Hey all, I found out about 3 months ago that I am allergic to grapes, I ate a handfull of grapes at my church youth group and about an hour later my whole body was one big hive, my parents and I thought it was possibly a pesticide due to the possiblity of the grapes not being properly washed, but when I ate well washed grapes a month later the same thing happened and I only had 3 grapes, the next Sunday at Church we had Communion and I took the grape juice. and Yet again I broke out this time I was on stage preforming in a concert. And it especially stinks because I LOVE grapes!

I also have a grape allergy with terrible cramping, intestinal distress after eating grape juice or grapes. It usually occurs the day after eating grapes. Wine doesn't bother me at all, but the grapes stop any daily functions outside the bathroom. I sit with a computer on my lap as I write this from the bathroom because every Sunday night I share communion (grape juice) with fellow Christians and every Monday I live in the bathroom for hours. Phone is beside me, computer for something to do, and I wait it out until it finally goes away. Not much fun, but don't ever have to worry about constipation. A few grapes or the juice will clear me out overnight. Anyone else have this going on?

I was diagnosed with a grape allergy last August after being baffled by what was making my mouth itch and what was causing hives and respiratory problems. Fortunately, I found out before I did some serious damage to myself! (note for all you allergy test takers: make sure you verify your food allergy with blood work as the "prick tests" often yield false positives).

I thought at first this would be a fairly easy allergy to manage, but it has proven trickier than I initially thought.

The obvious "culprits": wine, grape juice, raisins are in plenty of foods. But grapes lurk in red wine vinegar, white wine vinegar, balsamic vinegar, Dijon mustard (white wine is in it), blueberry PopTarts (they have dried grapes in them), Bailey's Irish Creme (the whiskey in it is aged in sherry barrels, and I learned the hard way...and am sensitive enough that one glass triggered hives), and.........many wheat breads contain raisin juice concentrate in them (again: learned the hard way by not reading a label carefully...and two pieces of our local store's wheat bread just about checked me out for good).

I find that a) I have had to re-work so many of the recipes I use at home (uh, no more homemade vinaigrette dressings...no more bolognese sauce with red wine in it) and b) going out to eat is nothing short of terrifying, as I am completely dependent on the server and whoever is working in the kitchen to be 100% sure that what they're putting in front of me is grape-free (note: it can be done: I survived 10 days in Greece and Italy without incidents...and those are two grape-heavy cuisines).

The sad irony of all of this? For about 20 years, I was involved in the wine industry in some capacity, and it was my drink of choice.

Now I'm learning about beer and bourbon. God help me if I develop a wheat or grain allergy.

After 1 year of using a sinus rinse I reduced my daily reliance on anti-histamines to almost nil. (I eliminated main food allergies a long time ago - so I was caught by surprise this summer - when I had a bad reaction to seedless green grapes. Prior to this year whenever I ate them - I had taken anti-histamines for grass/pollen allergies etc before eating green grapes -- this year -- I wound up with a fever, muscle aches, and the feeling someone punched me in the stomach (thought it was a stomach virus - until it happened again -- only this time I was able to reduce the length of the attack by taking anti-histamines.

In previous years I have had mild versions of these symptoms during the summer -- never tied it to grapes.

I am now four weeks into all new problems relating to all this.

It all started with eating mussels in white wine sauce, then getting hot on a car journey, then eating prawns in a new restaurant in white wine sauce (I don't drink at all) then the following few days getting prickly heat on my back, arms and chest and overheating generally.

I was then taking benadryl for this which made things worse as I didn't know it causes sun sensitivity which I was then putting hydrocortisone cream on for which was the wrong cream so don't really know where I am at the moment.

I was also on Vit B6 plus Menopace which also has Vit B6 in, too much of which causes sun sensitivity so I ahve been in a state. I also had terrible tremors ,coldness, tingling in the hands and feet and some of the leg (wearing off now)palpitations etc. I am off everything 4 days now and am going to the doctors tomorrow as my face is still very sensitive to any change in temperature and although I have developed a bit of a phobia about going out in case the sensitivity hasn't gone I am battling with all this and am overwhelmed.

Nowhere on the Benadryl pack does it say about the sun problem. Just what I have read online.

Just realised about raisins OMG forgot about them being grapes, made a batch of tomato chutney last week - with raisins, ate some cake earlier - with raisins.

Had a food sensitivity test 2 weeks ago which prompted me to change things i.e. the B6 and wheat result.

Can white grapes cause migraines?