On 1/29/2020 5:47 AM, Rocco wrote:
Hi there,

I'm new to this forum.

I am allergic to peanuts and all fabiciae trees, which includes
Laburnum. I found out I was allergic to it when we moved in to an
apartment, which had one right outside the bedroom window. It was a
nightmare. We had the windows open all spring and I was just getting
sicker and sicker, specially when I got a wiff of the fragrance, it
would make me insanely dizzy. Eventually I figured out it was the tree
and moved out.

Has anyone experienced or heard about this before? My doctor is
mesmerised.

Anyway, we just rented a new apartment and there is a Laburnum outside
the apartment which the landlord agreed to get rid of, for my allergies
sake. The problem is that the smell is lingering in the apt.(probably
from the previous tenant having the window open during springtime) and
it's making me dizzy and sick again, but to a lesser degree.

Any ideas on how to get rid of the odor?




It is possible to become sensitized to any foreign protein although some
are more widely abhorred than others -- peanuts for one. The sensitization
can come from even a single exposure and it is totally unpredictable who
will react to what. I would not think that the mere odor is going to be a
problem since there is no protein involved in that (AFAIK) but even a bit
of pollen can raise hell with your immune system. Unless there is a
specific desensitization treatment for this allergy then about all you can
do is to avoid the source and treat the symptoms. I trust that you are
seeing an allergist for this and not a regular general-purpose family doctor.