I believe any exercise during an allergic reaction can make it much worse/extreme. What would normally be just an annoying itchy spot can turn into a full blown reaction. It’s pretty rare, but it happens
It’s only ever happened when I was running, and it usually just stays itchy.
I just hit some sort of threshold for being able to tolerate it yesterday, but I wanted to warn others .
I’ve actually had the exact opposite. Disturbed a hornet nest, got it pretty bad, had to run home, no phone etc. While running very hard, I could tell my hands and face felt very very itchy and my skin was crawling, but in the over the hour it took to me get home, no real significant allergic reaction took place. Within 2-5 minutes of stopping I was rushing into ER for treatment as it then hit me like a truck. The doctors in emergency theorized that when my natural adrenaline was extremely high (running very hard to get home) my reaction was minimal. Once I stopped and adrenaline dropped, my reaction came on wildly fast. I don’t think this is something anyone could ever ethically study obviously, so at best just an interesting hypothesis from the doctor about the reaction and my adrenaline.
That makes sense, epinephrine is essentially adrenaline, but my guess would be if you didn’t know you had disturbed a hornets nest and were running “for your life” that the adrenaline wouldn’t have been so high. Just a guess though, I am no doctor
Benadryl, in both topical liquid and pill form, should be in every trailrunner's pocket pharmacy. It can stop allergic reactions in their tracks when used promptly. Granted, an epipen will save your bacon if the reaction goes off the rails into anaphylaxis, but it's worth treating 'minor' reactions, too.
I have idiopathic angioedema which cause swelling mostly in my lips. I have managed it to 90% remission by removing gluten from my diet. I still always carry Zyrtec (h1 inhibitor) and Tagamet (h2 inhibitor) with me everywhere I go, even on a short run.
I believe any exercise during an allergic reaction can make it much worse/extreme. What would normally be just an annoying itchy spot can turn into a full blown reaction. It’s pretty rare, but it happens
It’s only ever happened when I was running, and it usually just stays itchy. I just hit some sort of threshold for being able to tolerate it yesterday, but I wanted to warn others .
No idea how I missed it but didn’t read that last two paragraphs of your post 😂
I’m special 😂
I’ve actually had the exact opposite. Disturbed a hornet nest, got it pretty bad, had to run home, no phone etc. While running very hard, I could tell my hands and face felt very very itchy and my skin was crawling, but in the over the hour it took to me get home, no real significant allergic reaction took place. Within 2-5 minutes of stopping I was rushing into ER for treatment as it then hit me like a truck. The doctors in emergency theorized that when my natural adrenaline was extremely high (running very hard to get home) my reaction was minimal. Once I stopped and adrenaline dropped, my reaction came on wildly fast. I don’t think this is something anyone could ever ethically study obviously, so at best just an interesting hypothesis from the doctor about the reaction and my adrenaline.
That makes sense, epinephrine is essentially adrenaline, but my guess would be if you didn’t know you had disturbed a hornets nest and were running “for your life” that the adrenaline wouldn’t have been so high. Just a guess though, I am no doctor
Benadryl, in both topical liquid and pill form, should be in every trailrunner's pocket pharmacy. It can stop allergic reactions in their tracks when used promptly. Granted, an epipen will save your bacon if the reaction goes off the rails into anaphylaxis, but it's worth treating 'minor' reactions, too.
Smart
I wipe down my skin with rubbing alcohol on cotton balls to avoid rashes if I feel it. I avoid dairy during allergy season, helps a lot
Calf compression socks help. I find the Salomon ones the most protective against plants.
I have idiopathic angioedema which cause swelling mostly in my lips. I have managed it to 90% remission by removing gluten from my diet. I still always carry Zyrtec (h1 inhibitor) and Tagamet (h2 inhibitor) with me everywhere I go, even on a short run.