In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
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Quote:Don't know. Histamine is produced by "mast cells" which are mostly in the boundary between the "outside world" and you: mucosa, nose, mouth, lungs, skin, and gut. But once histamine's in the bloodstream it can cause symptoms anywhere. So if your gut mast cells release histamine it can cause your skin to wheal and itch. Eventually various enzymes break down the histamine. I suppose by rubbing your skin you might cause histamine to latch onto your skin ( as opposed to somewhere else?) where it gets broken down.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
BTW... what are your thoughts on the hives all but disappearing the day after I just gave into the itch and made the hives rise up on almost every square inch of my body?
That happened both times I had it.
It could be a coincidence, but I was thinking that maybe I was "using up" the histamine supply by bringing all of that to the surface at once and maybe it would have lasted longer if I didn't do that?
Really... Both times I've had the problem, the hives were almost non-existant in the itchy days that followed after just giving in and giving every square inch of my skin a thorough scratch.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Don't know. Histamine is produced by "mast cells" which are mostly in the boundary between the "outside world" and you: mucosa, nose, mouth, lungs, skin, and gut. But once histamine's in the bloodstream it can cause symptoms anywhere. So if your gut mast cells release histamine it can cause your skin to wheal and itch. Eventually various enzymes break down the histamine. I suppose by rubbing your skin you might cause histamine to latch onto your skin ( as opposed to somewhere else?) where it gets broken down.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
BTW... what are your thoughts on the hives all but disappearing the day after I just gave into the itch and made the hives rise up on almost every square inch of my body?
That happened both times I had it.
It could be a coincidence, but I was thinking that maybe I was "using up" the histamine supply by bringing all of that to the surface at once and maybe it would have lasted longer if I didn't do that?
Really... Both times I've had the problem, the hives were almost non-existant in the itchy days that followed after just giving in and giving every square inch of my skin a thorough scratch.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
Well then...
I guess I'm just going to have to take Amox one last time in the name of Science.
No holding back... Just straight up scratching my body like it's my full time job the second the hives set in this time.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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Out for my walk in a bit. Need to mail a birthday card to Edmonton and do a couple of other things. Trying to figure out what to have with some chicken thighs I bought yesterday.
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Quote:Er... there's no guarantee that the next reaction will stay at the "hives" stage. Each exposure primes you for a worse reaction, which could very well be anaphylaxis.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Don't know. Histamine is produced by "mast cells" which are mostly in the boundary between the "outside world" and you: mucosa, nose, mouth, lungs, skin, and gut. But once histamine's in the bloodstream it can cause symptoms anywhere. So if your gut mast cells release histamine it can cause your skin to wheal and itch. Eventually various enzymes break down the histamine. I suppose by rubbing your skin you might cause histamine to latch onto your skin ( as opposed to somewhere else?) where it gets broken down.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
BTW... what are your thoughts on the hives all but disappearing the day after I just gave into the itch and made the hives rise up on almost every square inch of my body?
That happened both times I had it.
It could be a coincidence, but I was thinking that maybe I was "using up" the histamine supply by bringing all of that to the surface at once and maybe it would have lasted longer if I didn't do that?
Really... Both times I've had the problem, the hives were almost non-existant in the itchy days that followed after just giving in and giving every square inch of my skin a thorough scratch.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
-----------
Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
Well then...
I guess I'm just going to have to take Amox one last time in the name of Science.
No holding back... Just straight up scratching my body like it's my full time job the second the hives set in this time.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
Anaphylaxis is what happens when your blood vessels become excessively leaky, and leak fluid into the surrounding tissues. It can cause your throat to swell so badly that you suffocate. Alternately, the sudden loss of blood volume can cause your heart to stutter and give up.
Quote:
Anaphylaxis is a severe, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction. It can occur within seconds or minutes of exposure to something you're allergic to, such as peanuts or bee stings.
Anaphylaxis causes the immune system to release a flood of chemicals that can cause you to go into shock — blood pressure drops suddenly and the airways narrow, blocking breathing. Signs and symptoms include a rapid, weak pulse; a skin rash; and nausea and vomiting. Common triggers include certain foods, some medications, insect venom and latex.
Anaphylaxis requires an injection of epinephrine and a follow-up trip to an emergency room. If you don't have epinephrine, you need to go to an emergency room immediately. If anaphylaxis isn't treated right away, it can be fatal.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/anaphylaxis/symptoms-ca
uses/syc-20351468
My hubby, me, my sister and his friend all shared the same very good allergist. If someone experienced hives as a result of food/ medication allergy... when histamine was being released into the bloodstream instead of just making a stuffy nose... she always, ALWAYS Rxd an EpiPen and cautioned that it should be carried AT ALL TIMES.
There's an underlying purpose to the hives/anaphylaxis reaction: white blood cells are too big to slip through blood vessel walls, so how to get WBCs into the tissues where it can work, in addition to all those immunoglobulins and other immune components? The answer is to release chemicals that dilate blood vessels and loosen the junctions between blood vessel/capillary walls, which allow fluids and white blood cells to swarm the site of infection/injury.
Very hel
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Back from my walk and it did try to rain this morning when I went out. Got to the post and the library to return something. Not sure I like the new "Firestarter" movie. Mind I barely remember the first one with Drew Barrymore.
Ran into the lady that used to come in and help look after my mum twice today. *L* Stopped and talked to her for a few minutes.
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Off to mah jong in the morning for me.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Er... there's no guarantee that the next reaction will stay at the "hives" stage. Each exposure primes you for a worse reaction, which could very well be anaphylaxis.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:Don't know. Histamine is produced by "mast cells" which are mostly in the boundary between the "outside world" and you: mucosa, nose, mouth, lungs, skin, and gut. But once histamine's in the bloodstream it can cause symptoms anywhere. So if your gut mast cells release histamine it can cause your skin to wheal and itch. Eventually various enzymes break down the histamine. I suppose by rubbing your skin you might cause histamine to latch onto your skin ( as opposed to somewhere else?) where it gets broken down.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
BTW... what are your thoughts on the hives all but disappearing the day after I just gave into the itch and made the hives rise up on almost every square inch of my body?
That happened both times I had it.
It could be a coincidence, but I was thinking that maybe I was "using up" the histamine supply by bringing all of that to the surface at once and maybe it would have lasted longer if I didn't do that?
Really... Both times I've had the problem, the hives were almost non-existant in the itchy days that followed after just giving in and giving every square inch of my skin a thorough scratch.
--------------------------------------------------
Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
-----------
Pity would be no more,
If we did not MAKE someone poor - William Blake
Well then...
I guess I'm just going to have to take Amox one last time in the name of Science.
No holding back... Just straight up scratching my body like it's my full time job the second the hives set in this time.
--------------------------------------------------
Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
Anaphylaxis is what happens when your blood vessels become excessively leaky, and leak fluid into the surrounding tissues. It can cause your throat to swell so badly that you suffocate. Alternately, the sudden loss of blood volume can cause your heart to stutter and give up.Quote:
Anaphylaxis is a severe, potentially life-threatening allergic reaction. It can occur within seconds or minutes of exposure to something you're allergic to, such as peanuts or bee stings.
Anaphylaxis causes the immune system to release a flood of chemicals that can cause you to go into shock — blood pressure drops suddenly and the airways narrow, blocking breathing. Signs and symptoms include a rapid, weak pulse; a skin rash; and nausea and vomiting. Common triggers include certain foods, some medications, insect venom and latex.
Anaphylaxis requires an injection of epinephrine and a follow-up trip to an emergency room. If you don't have epinephrine, you need to go to an emergency room immediately. If anaphylaxis isn't treated right away, it can be fatal.
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/anaphylaxis/symptoms-ca
uses/syc-20351468
My hubby, me, my sister and his friend all shared the same very good allergist. If someone experienced hives as a result of food/ medication allergy... when histamine was being released into the bloodstream instead of just making a stuffy nose... she always, ALWAYS Rxd an EpiPen and cautioned that it should be carried AT ALL TIMES.
There's an underlying purpose to the hives/anaphylaxis reaction: white blood cells are too big to slip through blood vessel walls, so how to get WBCs into the tissues where it can work, in addition to all those immunoglobulins and other immune components? The answer is to release chemicals that dilate blood vessels and loosen the junctions between blood vessel/capillary walls, which allow fluids and white blood cells to swarm tNOTIFY: Y | REPLY | REPLY WITH QUOTE | PERMALINK | TOP | HOME
Just got back from my buddy's house. Like anything else, this is going to take a lot longer than planned. I told him we were going to regret not working on Saturday.
There was just so much STUFF down there. And it's a staircase with at least 15 steps to get the stuff out.
We've got one half of the two seater at my house now. The other half, the one seater and the fireplace furnace will come one day at a time while we work on this on my ride back home. They're all upstairs clogging up his living room right now.
I think after all the extra time that this job is going to take, it's going to be a bit lopsided in my friend's favor on the barter, but that's cool. I really enjoy painting and during the middle of winter it's nice to get out and be working on something. Really not a problem at all when I don't have to drive anywhere myself too.
I am getting EXTREMELY good at cutting things in. Better every time. And now my friend gets to benefit from it.
We got the first coat of one color up today after moving everything out that was going out, sanding all his patching down, dusting the walls and having dinner with his family.
He was so not motivated at first, but as soon as he came through with a roller while I was cutting in he was thrilled with how it looked and he really got a second wind. It looks so much better than the gross brown colors that were down there before.
It's a much more intricate job that I'm used to doing. So many spaces where it's drywall against wood, or drywall up to concrete, or wood up to concrete, or drywall up to dropped ceiling track, or concrete up to dropped ceiling track. And there's a few PVC pipes and electrical conduit to paint as well as doors that opened up to the elevated crawlspace.
I made him take pictures before we started and I told him at the end of the night he's going to love looking at those after we're done and he said he already was earlier in the night.
I'm hoping we can get it done by Friday night. But I don't know how he's going to wash that carpet before the pool table gets moved down there on Saturday. I'm going to suggest that he ask the guy who he's getting it from if he can get a little extension on that.
Good luck at mahjong tomorrow Brenda. 
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So, what color did he decide to go with?
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Well, I managed to get first place at mah jong even though I couldn't go out at all. The only people who won today were people that I played with. I got first another lady got 2nd and the other lady got 3rd. Since there were only 8 of us playing this morning there was no booby prize.
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