In a message dated 8/10/03 11:47:42 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: > nausea, diarrhea and severe cramping > > Another thing to look at with these symptoms is an latex allergy. I have > found that if I eat foods handled with latex gloves, including restaurants, > grocery store deli, etc, I have severe nausea, diarrhea and severe cramping. The > last two times my blood pressure dropped and I almost passed out. I now have > to ask and have medications with me everywhere I go. My MD said that probably > more people have this allergy and not know it and just pass it off as a > stomach thing. More and more restaurants are using latex gloves, causing people > to be more sensitized with each exposure. > > Barb Whitehead, BS, IBCLC, RLC > *********************************************** To temporarily stop your subscription: set lactnet nomail To start it again: set lactnet mail (or digest) To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet All commands go to [log in to unmask] The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html