[ChrisR]

Well since about two years ago even smelling pepper's causes me burning chest pain's and sometimes throat irritation which may or may not be related. At first i could not understand what caused it but since have narrowed it down to peppers. Most of the time i do not realize the food even contains peppers until the chest pain starts.

Is this common with pepper's? I have tried searching for information but the closest thing i have found seems to apply just to black peppers. I am trying to figure out if it is dangerous for me to be around food with pepper as i do sometimes work with them or their effects are limited to chest pains.

[phatch]

Sounds like an allergy. Allergies can be very dangerous. You should take this up with a doctor.

[MikeLM]

You do need to consult a knowledgable dermatologist or, better, an allergy specialist. We can suggest a renowned one in Chicago if you're anywhere nearby.

My wife suffered for several years from greatly uncomfortable - through not dangerous - symptoms until she had an extensive series of allergy tests, and discovered there are a bunch of unlikely things she's allergic to. (I know, Winston Churchill said he hated ending sentences with a preposition. He's not likely to read this.)

She was discovered to have allergies to a lot of surprising things, like latex, cinnamon, gold (fortunately, her extensive jewelry collection is silver and her wedding rings are platinum) and several common preservatives like sodium benzoate, which we can avoid fairly easily by carefully reading food labels and getting stuff like pickles at TJ's or WF.

The most annoying is these is her relatively recent allergy to capsaicin, because we both like spicy food. Now, we both have to skip it or cook separate batches for each of us.

This is not something to ignore. Good luck.

Mike

[ChrisR]

I'm out of a job at the moment because i am taking care of a relative with cancer (and 7 states away from home to boot) but i should be going home for a while soon so i should be able to get thing's checked out then. Thanks for the information you two, i suspect it's an allergy myself since it's already known i am allergic to strawberries (which i risk eating once in a while anyway...) as well as other allergy problems.

Anyway i will just have to try my best to avoid food's with pepper till then, i do not know much about how pepper's can irritate people and i was wondering if it was just a natural attribute of the peppers.

[phatch]

Originally Posted by MikeLM

(I know, Winston Churchill said he hated ending sentences with a preposition. He's not likely to read this.)

It's not wrong to do so automatically. I'm your friendly English major and professional writer to tell you so. But a complete style guide will explain it all too, I'm partial to the Gregg Reference Manual.

And to prove the point, i believe WC's quote was something to the effect of "That is nonsense up with which I will not put." Dodging the preposition can make highly awkward sentences.

Phil

[tessa]

Originally Posted by MikeLM

You do need to consult a knowledgable dermatologist or, better, an allergy specialist. We can suggest a renowned one in Chicago if you're anywhere nearby.

My wife suffered for several years from greatly uncomfortable - through not dangerous - symptoms until she had an extensive series of allergy tests, and discovered there are a bunch of unlikely things she's allergic to. (I know, Winston Churchill said he hated ending sentences with a preposition. He's not likely to read this.)

She was discovered to have allergies to a lot of surprising things, like latex, cinnamon, gold (fortunately, her extensive jewelry collection is silver and her wedding rings are platinum) and several common preservatives like sodium benzoate, which we can avoid fairly easily by carefully reading food labels and getting stuff like pickles at TJ's or WF.

The most annoying is these is her relatively recent allergy to capsaicin, because we both like spicy food. Now, we both have to skip it or cook separate batches for each of us.

This is not something to ignore. Good luck.

Mike

if shes allergic to latex , get her to check out kiwifruit, bananas and pineapple (particularly fresh) they all have the same allergin in them and she might find she is a bit sensitive to these others,
im allergic to kiwifruit and sensitive to latex but fine on the others

[MikeLM]

Phil said
...But a complete style guide will explain it all too, I'm partial to the Gregg Reference Manual.

When I ran a consulting company, which required giving the client an at least semi-literate account of what we thought about his problem, we gave each new hire a copy of Strunk and White's The Elements of Style and told him to go home and read it before reporting for work. It seemed to help, but I still had to read and edit every report before it went out.

As I recall it, Chirchill's comment about dangling prepositions was "...this is the sort of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put!"

Mike

[bluedogz]

Originally Posted by phatch

Dodging the preposition can make highly awkward sentences.

Phil

... Or make you talk like Yoda.