Does anyone else here have chemical sensitivity?

Sannum

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Wed Nov-30-05 03:14 PM
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Does anyone else here have chemical sensitivity?

I do and it can at times be incredibly challenging. I had some new furniture delivered yesterday and now I cannot enter my apartment without getting a headache because the plastic they wrapped my furniture in had this horrible chemical smell that continues to reek. Now I have a headache and nauseua when I am home. It is 20 degrees outside, but I have cracked open windows to try and make the smell go away. I have more examples, but I need to get back to work:P

I am not going to turn into Julianne Moore from "Safe", but it is a crappy way to live.

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Horus45

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Wed Nov-30-05 04:11 PM
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1. Yes

Over the course of a few years working in medical research I developed an sensitivity to latex from wearing latex gloves all the time.
I can't even wear latex condoms anymore and the polyurethane ones are hard to find.

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Floogeldy

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Wed Nov-30-05 04:15 PM
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2. Hydrocloric Acid

That shit eats me up.

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Rising Phoenix

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Wed Nov-30-05 04:15 PM
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3. I do too...

I can't use product, wear makeup, have new carpet... its endless, and very few people understand why I feel sick all the time...

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Patiod

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Wed Nov-30-05 04:18 PM
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4. Just to new carpeting

I hate helping friends move into a place with new carpeting.

That's one good thing about getting older - my friends now have enough money to hire movers!

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neweurope

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Wed Nov-30-05 04:58 PM
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5. Yes. I can hardly bear to be in the supermarket - the shelves with soap

Edited on Wed Nov-30-05 04:58 PM by neweurope

and washing powder and the like, also the artificially smelling candles make me want to puke. Which is funny in so far as my sense of smell has gotten much worse - the flowers in my garden I can hardly smell anymore. But artificial smells, also mould, make me want to hide. I could rent myself out as a mould smelling dog nowadays. Also I have to be very careful with artificial stuff in food and in body care.

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AirmensMom

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Wed Nov-30-05 05:07 PM
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6. Yes.

I'm disabled from it. I'm pretty much house-bound. No malls, movies or restaurants. I can't even go outside in my yard if the neighbors are doing laundry. The fragrance in their detergent blows through the dryer vent and makes me really sick. Perfume, hairspray, new carpet ... just about everything makes me sick.

It's a nasty illness, but it will become more prevalent as people continue to use products containing "fragrance" chemicals. That "clean" smell they put in everything is made out of toxic compounds, yet people love it.

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histohoney

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Wed Nov-30-05 06:31 PM
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7. limones category

used as natural solvents in labs (made from veg. oils, mainly from oranges and lemons.) Gives me a major migraine and mass cell reaction on my skin.

You might try my tia's cure for bad house smells. Put out some cookie trays with baking soda on them, and bowls of apple cider around the room. Dip a bar towel in the apple cider and ring it out and twirl it around over head in the room (Not kidding, it works great. I've used this method after a party and gotten rid of the smoke smell pretty quick.).

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