40 Weird Allergies That Might Sound Unbelievable But Are Real

Oh I have this is it absolutely sucks 😐

Omg! I thought it was just me! Lol! I actually have to use fabric bandaids and a few brands of waterproof. Otherwise the adhesive makes my skin melt off, kinda. Hard to describe. It gets gooey and red and painful and my skin just sloughs off.

Yup, truly sucks. I'm allergic to adhesive. Bandaids make me itch like crazy. Medical tape can go from simple itching to actual hives. Paper tape helps but doesn't stay on unless you use tons. I usually have to completely cover the area in non stick bandages, then cover that with rolled gauze or gauze pads, then cover THAT with tape or some sticky tape (used often after having blood taken). After dealing with chemo and having a mastectomy, the only way to keep my drains attached was to literally TIE THE DRAINS IN PLACE WITH GAUZE, which had to be redone 4 to 5 times a day for 3 weeks until they were removed. And they had to be tied tight so the drains wouldn't leak or fall out, causing more injuries at a time my immune system was completely nil! People think it's not a big deal to be allergic to adhesive, but the ramifications can literally kill you. The allergy itself is mostly just annoying, but if anything serious happens to you it becomes a MAJOR problem.

I developed this allergy in my teens after years of self harming. :/

OMG!! Thank you!!

...or uncontrollable orgasms. And no, I'm not joking.

I have this, but not too bad. Especially when on a bumpy mountain bike path, my hands on the vibrating handlebars get really itchy and a little swollen. Never realized what it was until I read this.

I get this. And i get it from pressure. So bra straps cause hives when i take it off. Also sitting for too long i get hives on the backs of my thighs and bum.

ITS ABSOLUTE HĖLL

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you just tried it, didn't you?

I have it and it’s AWFUL

It happens to.me if I'm already having an allergic reaction. I use it when I feel a bit strange to see if that might be the cause.

An itch you cannot scratch or else, sometimes for whatever reason I get a flare up of this and it is unpleasant.

I have a less severe version of this! if I don't take allergy medicine everymorning then scratches are unbearable! when I fist got it my mom thought I was dying!

This is no joke. I've watched documentaries about children with this and they have to cover up from head to toe to go outside.

After being on antidepressants for many years, I now have a sun "sensitivity" (sounds less ridiculous than being allergic to the sun). I joke that I have to sunblock like an albino, (no offense to albino ppl) or cover my skin with clothing. It's very frustrating and embarrassing! My skin turns bright pink, and gets hives that look like my skin is covered in red bug bite looking bumps that are SOOOOOOOO itchy!!! If I scratch these itchy bumps, they end up scabbing over and becoming scarred.

There are dozens of medications and over-the-counter drugs that can cause sun sensitivity. Some of the most common include: Antibiotics: doxycycline, tetracycline, ciprofloxacin, levofloxacin, ofloxacin, trimethoprim.

Yeah, I found “the cure” now I’m a daywalker

I have this and I get full on hives and my throat, feet and hands swell up if I get too much sunshine. I can take a simple Zyrtec, and I'm pretty much good, but I work graveyard now.

I have that. All my jewelry has to be either a solid precious metal like silver (and plated/filled isn't good enough, I still get a mild reaction) or something like surgical steel. Anything else turns my skin green and makes it itch like crazy. I have a really hard time shopping for belts, too, since the buckle always seems to find it's way into my belly and I hate tucking in my shirts. Lucky for me, I can touch nickel for a moment and be fine. I just can't have long term contact with it, like with something you would wear for the day.

Eyeglass frames were how I figured out I have a nickel allergy. I kept getting these rashes along the sides of my face. We tried coating the arms with clear nail polish, but it didn't work. I have titanium frames now, and I have no reactions. And, of course, none of my jewellery can have nickel in it either.

Used to have this as a kid. Belt buckles and watch bands suckedddd.

I have this. When I was a kid, a stupid little necklace caused a painful rash that spread across my entire body. Took some serious meds to shut that down. That was a horrible year long episode. Now everything I wear has as little metal as I can get since anything other than expensive, pure silver or gold jewelry has some nickel in it.

Nickel allergy here. I work in a place that deals with lots of nickel. I look like I have leprosy.

My husband and I both have this allergy. Makes for some interesting pizzas!

It is pretty awful. Did you know that there is tomato in things like canned tuna? I read every label.

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My youngest daughter has this. Didn't realize it until we gave her spaghetti and she'd get it on her and cry. Wiped it off and she was as red as a beet. She'll eat spaghetti but only with white clam sauce or butter.

i have OAS but im only allergic to carrots and apples as far as i know. those allergies are caused by the same thing. now that i think about it it has been a long time since i ate raw tomatoes so i may be allergic to them (once apples/carrots/etc are cooked i can eat them)

It's weird but I am sometimes allergic to tomatoes. As a kid I loooooved tomatoes and insisted I had some in my lunch box. Every day after lunch I was red and itchy around my mouth. Now I can usually eat tomato just fine but I try to avoid it just in case. About 10 years ago I got insane migraines if I ate canned mackerel with tomato sauce in. So for some years I avoided canned mackerel like the plague. Buy it's fine now. I am never sure what to say if ppl ask me if I have allergies. Because... I sorta do but then also not? 😏

Dust allergy really sucks

I’m allergic to dust. My friends always make fun of me for sneezing so much. I literally will sneeze twenty times in a row, then go back to doing whatever it is I’m doing and someone’s like, yo, you good?

My mother has this. It's not severe, but she gets all stuffy and starts sneezing for hours after.