Is it possible to be allergic to meat?

Answer 1

I went through a barrage of allergy testing when I was younger about 8 yrs old and the results showed that I had an allergy to beef and pork, though at the time the symptoms where mild enough to eat meat in small quantities without much effect, and eventually I seemed to outgrow the allergy, so I pretty much had put the allergy results out of my mind for many years.

When I turned 25 years old I began to have problems with stomach cramping, vomiting, severe intestinal pain, chronic constipation, diarrhea, bloating, and I was rushed to the emergency room 7 times over the next 6 years. I had a colonoscopy, endoscopy, gall bladder ultrasound, and a whole host of other tests that came up negative. I went to doctor after doctor, specialist after specialist, who kept patronizing me and acting like the pain was in my head, till finally one doctor diagnosed me with IBS and gave me medications approved for IBS symptoms, they didn't work.

The answer to my problem came in an unusual way, I took my shirt off while getting changed and my wife noticed some splotches on my back and neck, which on close examination we realized where very light hives. I went on line and looked up my symptoms but added hives in the mix and one blogger recommended taking a Benadryl for food Allergies. So I immediately took a Benadryl and the results where absolutely astonishing, the symptoms eased overnight and I stayed on a regimine of Benadryl for a week, till all the symptoms dissapeared and I now take a Benadryl at the onset of problems. During my week of recovery through a process of elimination I discovered the old pork and beef allergies had returned and I have cut back my consumption to an absolute minimum.