Wheat Dependant Exercise Induced Anaphalxis

WDEIA- What does that even mean? Well if you search around it is vague, but a food allergy that is only activated during exercise. And then sometimes it will depend on the amount of allergen in your system.

So by definition i should be able to eat wheat and not be "active" I'm not sure what that means my only guess is if i was planning to go into a coma i could have a loaf of bread and olive oil. Luckily for me I'm not planning any comas, but that also means no wheat.

Exercise- I would have always argued that bowling is not an exercise. Any thing that is usually enjoyed with cigarettes and beer does not make me think of exercise. I could argue that some of my attacks came from fairly moderate activities like grocery shopping and furniture shopping, nothing that you could find in your local gym.

So when I initially started having attacks I thought like a guy "if i do it again it wont happen or could not be that bad all the histamine must be gone" So i kept running. And started to modify my diet.

I thought I had Exercise Induced Anaphalxis so I just adapted my exercise routine to a drink a small V-8 in the morning and limit any food. I did not even think it was food related but i avoided eating prior to exercise.

So after the Hanes incident I went to my new Dr. in Boston,and then went to an allergist. This time my blood work came back with a positive allergy for shrimp and gluten. Skin test revealed that it was wheat, so Rye and Oats were fine.

I did not get my full diagnosis until July 2008. so just over 5 years of perpetual caution and unnerving anxiety is over, solved by avoiding the most common food in the world.

So during all this time I started running more and more. As of now i run 10-15 miles a week, and don't eat any wheat. After I run my face is still blotchy and red but I can Breath, and well that's better than looking funny.

Its funny after large meals before I would have a slight wheeze or cough, or just a hard time breathing. Now I don't have an issue breathing after 5 miles of jogging. I needed to the change my fuel source, I only use Premium Fuel made of rice, corn, and potatoes.

So just because your allergic to exercise does not mean you are unable to exercise, you just need to find your trigger. Unless of course it is all exercise that you are allergic to, and i can't help you.