Question by SaraMae: What might be causing my sudden allergies?
I am 20 and I’ve only had a few allergies before, but all of the sudden I am having alot more allergies. It’s not just one type either! It’s my eyes, skin and sinuses. I also have developed some reations to food but I think they are intolerences, not allergies. I didn’t use to be allergic to my dog, but now I break out in hives when I am around her! A few weeks ago my eyes started tearing up or getting puffy without apparent reason. Just a few days ago my skin started to feel uncomfortable (not quite itchy, just uncomfortable).
What could be causing this? Are the interrelated or is it just chance? What can I do for this (especially the skin problem)?
This is especially important because I am starting a 5 week long job as a camp counselor tomorrow, so I will be exposed to a lot of allergens. BTW, my main problem with food is a complete intolerence to bananas.

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Answer by Sami V
Suggest you go for a thorough allergy test!

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I am 20 and I’ve only had a few allergies before, but all of the sudden I am having alot more allergies. It’s not just one type either! It’s my eyes, skin and sinuses. I also have developed some reations to food but I think they are intolerences, not allergies. I didn’t use to be allergic to my dog, but now I break out in hives when I am around her! A few weeks ago my eyes started tearing up or getting puffy without apparent reason. Just a few days ago my skin started to feel uncomfortable (not quite itchy, just uncomfortable).
What could be causing this? Are the interrelated or is it just chance? What can I do for this (especially the skin problem)?
This is especially important because I am starting a 5 week long job as a camp counselor tomorrow, so I will be exposed to a lot of allergens. BTW, my main problem with food is a complete intolerence to bananas.

Vet says its allergies. She scratches herself and then it turns into a staph infection on her skin. Sometimes it seems that she gets little skin infections without even over-scratching. She doesnt have fleas.

Last night we took her to the vet because the entire left side of her face from under her ear down to her chin was wet, and through her fur I could see that the skin was just raw. Bright pink/red and draining. The doc said something about a “hot spot” and that its still allergies, and gave her antibiotics. It was so bad that they had to shave the fur and now she just sits with her head tilted because it hurts for even her ear to touch it. She also had some eye drainage, wont play or eat a lot.

Theres another dog in the house (my sister’s dog), and they play-fight very rough. Its a yellow lab puppy (almost the size of my golden) thats out of control, and they bite and scratch. The vet said no, but is it possible that she got this from playing so rough?
She never did any testing… she just looks at it and says “yeah thats what it looks like”. Im not saying that shes definitely wrong, but I just want some reassurance before I get her in for a 2nd opinion.

Okay, she does this thing where she sounds as if she is coughing up a hair ball. Other times she looks as if she is gagging, but as soon as i look at her she stops. She has a beautiful coat and her nose is cold and wet alot of the times.But when she starts wheezing or coughing she scares me. This is my first puppy so i really don’t know the difference between a cough or something more life threathnening. Can someone please help me understand when i should be really concerned, and also do dogs even suffer from food allergies or even asthma. By the way i feed her All Natural Eukanoba. Thank you in advance for any help!