| Steve Heckler 2004-08-29, 7:08 pm |
| Has your doctor discussed vasomotor rhinitis with you? Has she or he
discussed pulsatile irrigation or a corticosteroid spray like Rhinocort?
So sorry to hear you're going through this -- I went through the same thing
earlier this year and got feeling better with a mixture of more sleep,
better food, environmental controls, allergy shots, irrigation, and
Rhinocort...
Steve
"Curious" <epreg_question@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:e1eb6133.0408271645.65ab9fc2@posting.google.com...
> Hello,
>
> I have always thought I have allergies. I had postnasal drip all my
> life. Headaches, sore throat, itchy nose and itchy eyes are my other
> symptoms.
>
> I had skin prick testing and intradermal skin testing done about 2
> years ago. With the one done on my arms, 3 of the allergens seemed to
> cause irritation, was red and a little bit swollen. The swelling was
> not enough to lead to diagnosis. My doctor suggested that we repeat
> the test some other time, which I have not yet done. I had a RAST test
> done 3 weeks ago and results came today, which say I am not allergic.
> I will probably get the skin tests repeated at this point. BTW, when I
> take zyrtec, I am fine. If I stop taking it, I have a sore throat
> within a week.
>
> I was wondering if the test results could come negative while you
> actually have allergies? Or can there be something else that causes
> these allergy symptoms?
>
> Thanks.
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