Does FMS occur in men?
Sent: Friday, November 08, 2002 2:29 AM Question: I just finished watching your TV program for the 15th time, so I decided to visit your web site. I’m sorry about this lengthy story, but you might consider it an interesting mystery. I’m a 43 year old male, and have suffered the effects of severe allergies my entire life. I’ve had chronic dermatitis and debilitating fatigue for as long as I can remember. It affected my performance in school, socialization and self-esteem. After developing classic allergic nasal and eye symptoms in the Spring after I turned 19, an Allergist in Tulsa diagnosed me as being allergic, and was the first physician to cite the possibility (without a guarantee) that my lifelong dermatitis was linked to allergies. It would be many years before I would become sick enough to cough up (no pun intended) the $500 to be tested. I’ve now been tested by 3 doctors in 3 cities over a 15 year period (Houston, Tulsa, Austin), and each test revealed that my allergies are of s