Pollen Allergy Weird Symptoms/Histamine Intolerance

[celticlady]

Not sure what happened this year but I had a few worrying episodes-whilst outdoors this summer-sudden rapid heart rate and palpitations, short of breath, light headed, facial muscle twitching. I have experienced pollen irritation before but not these symptoms.

I read an article on histamine intolerance and it said that this can cause heart racing and muscle spasms etc. so I took my anti-histamines and it seemed to solve the problem, although at another outdoor event whilst on the anti-his, I experienced the heart rate increase again.

Had bloods/ecg=all fine. I take levothyroxine, am 61.

Anyone else had anything similar? my doctor just gives me a strange look when I mention histamine intolerance-hence the ecg/blood tests.

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Maybe you need to have your dosage of levothyroxene checked.

[O2Trees]

Im glad your tests were normal celticlady, good news. My respiratory nurse has said to me that this summer the conditions have caused a lot of complications for people with lung conditions. Early summer my sats plunged without any infection present, and lungs clear too, and I had to go back on ambulatory oxygen and increase my symbicort. My heart rate was up too and I had a 24 hour ecg which like yours was fine. I can see the sats recovering a bit now, though not back to where they were before. And heart rate is coming down. Always something more to cause problems, even when you think you're doing ok

[O2Trees in reply to O2Trees]

Forgot to say my sats went down when the grass pollen hit in late May, this being my usual allergy problem.

[celticlady in reply to O2Trees]

Thank you for replying-not sure what sats are but glad you're getting sorted. I think ever since being diagnosed hypothyroid I've encountered so many issues-also just getting old! Also-never took HRT which a nurse informed me can mean not having thyroid problems...hindsight is a wonderful thing.

Take Care