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What Cause Headache And Rashes After Eating Chocolates?

a few years ago, i was allergic to chocolate. it went away after a month, and never came back. now, 5 years later, i got it again, having bad headaches and rashes on my face, and difficulty breathing. Now all i get is headaches when i eat chocolate. how can you explain this?
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hello,
Welcome to HCM,

The history and symptoms are suggestive of known allergic to chocolates, you should be very careful and try to avoid the chocolates. I would suggest you to undergo absolute eosinophil count (AEC) which will be raised in the allergic condition.

I would suggest you avoid the chocolates which is causing all these symptoms Otherwise you can prefer immunotherapy either with subcutaneous immunotherapy (SCIT) or sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT).

For the present symptoms you can take Tab Montek LC which helps to control the symptoms, but it is temporary. You need to avoid these chocolates to protect yourself from getting these allergy symptoms.
Thank you.
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What Cause Headache And Rashes After Eating Chocolates?

Hello, Welcome to HCM, The history and symptoms are suggestive of known allergic to chocolates, you should be very careful and try to avoid the chocolates. I would suggest you to undergo absolute eosinophil count (AEC) which will be raised in the allergic condition. I would suggest you avoid the chocolates which is causing all these symptoms Otherwise you can prefer immunotherapy either with subcutaneous immunotherapy (SCIT) or sublingual immunotherapy (SLIT). For the present symptoms you can take Tab Montek LC which helps to control the symptoms, but it is temporary. You need to avoid these chocolates to protect yourself from getting these allergy symptoms. Thank you.