I'm very careful about how much salt I use at home. Whenever I go out to eat I get a headache, extremely dry eyes, stuffy nose, my upper lip feels swollen, sometimes even like a brain fog. I'm thinking that it's too much salt at one time.

Every time I eat or drink something with salt ,I sewat exsesibly for 24 hours, also my bones hurt, specially my joints, and I urinate every 20 minutes, don't know what to do anymore, the Drs say there is nothing wrong with me, I have gone several days without salt and I got a break from these simptoms, but in return I get horrible crumps in my legs, abdominal spasms, has anyone ever heard of something like this before? please help.

I was exposed to commercial grade salt and now I go into anaphlaxic shock every time Iam exposed to sodium. This is life threating.

You may be allergic to an ingredient in the food rather than the salt itself.

Allergies can cause your lips to become red and slightly swollen - so salt touching them would hurt.

If you are eating potato chips when this happens - check what they are cooked in & switch to a brand cooked in a different type of oil.

I have a salt allergy and it seem I have to much, it like it is coming out of my eye's like grit and out of my skin, it makes me very tied and I can lose weight, I have been told by my dr that my metabilsim has stop, can you help me solve my problem.
Kind Regards Mennie

I think I am allergic to salt---I have been experimenting with what I am eating/not eating and the only thing that makes sense is the salt. If I eat popcorn (that I make fresh) and put salt (or sea salt) on it, I wake up the next morning and my eyes are almost swollen shut--the extreme puffiness stays for a couple days--they are also itchy and red---very attractive! I try to avoid salty foods---I can have some salt, but not much. Is this possible? I have been to an allergist--we thought it might be sulfites because if I drink even a couple sips of wine from a box the reaction starts almost immediately. After testing for this we found this wasn't the case and he asked me to keep a food diary. I have been on a very strict diet and after eating the same food for several days and being symptom free, it is fairly easy to tell that it was something on the popcorn. I put butter and salt on it---I have also had a reaction to crackers, Taco Bell tacos, french fries----the only thing that seems to be the same is the salt. Any ideas?

I think I am having an extreme reaction to sodium. For the past several months, I have been experiencing severe edema everywhere. It is in my face, feet, ankles, legs, hands, abdomen, etc. My whole body swells up and if I eat a certain food with a lot of sodium in it, I can gain 10 lbs in one day from the edema!! I'm not sure if it is just sodium or if it is for sure the sodium, but it is the only thing that I can come up with right now. I feel weak and tired and have no energy during this. I've tried diuretics and they barely help. Even if I avoid sodium (as best as I can, considering everything has sodium in it), I am still mildly swollen. I have been to several doctors including my general doctor, endocrinologist, allergist and gastroenterologist. I have had several blood tests checking my hormones, organ functions, thyroid, etc. and all of my labwork is normal. I also had a cat scan of my abdomen and that was normal as well. I had an endoscopy done and am still waiting the biopsy results. I have never had anything like this happen to me before and I never had any allergies or food sensitivities that I'm aware of. I'm pretty sure that something is going on in my body and that salt (sodium) and alcohol just intensify the effects of the edema. My blood pressure is also normal. None of the doctors can help me and they are all clueless. I am very aggravated and angry at this point and I need to know what is going on with my body. I weigh ten more lbs today than I did two days ago!! I had Thai food for dinner (I even asked them to lighten up on the salt) on Friday and Mexican on Saturday. I am overall a very healthy person. I am active and eat very healthy usually. I have an appointment this week to see a Rheumatologist and also a Naturopath. I'm not sure what I should be eating or what else I can do to figure this out. Please help!! Any advice/suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I am losing my mind over this. : (

Wow, I find this tread very interesting. I have been noticing when I add too much salt to my food or eat out my eyes swell at night and my joints swell. The mercury poisoning part fascinates me as my sister was just diagnosed with severe mercury poisoning and we both have mercury fillings. I also have early onset of arthritis as i am only 37. I am wondering if there is a correlation? I plan to get my mercury levels checked.

In NYC restaurants are being forced to cut the sodium by 20%.