Mechelle,

I am experiencing exactly the same, when I have ham in my sandwich I get really
hot and red in my face after about an hour. I have stopped eating ham and I must
say it improved dramatically. I have also cut out the bread, as I thought it was
associated with it. I wonder if there are any chemicals in them.
Lucia





--- In rosaceans@yahoogroups.com, "Mechelle" <txcactusblossom@...> wrote:
>
> Brady,
> Are there any identified chemical triggers that would be involved in the
process of making packaged deli meats? Recently, I got on a kick of taking
sandwiches for lunch. The meats I was eating were deli sliced chicken and smoked
ham from the same company. On the fourth day I noticed my cheeks getting real
hot and I assumed red. I was sitting at my desk without anyone to comment when I
first noticed. I could feel the heat. This happened an hour or so after lunch.
It happened again on Friday and then later that evening, about an hour after
dinner. The evening flare up would lead me to believe that there was possibly
something in common between those deli meats and what was served at a relative's
home, although I'm not quite sure what except to think maybe it was something in
the dressing on the broccoli-cauliflower salad.
> Since I stopped eating the meats, I've not had another flare up. I don't
believe the bread is to blame as I had eaten it both before and since the flare
up and have not had a reaction.
> Mechelle
>