late teens or very early 20s when I had it, so a verrrrrry long time ago. I had gone to the Ophthalmologist because I thought I needed glasses, even though my eyes always tested at 20/20 vision. Turns out I had astigmatism in both eyes, so I wound up wearing glasses for over 20 years before my vision actually needed to be corrected at around age 46.
I just happened to mention to the doctor that my eyes were always so itchy and red in the inside corners of the eyes. He told me it was conjunctivitis, or more commonly known as Pink Eye, I guess because they were turning slightly redish where I was rubbing all the time. I've never had another episode, and I don't know where I caught it the first time, but since neither of my parents had it, I probably caught it from someone at school.
I just happened to mention to the doctor that my eyes were always so itchy and red in the inside corners of the eyes. He told me it was conjunctivitis, or more commonly known as Pink Eye, I guess because they were turning slightly redish where I was rubbing all the time. I've never had another episode, and I don't know where I caught it the first time, but since neither of my parents had it, I probably caught it from someone at school.
Rokket
Dances with Bees
I don't know if I have it or not. This is my first time with it too. I've seen people with it, and I don't look like that. And the itching is minimal. I guess I will have to wait a bit longer to see if it worsens. There isn't much the doc can do for me on the ship. I would have to go see a real doctor when we get in port.
You'll know if you come down with it, most likely. Or you could just end up with a mild presentation of like what Miss B described above, too. But most times with conjunctivitis, you end up with a green or yellow crust in the eyes, in addition to the "pink" coloration.
LOL - If you only knew.
There are reasons I learned very early on to treat holistically as much as is possible. I'm just a really difficult patient to treat via the rules of "modern day medicine."
quietrob
Extraordinary
Suddenly, I find myself feeling quite fortunate as I have decidedly a lack of any real ailments besides needing glasses! I've never had pink eye, I'm not allergic to bee stings or broccoli. Shoot, I haven't had a cold in years! I do go on health kicks from time to time drinking veggie shakes and nonsense like that but really I just feel lucky.
rokket, get well soon so the title of this thread can come true again..
rokket, get well soon so the title of this thread can come true again..
Ouch...pink eye is the bacterial version of conjunctivitis you can also get allergic reactions that are very similar.
Pink eye is very contagious...don't touch the eye that has it and then touch your other eye if it's only in one eye.
Edited to add I had something that I was worried that was pink eye but my optometrist was able to put drops in and look at the eye. And she said it was an allergic reaction not bacterial so there are things that are similar.
Pink eye is very contagious...don't touch the eye that has it and then touch your other eye if it's only in one eye.
Edited to add I had something that I was worried that was pink eye but my optometrist was able to put drops in and look at the eye. And she said it was an allergic reaction not bacterial so there are things that are similar.
Terre
Renowned
I don't remember ever having pink eye but my eyes are often watering due to my allergies.
Quietrob, oddly enough my husband IS allergic to broccoli. It took quite a while to figure out what the problem was because he very slowly developed painful cysts in his earlobes. Took months to go away one=ce we realized the cause.
Quietrob, oddly enough my husband IS allergic to broccoli. It took quite a while to figure out what the problem was because he very slowly developed painful cysts in his earlobes. Took months to go away one=ce we realized the cause.