Mowed fields all day, ended up at emergency clinic

[skipperbrown]

The fact you responded favorably and quickly to steroids implies it was an allergic reaction to something. Identifying the 'something' may be difficult. If your diet hadn't changed in the last 48 hrs and the only thing new is that you were mowing all day, it gives us a reasonable hypothesis that you reacted to something in the fields. Allergies come on after your body can no longer fight the allergen. So the fact you never had a reaction before is just the way allergies start. You need to be extremely careful about exposure in the future and ask your doctor if you should have a special Rx for immediate administration should it happen again. At the very least, get some Benadryl for your medicine cabinet. The problem with testing various substances like queen's lace and other types of vegetation to see if you react is you may get an uncontrollable response and end up in the ER or worse. Glad you are better so soon!

 

[5030]

it sounds like you need a hard cab to keep the weeds from getting to you!. it will help..

OP does.

 

[MossRoad]

Never knew queen anne's lace could affect some people. We used to pick the flowers each summer, put them in jars of water dyed different colors with food coloring, and watch them turn those colors. Then we could dry the colored flowers to use in arrangements.

 

[radios1]

Never knew queen anne's lace could affect some people. We used to pick the flowers each summer, put them in jars of water dyed different colors with food coloring, and watch them turn those colors. Then we could dry the colored flowers to use in arrangements.

some people have died from eating peanut butter, it depends on the specific person, people can be allergic to just about anything!..

 

[WillardinMaine]

Brown tailed moths up here in Maine can cause a reaction like that

 

[MossRoad]

...I did not eat anything different, I did not use a different laundry detergent. Im very healthy overall and my wife calls me the town blacksmith :laughing:
But seriously, no medications or underlying conditions.
Any ideas what it might have been? Anyone else ever get a similar reaction?
I was thinking I mowed some kind of weed that reacted with my immune system.

Just out of curiosity, what did you eat that day?

I've read that about half of adults that have food allergies developed them as adults.

Read a story about a Dr. in his 40s having shrimp on an airliner over the Atlantic and had an allergic reaction. He'd eaten shrimp all his life. Now he has a shrimp allergy.

So, you may have developed an allergy to something you were never allergic to before. Hopefully it was a one-off event. I've had hives several times as an adult. No cause was found and they went away within hours.

As a kid, I had hives several times in a short time period and they determined I was allergic to fabric softener. Mom had to stop using it. I avoided it as an adult. But now we use fabric softener sheets and is doesn't seem to bother me. But I always wonder.

 

[Diggin It]

As a contractor, I've been bit by spiders a few times and your symptoms remind me of a spider bite more then anything else. Especially in the speed of the reaction and how quickly it went away.

There would still be a bite mark long after the rash/hives cleared.

 

[EddieWalker]

Maybe, but you would have to know where to look. The places that I've been bit swelled up almost instantly and became tender and it looked like a rash. I never saw any bite marks, and I never saw the spider. From what I read, and months later while talking to my doctor about it, I believe it was a spider bite. Same thing happened a few years later and then just a couple years ago. It goes away almost as fast as it appears the next day.

 

[/pine]

Almost all spiders are poisonous to some degree...some (and I don't mean the worst (widows, recluses' etc) create an open ulcer type of infliction that can last several weeks or even months...some just leave a tiny pin point mark that can be hard to see near the center of the inflammation...

The most curious part of the OP's ailment is the short duration...

 

[crashz]

Hay Dude - glad you are OK now. I wish I had something to offer, but like the rest here can't figure out what could have caused it. Strange.

But I'd give that tractor a thorough cleaning. Something inside or out messed with you.

 

[DieselBound]

As others have noted, our bodies change, our immune system isn't as static as we might think- for good or bad. I wouldn't rule out COIVD-19 throwing a twist in things. I have a persistent cough, minor, something I've never had before until this year: if I take simple anti-histamine meds (over-the-counter stuff) it's pretty much subdued, which leads me to suspect that my immune system has been altered (hoping that it might be a one-off, this year only- woudln't want this to remain with me forever).

 

[two_bit_score]

As others have noted, our bodies change, our immune system isn't as static as we might think- for good or bad. I wouldn't rule out COIVD-19 throwing a twist in things. I have a persistent cough, minor, something I've never had before until this year: if I take simple anti-histamine meds (over-the-counter stuff) it's pretty much subdued, which leads me to suspect that my immune system has been altered (hoping that it might be a one-off, this year only- woudln't want this to remain with me forever).

Lots of things get stirred up in mowing a field. Possibly he got bit or stung by something he didn't even know about at the time. Lot of possibilities.

Ive picked up poison oak/ivy sometimes and never really knew where or when i got it. I watch carefully because I know i'm allergic to it.



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[Jaylegger]

Benadryl would be a handy thing to have on board in the future.

I see that has been covered adequately but will leave this up for good measure.

 

[Diggin It]

The most curious part of the OP's ailment is the short duration...

And that makes me wonder if the blood tests will show anything conclusive.

I'll ask one other question that you don't have to answer if you don't want to. Were you overly worried, nervous or stressed out about anything? Stress can do all sorts of weird things to us if it gets severe enough. And it doesn't really leave a trail for testing to find.

 

[two_bit_score]

Benadryl would be a handy thing to have on board in the future.

I see that has been covered adequately but will leave this up for good measure.

It's a good recommendation. :thumbsup:

 

[DieselBound]

Lots of things get stirred up in mowing a field. Possibly he got bit or stung by something he didn't even know about at the time. Lot of possibilities.

Ive picked up poison oak/ivy sometimes and never really knew where or when i got it. I watch carefully because I know i'm allergic to it.
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It's quite possible that he's been exposed to something that he's previously been exposed to but never had adverse reactions to. Sounds like he's not new to the area.

 

[two_bit_score]

It's quite possible that he's been exposed to something that he's previously been exposed to but never had adverse reactions to. Sounds like he's not new to the area.

You're right Anything is 'possible'.

 

[Fuddy1952]

And that makes me wonder if the blood tests will show anything conclusive.

I'll ask one other question that you don't have to answer if you don't want to. Were you overly worried, nervous or stressed out about anything? Stress can do all sorts of weird things to us if it gets severe enough. And it doesn't really leave a trail for testing to find.

Years ago thought I was having a heart attack, but turned out work related stress. My doctor prescribed valium (diazepam) 5mg and that took care of chest pains. I still carry a few, he said like you did stress can cause weird things and he suggested if I got bee sting or other allergic attack valium is good for stopping over-reaction to something.
Few years ago wife made pancakes with soy flour. About an hour later I had face swelling, in mirror couldn't recognize myself. Glad I didn't go into anaphylactic*shock! I do believe allergies change as we age. Ok up to a tipping point then reaction occurs.
Now people wear masks for covid when we really should take the extra 30 seconds and wear a mask for dust, paint, etc., safety goggles and gloves.

 

[ruffdog]

Allergic reactions to food will come on quickly and be gone quickly too. They can be brought on from exercise or a hot day after eating the food. The wife ate shellfish and she puffed up and broke out ALL OVER her body.....yes, ALL over. We put her in a cool bath, gave her Benedryl, and called the doctor. They said to keep monitoring the throat for closer. Now she can't eat shellfish after all these years.

 

[k0ua]

Just out of curiosity, what did you eat that day?

I've read that about half of adults that have food allergies developed them as adults.

Read a story about a Dr. in his 40s having shrimp on an airliner over the Atlantic and had an allergic reaction. He'd eaten shrimp all his life. Now he has a shrimp allergy.

So, you may have developed an allergy to something you were never allergic to before. Hopefully it was a one-off event. I've had hives several times as an adult. No cause was found and they went away within hours.

As a kid, I had hives several times in a short time period and they determined I was allergic to fabric softener. Mom had to stop using it. I avoided it as an adult. But now we use fabric softener sheets and is doesn't seem to bother me. But I always wonder.

I have developed an adult allergy to raw apples and raw cherries. I can still eat both cooked as in a pie etc. But no more raw apples or cherries for me. The old throat starts to close up and the hives and swelling starts. This is a fairly common adult onset allergy.