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> Red Wine Makes Me Sneeze, but only at home
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post Feb 13 2011, 12:52 AM
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So, just having a relaxing evening at home sipping a modest amount of red wine. And just had sneezing fit leaving me very snotty. Realised this had happened before after drinking red wine, which is fine, makes sense, lots of info on the internet about wine containing histamines, people having mild allergies etc.

Except I realise that I often sneeze when I'm drinking at home (but not always) and have never, ever sneezed when drinking wine in a pub/at a party. Hmmm... and it's not like the wine I drink at home is vastly superior to what you'd get in a pub these days.

Does this make sense to anyone who knows about these things? When I'm out, I often drink shandy (lightweight these days) but if I am drinking wine for a good night out I do drink it quite fast and a bit too much. On the other hand if I drink at home I usually drink it slowly while pottering around doing other stuff and don't have more than a couple of glasses in the evening. The sneezing is always at the end of the evening, not when I first start drinking. All of which might make it look like I'm exagerrating a coincidence, but honest, I'm not a sneezy/allergy person, I never ever sneeze unless I've had a couple of glasses at home.

Any explanations? It's quite odd!
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post Feb 13 2011, 01:09 AM
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Well well well. You are the first person to mention the same thing I experience. I have a sneaky suspicion it's to do with dilation of something. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif) But what do I know?
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post Feb 13 2011, 08:49 AM
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Coffee makes me sneeze. I first noticed it when I was working in an office every morning I would be sneezing and have a streaming nose, but only on weekdays, then I realised I was sitting just the other side of a head high partition to the coffee percolator, which was on all morning, but not in the afternoon.

Now I'm just a little bit sneezy for about an hour in the mornings. I have coffee with my breakfast (because tea doesn't agree with my digestion at that time of day, it gives me a very noisy rolling stomach) and for about an hour afterwards I have hay fever type symptoms.

Weird!
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post Feb 13 2011, 09:48 AM
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No ... there are lots of us with this problem. Most forms of alcohol make me sneeze - but some take larger doses than others to have an effect. Fortunately single malt whiskey is slow acting (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

What I discovered is that if I cut out milk from the diet then I can drink much larger amount of alcohol without ill effects.

And cutting out milk makes my skin healthier, my airways clearer, and wounds faster to heal.

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post Feb 13 2011, 10:43 AM
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QUOTE(andante @ Feb 13 2011, 08:49 AM) *

Coffee makes me sneeze. I first noticed it when I was working in an office every morning I would be sneezing and have a streaming nose, but only on weekdays, then I realised I was sitting just the other side of a head high partition to the coffee percolator, which was on all morning, but not in the afternoon.

Now I'm just a little bit sneezy for about an hour in the mornings. I have coffee with my breakfast (because tea doesn't agree with my digestion at that time of day, it gives me a very noisy rolling stomach) and for about an hour afterwards I have hay fever type symptoms.

Weird!

I often wake up with hayfevery symptoms, and I also get wheezy from some red wine (Australian shiraz in particular). I'm allergic to cats, horses, penicillin and guinea pig saliva. Oh and there's something else - YES after eights make my neck itch. Cheap orange squash used to in the far off 70s (cheap fishfingers in the 80s)
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post Feb 13 2011, 02:08 PM
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No I don't wake up like that and I'm not allergic to anything, except possibly tree pollen. (Only noticable if I spend a whole afternoon in a field watching cricket) But coffee certainly sets me off. I can't comment about red wine as I hardly drink and certainly not red wine.
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post Feb 13 2011, 02:41 PM
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All I can say is, as I go to open another bottle, than goodness it doesn't. Can't think how many boxes of tissues I'd get through!
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post Feb 13 2011, 03:46 PM
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This is off topic, but OP's perogative! Along the lines of sensations that you don't know if anyone else shares.... I've only met one other person in my life who agrees with me on this one - I don't like wearing nail varnish because it makes the pads of my fingers feel sweaty.

Still hoping somebody scientific can solve my wine at home versus the pub mystery!
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post Feb 13 2011, 04:50 PM
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To aid the scientific analysis of your problem, please can you go and drink some wine in the pub/wine bar/wherever, and then drink exactly the same wine at home, and in the same way. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

Good excuse for lots of red wine. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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post Feb 13 2011, 10:26 PM
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Most of the cheaper red wines give me a very bad headache, as does brandy, chocolate, tomato sauce (but not brown sauce), and most whiskys! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) However, I am happy to report that the more expensive red wines and dry whites are much better tolerated. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I cannot offer any medical answer, but I do know that the human body can develop an intolerance to ingredients in all manner of food and drinks, in much the same way as we become sensitive to pollens and industrial chemicals (some more then others). Such sensitivity usually develops after repeated over-exposure. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif)

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post Feb 13 2011, 10:39 PM
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QUOTE(Swell Box @ Feb 13 2011, 10:26 PM) *

Most of the cheaper red wines give me a very bad headache, as does brandy, chocolate, tomato sauce (but not brown sauce), and most whiskys! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) However, I am happy to report that the more expensive red wines and dry whites are much better tolerated. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

I cannot offer any medical answer, but I do know that the human body can develop an intolerance to ingredients in all manner of food and drinks, in much the same way as we become sensitive to pollens and industrial chemicals (some more then others). Such sensitivity usually develops after repeated over-exposure. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blush.gif)

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I read somewhere that cheap wine contains more of stuff called "congeners" which are byproducts of fermentation that are responsible for hangover symptoms. http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/d...l/hangover3.htm -- hardly an authoritative link but may be interesting.
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post Feb 13 2011, 11:33 PM
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This thread is really scary. I hope I never ever develop an intolerance to wine or whisky.

Ever.
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post Feb 13 2011, 11:37 PM
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QUOTE(freda_bloogs @ Feb 13 2011, 05:33 PM) *

This thread is really scary. I hope I never ever develop an intolerance to wine or whisky.

Ever.

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*looks suspiciously at wine glass beside her*
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