Nickel Allergy

[PrincessAnnie]

Hi I’m looking to see if there’s anyone on here who has a nickel allergy?

I’ve just finished reading Dr Izabella Wentz book 90 days to reduce your thyroid symptoms and get your life back and in it she mentions nickel as a toxin,I have a nickel allergy so I’m beginning to think that this is a huge part of my problem as all the foods I’ve been eating to try and help myself are high in nickel.

I had absolutely no idea that there was even nickel in food🤷‍♀️I feel like I’m back to square one with regards of what to eat and was just wondering if there’s anyone on here who is in the same boat?

I’ve joined a Facebook group where I’ve discovered the following on nickel and the thyroid.

[Jaydee1507 Administrator]

The article you have posted is too small to read. Might be better to repost it int he comments?

I have a nickel allergy. Not really looked into the systemic aspect of it tbh, apparently the systemic part only affects a small percentage of nickel allergy sufferers. Not noticed worse issues after certain foods.

[Sparklingsunshine in reply to Jaydee1507]

Got a nickel allergy as well, couldn't wear a watch for years due to getting an intensely itchitchy rash on my wrist and cheap fashion earrings were a nightmare during my teenage years. Trying to be one of the cool kids and wear the big hoops that were popular in the 80's meant I ended up with swollen, puffy, weeping earlobes. Not cool. Never noticed any issues with food however. I must admit I didn't know nickel was in food!

[Jaydee1507 Administrator in reply to Sparklingsunshine]

Same here. Jeans were also an issue with the metal fastener, oh and bra clasps.

[Sparklingsunshine in reply to Jaydee1507]

Yes jeans and belts too. I have to be so careful with earrings. I now stick to 9ct gold. I don't even risk gold plated. Sucks being so sensitive lol.

[PrincessAnnie in reply to Jaydee1507]

I’ll try posting the link but I’m not very good at things like this🤦‍♀️

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[PrincessAnnie]

I don’t really get rashes or such with mine anymore so that’s probably why I hadn’t even given it any thought,I do get really itchy from time to time and I’m just wondering if that’s due to the food I’m consuming🤷‍♀️

I had only recently started taking avocado and noticed I felt horrible after introducing it,apparently that’s one of the highest in nickel with even half of one taking you over the daily limit🤦‍♀️

[Sparklingsunshine in reply to PrincessAnnie]

I tried avocado once but honestly it tasted like green candlewax. I was so busy trying not to gag that I didnt notice if it made me itchy. Unsurprisingly I've never repeated the experience 😄

[PrincessAnnie in reply to Sparklingsunshine]

I was having it in my smoothies and you don’t really taste it in that🤷‍♀️I tried it on toast once but I couldn’t stomach it🤢

[humanbean]

I have a nickel allergy.

I got my ears pierced when I was 16 (?) and had no problems with earrings for several years. But by my late 20s I couldn't wear them any more because they made my piercings go septic.

I did retry with more and more expensive earrings - silver, titanium, gold, 18-carat gold etc, but nothing helped. I coped well enough with wearing a watch for a long time, but even gave that up in my 40s.

[PrincessAnnie in reply to humanbean]

I’m not as bad now but in my teenage years,many moons ago🤣I had to wear the bandages for my eczema it was that bad🤦‍♀️

[humanbean in reply to PrincessAnnie]

Oh, wow! That sounds awful.

I had/have eczema as well, but I think nickel only made a small contribution to the problem. I found late in life that keeping my levels of B12 very high with methylcobalamin helped enormously with my eczema. I also try to keep my folate levels at a good level with methylfolate.

[humanbean]

I've just found the research paper referred to in that newsletter :

researchgate.net/publicatio...

[Zephyrbear]

I have had a nickel allergy all of my life which, like so many here, manifested itself in itchy patches wherever cheap “monkey metal” touched me. No cheap jewellery for me! Jeans were a nightmare (I used to paint the button stud with nail varnish which used to help a bit) and, thankfully, the fashion in the 70s were to have watches with the big leather straps that used to put a layer of leather between the watch and the wrist. I didn’t get my ears pierced until I was well into my 30s and even 5 minutes of wearing cheap (even the hypo-allergenic) earrings would create a burning sensation so I could only wear silver or gold. I never realised food could contain nickel too, which might explain a lot. Since becoming hypothyroid I have had problems with random itching which I put down to possibly something in the thyroid medications I have to take. I found that Wockhardt T4 were the only brand that didn’t make me itch. I have now resorted to taking a daily antihistamine which does seem to help.

[PrincessAnnie in reply to Zephyrbear]

I was the same I had no idea🤷‍♀️I’ll need to stop all high nickel foods and see if it makes a difference.I’ve been looking into it and apparently there’s all sorts of symptoms for SNAS,not just rashes and itching,it’s bizzare🤷‍♀️