Sulphur/Sulfite Sensitivity - Much Worse Now and Very Desperate!!

Oh boy! Don't get into popular, unproven treatments unless your doctor specifically prescribes them.

Is there a reason you think your water contains sulfite? Get it tested. It should be clean. A lot of bottled water brands do contain sulfite. There was a thread some time ago. Perhaps you can find it by looking it up in the search box at the top of the page. Sulfates are not the same as sulfites.

Kefir is fermented. Fermenting does cause lots of things to change so that they are sulfite-containing. Kefir cheese is supposed to be OK. However, fermenting also causes foods like kefir to become rich in histamine, which causes allergic reactions.

I would talk with an experienced allergist. It may be that some, but not necessarily all, of your allergy problems are from causes other than sulfites.

Taroki,

Don't "detox" unless a medical doctor prescribes it, and I don't think one will. If you have some old fillings see a dentist. Just an untrained opinion, but I don't believe all the hype about mercury.

How do you know you even had parasites?

Just about any general practice medical doctor can give you some doxycycline when you get a Lyme flare. Dr. Yasko is not a medical doctor.

Sulfite sensitivity is rare. What are your reactions? Skin? Migraines? How did you find out you are sensitive? I got a lot of help from my allergist. She had me keeping a good food journal and doing challenge testing. You can look up those terms in the search box at the top of the page.

It's a lot easier to know the foods that contain sulfites and just avoid the ones that are loaded and not eat over your sensitivity level the ones that just contain some. Basically, avoiding junk food and prepared food not made from scratch is easy. In other words, do your own cooking. There are lists of foods all over the 'net. I use Rick William's formulae for calculating sulfite and tolerance levels. http://www.learningtarget.com/nosulfites/index.htm I think he may have a source in his book for the strips. If you learn your foods you don't need them though. It's not about avoiding all sulfites, just keeping under your tolerance level.

Razzle

You need to watch and learn as much as you can on sulphites, suphates sulphur as they are in the same family. Most bottled water does contain suphites so you may just need to boil your water and put it in the fridge and refill your bottles that way. Many allergist don't know enough yet about sulphites (in Canada) and there is not a test they can do, just you yourself can test by ingesting sulphited products but not wise to do so. Most medicine contains sulphites, (cellulose) made from wood fiber but broken down by use of sulphur. Many symptoms happen to people with this allergy and (in North America) 1 in 10 people have some form of a reaction to sulphites. Heartburn, diarrhea, flushing of the face, swelling, hives and more so just be careful and read labels. Red #40 is not good either.

Actually, boiling the water won't get rid of the sulfites.

What has worked for me is to spray some Vitamin B12 into the water and let it sit overnight. Then I can drink it, because the Vitamin B12 binds directly to the sulfites and inactivates them so they don't cause a reaction.

Please as much help as possible. If you don't have any advice, please see if anyone else might. if you think someone else does, please ask them for me. It is just getting really difficult with these cumulative reactions. I am having too much trouble tolerating food, water, pills. Cumulative reactions.

If I can try water that I KNOW FOR SURE does not have sulfites, then I can compare and see if I have a reaction to it. I need to narrow this down to be sure. I am desperate. I am extremely sensitive. It's ridiculous. Tolerance is extremely low.

Post Edited (marry the night) : 9/2/2016 12:34:02 PM (GMT-6)

hi everyone, I'm new to the forum and desperate. I have had no luck or help by going to the doctors back and forth. I hope maybe I can find some advise, help, wisdom here!

about six months ago my allergies and asthma flared up after 2 years of having great health. I stared to use my Qvair inhale again but found that it caused trush and it was just too disgusting to handle waking up in the mornings to that, I also started to have an adverse reaction to this and would feel neck pain that I believe was from lymph nodes swollen and hard as rocks. So Qvair provided more side effects than it did any relief. I discontinued use of it but struggled with asthma still, recently I experienced allergic reaction to my albuterol inhaler as well. I experienced fatigue and mind fog beyond what I could tolerate I felt I was going mad! So along with asthma, allergies I have had night sweats for about 2 years and thought nothing of them, I thought it was related to hormones but it wasn't until I started to have this skin rash all over my body with no specific trigger I started to worry and put all these symptoms together.

My fear would be the worst of the worst and that is Lymphoma, since I have al the symptoms except weight loss. My blood test only show SED rate and Eosinophils to be high but nothing else showed on the blood work. I have an appointment with my doctor this week but have little hope as I usually experience the "its all in your head" treatment. I am also waiting for ct scan to rule out lymph node issues.

Being puzzled by my terrible reaction to the medications I so desperately needed I came across info about possible allergic reaction to certain medications, than it led me to certain food and now I found my self here at this thread...

I use essential oils almost daily, I did a detox in may 2016, I eat a lot of fruits, the air quality where I live is not good due to a fire back in july and high winds don't help....I am so confused to what is wrong with my health!!!

summary of symptoms:
-asthma flare up
-allergy flare up
-diarrhea with dairy (which I try to avoid as much as possible)
-night sweats
-low grade fever through out the day, 99.3
-itchy skin, hives that swell
-fatigue

all this started 6 month ago with the itchy skin starting about 2 months ago

please any info would be greatly appreciated

Does anyone react to lettuce like romaine? If so, do you only react to the outer leaves?

Lettuce shouldn't have sulfites added anymore.

For tortilla chips you'll have to ask the manufacturer about their lime. Fresh or frozen lime is safe. Bottled lime or the stuff in the little plastic containers is labeled as having more than 100 ppm, a large amount. Jam and jelly has the same problem with the lemon juice used.


Please, both of you, start your own topics. You'll get lots more readers. I wrote this in the post just above where you tacked on. We love having new people and reading new topics.

Am I interpreting correctly that sulfite is part of the sulphur
family???? I had NO idea.

Now, I'm wondering how much of my challenges is due to
my sulphur allergy, since I was in the dark all along.

I appreciate all the info offered by much more enlightened
folks than I. Thank you so much. And, I will surely get
hold of the ebook/sulfites....

Again, many thanks.

popper

Hello to all the sulphur allergy suffers out there!!!

I am now 47 and having suffered with eczema my whole life, which only started getting worse in my early 30's...that is when the real sulphur allergy kicked in.

Firstly I would like to say that if you think you have an allergy of some sorts GOOGLE is your best friend!!! And if you want some really good advise STAY AWAY FROM DOCTORS AND ESPECIALLY SKIN SPECIALISTS....THEY WILL SEND YOU ON A DOWNWARD SPIRAL!!!!!

Also don't believe anyone that says there is no relation to between sulphur and sulphite OR between medicinal sulphurs and the sulphurs/sulphites in foods/cosmetics....if any word contains "SUL" in it then you can be rest assured there is some form of either in it....

It has got to be one of the worst allergies out there and everyone reacts differently, my own allergy has also changed over the years it used to be on my face now it is on the palms of my hands.

Just a quick break down of "SUL" containing cosmetic and foods/beverages;

Cosmetics: avoid all;
Shampoos, bodywashes, liquid hand soaps, face washes and scrubs....ALLLLLL contain Sodium Laureth Sulfate
(some shampoos don't but it will say so on the bottle)

Foods:
Well I think there is will be easier to give the list of what doesn't as almost all foods do but just in different levels, so depending on how allergic you are, also depends on your tolerance, but what helped me a lot was to Google, "Sulphur content in foods", there it gives you a good idea of what to avoid and what levels all the different foods contain but the real POWERFUL SULPHUR BOMBS are

Onions
Garlic
Seafish
Fish
Vinigar
Soya
I AVOID THESE LIKE THE PLAGUE!!!!!

Anyone wanting more advise or help I am willing to share my years of researching and knowledge if it can help someone and give them relief...

kind regards
Michj0203

Post Edited (Michj0203) : 3/14/2018 7:08:48 AM (GMT-6)

Most plain vinegars are just diluted acetic acid, but I have a red wine vinegar in my kitchen that has been treated with sulfite (to preserve color). My balsamic vinegar also contains sulfites (from the wine vinegar in there).
Nevertheless, isn't it more likely that the cole slaw was treated with sulfite to keep it (looking) fresh?

PS: As has been pointed out repeatedly in this thread, sulfates are not known to cause problems, but sulfites can cause problems for people sensitive to this group of chemicals.

Post Edited (Sr Sailor) : 3/14/2018 6:14:23 PM (GMT-6)

Please keep this thread going!!! I have been recently diagnosed with a sulfite allergy and this has been a Godsend!

Post Edited (KJR) : 2/10/2021 3:28:34 PM (GMT-7)