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To: Judith Anne
There are a lot of serious allergies; I know a woman who, like you, had a problem with certain scents...ruined her social life, she couldn't go anywhere without running into someone wearing something she was seriously allergic to.

My mother has that problem when people wear a musk based perfume. It constricts my mother's throat.

I get something similar. I can drink orange juice, or grapefruit juice (thought I don't particularly like grapefruit juice), and I can drink vodka, BUT, I can't mix the orange or grapefrut juices with vodka. As soon as I do that, one drink and my throat feels like it swells inside to where its difficult to swallow.

78 posted on 12/23/2004 12:14:25 AM PST by Netizen
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To: Netizen

A constriction in the throat is serious, in my opinion. I'm guessing, just because it's common, that you might have a citrus fruit allergy. The oils from the juice probably dissolve in the alcohol, which makes them more easily absorbed through the mucous membranes of the throat--so you have a more severe reaction than if you just drank the juice plain.

This is just my guess.


82 posted on 12/23/2004 6:25:30 AM PST by Judith Anne (Thank you St. Jude for favors granted.)
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