food sensitivity?

[Sandydemop]

Hi everyone, this might be ridiculous but that is the mood i'm in. Do food sensitivities make your symptoms worse? I ate chinese food for the first time in a long time Saturday night and leftovers Sunday and today I am having trouble standing, walking and working my fingers. Does this resonate with anyone? thanks.

[Kenu]

I have had food sensitivities , but nothing that bothered my MS other than swallowing. Ken 🐾 🐾

[rjoneslaw]

I don’t eat anything that I have sensitivities too.

Before MS I would eat Mac n cheese n key lime cheese petite fours(?) , I ate them everyday for about a week, I broke out in hives and ended up in the dr office the entire next day as he tried to get it under control. Nothing worked I just itched. I was told never to eat either one of them again. I lived off that while I was in school. It broke my heart. Now I just watch and smell both as they cook and walk out the house to my mother’s customers

[Sandydemop in reply to rjoneslaw]

I guess I had to do the awful experiment. I hadn't had chinese food in months. Maybe longer. Hope you are doing well.

[rjoneslaw in reply to Sandydemop]

I am doing well

[goatgal]

It could be a sensitivity to an ingredient in the food like MSG (which may give sensitive people headaches), or a strong spice like Star Anise or sesame oil. I have a friend who doesn't have MS but does live with multiple food sensitivities; when she eats something she shouldn't, in addition to digestive issues, she experiences balance problems, dizziness, and occasional fainting,

[Peruzzot]

Maybe something in the food caused some inflammation and that can cause MS symptoms to worsen.

It could also just be coincidence. MS is unpredictable that way.😤