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Background: I don't eat any seafood (fish, shrimp, shellfish, etc) since 4 years old.

I am
a picky eater since childhood and eat limited number of kinds food. I rarely eat
ceareal nor drink milk.

Possible causes?: 10 years ago, I climbed up to drop ceilings about 15 times and
breathed in ceiling dusts. 2 or 3 times, hard to breathe for several days. 1 time: hives for
about 2 weeks. Kitchen sink had water damage 8 years ago. Leak was fixed several
months after, but wood damage was not fixed. From May 2017-Oct 2018, I used
underbed for storage. Therefore, underbed was not vacummed

Mar-May 2018 Kind of dizzy + chest pressure after drinking McDonald Frappucino on
empty stomach twice. Symtoms last for about 15mins. I had
McDonald Frappucino on empty stomach before with no problem

Pre-Summer: I ate 1 big bowl of water melon almost every day till Sep 7, 2018

Late June 2018: First time experience of Short of Breath due to eating "Sauropus
androgynus". I have eaten this vegetable with no problem before.
Short of breath (SOB) + Lower Chest Pressure. Cough will not make it
feel better. I had no idea of food reaaction at this time. intensity is
mild

Aug 1-5,2018: Breathed in little ceiling dust -> Hard to breath. cough make it feel
better

Aug 5-13, 2018 I notice cold body + SOB + Lower chest pressure @ lying down
sleep. (NOW, I realized the cause is was eating watermelon 9pm with
empty stomach around ).

Aug 13,2018: Saw Doctor ->Abnormal EKG. I thought i had heart problem because
of overweight, I BEGAN DIET MORE, It seemed that problem got
worse as i diet

Aug 31,2018: Ate 2 corns + 5 cups of Watermelon in the morning. 10 mins later,
First time experience Cold Body + Headache + Dizzy + SOB + Lower
Chest Pressure (not pain). Walking was less dizzy than sitting or lying
down. Went to ER after 1 .5 hours -> No Heart Attack, Symtoms
lasted for 7 hours.

Sep 6,2018: Ate 1 corn + 1 cup watermelon. After 10mins, Little Cold Body +
Dizzy. I thought dizziness due to hunger. Ate InAndOut hamburger on the
way to STRESS TEST. Cold Body + Dizzy went away after eating
burger

Sep 7,2018 Ate 2 corns + 4 cups of watermelon. After 10mins, Cold Body +
Headache + Dizzy + SOB + Lower Chest Pressure. Recognize pattern.
Ate a meal right after that, symtoms went away. NO MORE
WATERMELON

Sept 13,2018 Saw Cardiologist again->Normal EKG. Very Happy! But began to
realize it was food reaction

Sep 20, 2018 Saw Family Doctor for Food Allergy.

From Sep 20 - early Oct, noticed hand + feet cold in the morning (but
the cold hand feet symtom actually started on Aug 30 or earlier.
Eat hamburger and fried chicken, salty vietnamese soup made
hand & feet warm faster than other foods.

Early Oct 2018 From Early Oct - Oct 18, Noticed more diet->More food reaction.
Took Multivitamin, eat more variety of food, re-gain weight. Less
sensitive to food allergy. Woke up warmer hand + feet. Louder
tinnitus @ left ear from multivitamin. Noticed tinnitus since several
years ago but only in a quite room at night

Oct 18, 2018 TOOK 1 FLU SHOT. VERY REACTIVE TO FOODS FOR NEXT 10 DAYS

Oct 19, 2018 Noticed a bit colder hand + feet when woke up

Oct 20, 2018 Noticed even colder hand + feet after woke up. More sensitive to
food allergy for the entire day

Oct 21, 2018 Woke up colder hand + feet + bit SOB. SOB went away after vitamin.
Went to In and Out, ate the same hamburger. SOB + Lower Chest
Pressure + Left upper ab pain the way to Little Saigon. Go ER at
Fountain Valley Hospital: Abnormal EKG, ELEVATED LIPASE 600.

Food reaction Aug-Late Oct :


Short of Breath + Lower chest pressure: wheat, milk, egg, soybean.
Cold Body + Headache + Dizzy + Short of Breath+ Lower Chest
Pressure: Soy sauce, squash, onion. Almost all fruits (except apple &
pear) including banana, peach, grapes, watermelon, cantaloupe, etc.
Beans, nuts. And more likely all food containing tyramine.

Nov 1, 2018 Tried to eat -> Slowly regain appetie, regain weight -> less reaction to
Tyramine rich food group (banana, grapes, etc).
Nov 7, 2018 Bloating & Burping till Dec 25, Lost Weight. Freezing cold @ 3am but
night sweat. Shirt was all wet.

Nov 16, 2018 Vitamin D Level Test: 33. 2000iu/day for 5 days. Whole body felt
ot right after taking 2000 iu. Tinnitus louder 5 mins later. Softer
Tinnitus several hour laters. Less cold @3am. Gas-x / Famotidine
helped with eating both increased Tinnitus

Nov 21, 2018 Stop Vitamin D, Finger pain went away.

Nov 25, 2018 Stop Gas-x. Walked to reduce gas instead

Dec 5, 2018 Freezing cold @3am. Retake Vitamin D 1000iu/day with 500iu (cereal
& ricemilk).

Dec 9, 2018 I realized that did not have salty soups for a long time since Oct 18,
2018. Body was colder during the day. I began eat soup which contain
more iodized salt than other cooking type of food. Felt much warmer
during the day since this date. Felt much warmer @ sleep

Dec 17, 2018 Suddenly, Dizzy after eating sweet fruit (date, fig, persimmon, orange
juice, etc). Begining of new kind of food reaction: DIZZY or SHORT
OF BREATH with no coldness or No chest pressure. Ate less salt.
Ate Seaweed more.

Dec 22, 2018 UCI ER @ 1am. Felt very cold @ 5am + hard to breathe while ER
room temperature is the same.

Dec 25, 2018 No more bloating & burping.

Dec 31-Jan 2 Stop taking 1000iu Vitamin D due to finger pains. Dizziness began
after 2nd and 3rd day.

Jan 2, 2019 Retake 1000iu Vitamin D. Less food reaction (dizzy) after taking
vitamin D

Jan 12 - Feb 5 Dizzy after woke up without eating anything (not food reaction).
Eating ceareal reduced dizziness, but not other food. No more dizzy
after eating date & fig. Mostly dizzy reaction

Food Reaction Mid Dec - Present:


Short of breath: squash, potato, bok choy
Dizzy: Rice, taro, rice cereal, guava,mustard green, papaya, corn,
bitter melon, persimmon
Feb 5 - Mar 1 Best period of my life for more than half a year.

Feb 24 Stop Vitamin D. Begin Sun Bathing more. No more left finger pains.
No more random pain on right arm. veins were less showing

Feb 27 Single point sharp pain: ~2 seconds/each for 5 times. 2-5 minutes
interval @ left side neck

Feb 28 1 sharp pain for about 2 secs @ left side neck

Mar 1- Now New kind or food reaction: Short of breath (SOB). No dizziness

Mar 2 Pineapple-Beansprout-Tomato-Chicken Soup: No food reaction

Mar 3 Short of breath (SOB): Beansprout-Tomato-Chicken Soup: ,


watermelon, chia seeds, seaweeds.....These food were no problem
several days before.

Mar 4 SOB: Home cook Vietnamese Pho with, blue berry, tangerine. ....then
ceareal with rice milk (No problem), Water melon (No
problem)

Mar 5 Less SOB: Home cook Vietnamese Pho


No SOB: blue berry

BREATHING PROBLEM:
I have experienced 2 different types of breathing problems. Hard to breathe (HTB): feel
better if i cough...usually after i breathe in polutants. Short of breath (SOB): come from
food reactions...feel like choking feeling, cough won't feel better.

I first noticed HTB low tolerance of polutants 09/2017. Breathing 1 or 2 seconds of


polutants (dust, paint, neem oil, wd-40,....) could make me HTB for several days. From
09/2017-early 1/2018, HTB problem is almost everyday because i sometimes had flu
(even if i did not breathe in polutants). Phlegm had color yellow green when i had flu.
Chest x-ray was normal (2017). After 01/2018, No more HTB, but i could feel that
breathing was not at 100% like before. I did not have problem with breathing in cold
weather in the morning. Sep-Oct 2018, I noticed that breathed much more better when
walking from outside to an air conditioned room. Several weeks ago, i walked in to a
warm big room of Minion ride @ Hollywood studio, i was gasping for air. As the queue
line moved to a cooler room, i breathed much easier. I recently tried Vietnamese
steaming (Xong Hoi) to see if it help my breathing, I couldn't last for 10 seconds (i did
Vietnamese steaming before). Since 01/2018, i always has clear phlegm when i clear my
throat

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