unsui888 said:

Does the fact that the herb is organic have anything to do with my allergic reactions?

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unsui888 said:

So about 3 years ago I started working on my buddy's organic herb farm. At this same time, I was smoking some pretty old herb (had been sitting around in a bag for a year), rolled up in a spliff with some hash. Well, one day I came home from working on the farm and I could not breathe at all. Every breath I took felt like I had to come up for air from underwater - didn't even sleep because I could barely breathe!

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unsui888 said:Went to the doctor and found that I had bronchitis. Since then, there have been times where I am able to smoke as freely as I want for months until the wheezing catches up with me. Nowadays I can only vape, and even then a couple weeks later and I have to stop smoking for months. I now even have allergic reactions in which my throat or skin itches from merely touching it, or even being around it.

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Before this incidence I never experienced any type of marijuana allergy. Has anyone else experienced this before? What did you do to remedy it? Am I ever going to be able to smoke again? Does the fact that the herb is organic have anything to do with my allergic reactions?

Essentially, have any of you ever had no allergies to weed, then somehow got allergies, and then over time the allergies went away?

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Matt87 said:

I went through the same thing man. I was a fairly high level grower untill recently. After a few years of harvests it got so bad that I couldn't even be involved in the trimming process. It seems like it just gets worse and worse every time I deal with large amounts of pot. I doubt it will get better. I'm sorry.

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micro said:

Once people started growing medical MJ for example, there was a sharp increase in allergies from its pollen in those areas.

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California said:

Hahaha.  Bullshit.  Medicinal cannabis plants are female; there is no airborne pollen from them.

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A medical marijuana grower without atopy who previously tolerated personal recreational marijuana use developed contact urticaria and pruritus with  subsequent handling of the plant. The patient demonstrated positive Cannabis leaf prick-prick skin testing reactions and elevated serum specific IgE. A negative patch test result further supported the presence of an IgE-mediated reaction in this case

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Although still relatively uncommon, allergic disease associated with C sativa exposure and use has been reported with increased frequency. Allergic reactions and even anaphylaxis attributed to C sativa have been noted with sensitization associated with pollinosis, Cannabis use, potential plant cross-reactivity, and occupational exposure. With state laws allowing medical and in some cases recreational use of marijuana, there is a growing potential for legitimate personal and commercial exposure. The evolving legal status of C sativa, its highly prevalent use throughout the world, and the varied forms in which it is used could translate into its growing role as a clinically relevant allergen that might be encountered

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California said:

I'm not wrong, and I know you aren't an idiot.
There are some male plants.  Very few, and very isolated.  Certainly no fields, and certainly not enough to cause an allergen problem to much of the population.

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... you sure about that? :v

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California said:

I'm not wrong, and I know you aren't an idiot.
There are some male plants.  Very few, and very isolated.  Certainly no fields, and certainly not enough to cause an allergen problem to much of the population.

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... you sure about that? :v

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Sounds like a good reason to quit smoking.

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California said:

And a field of males was my point.

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Kryptos said:

What about any other airborne particulate? I looking at trimmers specifically here. I imagine someone can get a case of trichomeosis or something just as easily. Any sort of farming and plant processing tends to produce massive amounts of airborne particulates.

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unsui888 said:

I really do not smoke much if at all anymore. I usually smoke/vape for a week, and then lay off smoking for a few weeks/months, and then return to it until I cannot do it any longer due to the wheeziness.

Just sucks because I never had anything like this happen until I started smoking that shitty weed and working around tons of organic herb! It only happens when I smoke or touch it though. It is not noticeable when ingesting orally... why would this be the case?

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micro said:

What do you mean "when you touch it"?

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Oh you know what he means 

unsui888 said:

I really do not smoke much if at all anymore. I usually smoke/vape for a week, and then lay off smoking for a few weeks/months,

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unsui888 said:

Just sucks because I never had anything like this happen until I started smoking that shitty weed and working around tons of organic herb! It only happens when I smoke or touch it though. It is not noticeable when ingesting orally... why would this be the case?

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micro said:What do you mean "when you touch it"?

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unsui888 said:
and then return to it until I cannot do it any longer due to the wheeziness.

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Hippocampus said:

Sounds like a good reason to quit smoking

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unsui888 said:

By touch it, I literally mean touch it with my hands, or just handle it in some way.

It is strange... ever since this bronchitis thing happened from working on the farm, I have developed an allergy to marijuana, cherries, apricots, kiwis, bananas, etc. in which it will make my throat itch when ingesting these things. However, weed makes my throat itch, my nose run, and will give me abrasions if plant touches my skin for long...

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