r/NickelAllergy

Thanks.

Got diagnosed with a nickel allergy a while back and my doctor's advice pretty much stopped at "it's in everything, not much you can do." Since then I've been trying to piece it together myself — jewellery, skincare, kitchenware, even food — and it feels like the information is scattered across a dozen different places, half of it contradictory.

A few questions for anyone who's been dealing with this longer than me:

• How did you actually get your symptoms under control — trial and error, specific product swaps, dietary changes, something else?
• Have you found one place you trust and keep going back to, or is it still a patchwork for you too?
• Have you tried any allergy-tracking apps for this — did they actually hold up for UK products, or come up blank a lot?
• If there was a properly curated, UK-specific resource for this (safe product lists, symptom management, someone doing the legwork for you) — is that something you'd actually use, or even pay a bit for? Genuinely trying to work out if the gap is as real as it feels from where I'm sitting.

Not selling anything, just tired of scrolling and want to know I'm not missing something obvious.

I need ideas. I spend the weekend at my boyfriend's house and his family just does not eat enough protein/fiber. Im having trouble coming up with some food items I can bring with me that are fairly high in protein and fiber (I have the carb balance tortillas I usually bring but im also looking for other options).

To give an idea of what i already eat. I do a fruit smoothie with the premier protein plus fiber for breakfast during the week, Greek yogurt with cherry jello and sourdough pretzels for lunch, and most dinners are some combination of chicken/ham with cheese and the fiber wraps and misc veggies depending on what i have. On a normal weekday Im getting about 100g of protein and 25-30g of fiber. On the weekends, I end up eating what his family eats which drops me to around 50g of protein and 10g or less of fiber. I usually bring chomps sticks but I cant eat 5 of them a day to make up for the difference.

Here's the problem: I leave right from work on friday and it isnt feasible for me to drive back to my own house before so any cold food would need to be reasonably sized to put in a shared work fridge. I also am trying to avoid anything that uses the stove/oven. If I could meal prep it with the rest of my food on tuesday that would be ideal, or just a series of snacks to add in (they dont usually eat lunch so id like to add something in that I could eat or snack on then).

Derivatives seem to be fine for me, but Ive had a big problem with fresh produce. Also I should be eating more carbs than I currently am so i welcome ideas for those too.

I've had a mystery illness for a couple of years now. A strong metallic taste, joint pain, brain fog, lethargy, headaches, palpitations, dry mouth.
I've been practically bed bound. I finally put two and two together today after realizing the foods that are making me sick are coming from metal. Canned beans/fish, food cooked in the instant pot. Last fall I went through allergy testing and not one thing came back positive, so what’s going on? Allergist said I don’t need to come back to see her. I’m stumped.
Thanks guys!

Hi all 👋 I’m on my fourth month on the low nickel diet and slowly reintroducing foods that are moderate nickel to check for reactions. So far I’m ok with quinoa and coconut aminos, plus I reintroduced fresh tomatoes because of a suspected allergy but it was not the case. I’m mid flair right now after trying out a sourdough bread that has some whole wheat and rye flour so I’m stopping that for now.

It got me curious: what moderate to high nickel foods were you able to successfully reintroduce/had no reaction to and what moderate to low nickel foods surprised you and gave you a reaction?

Women in perimenopause/menopause: I’m wondering if nickel and or other allergies can result in genitourinary conditions like micro tears or adhesion of vaginal tissues and or if hormone replacement therapy, whether compounded or synthetic testosterone, progesterone, estradiol, estriol or DHEA - can the metal tubes or capsules absorb into creams, gels or possibly contain nickel or other irritants?

Wondering because I’ve tried both for five years with little improvement. I’m awaiting the patch test; learning about low nickel diet and looking into my cosmetics and well, everything.

Have significant lacy rash over whole body, red spots, explosive diarrhea, red hands, milia on face, mosquito bit like hives, pores that fill daily with sebum, starting to have slope is like symptoms on scalp…and past dermatologist put me on minocycline for several months for undiagnosed skin condition and I ended up with silver toxicity, which turned my micro bladed brown eyebrows silvery blue!

Dry mouth, 24/7 tinnitus, TMJ, migraines. I’ve read systemic nickel can cause many issues. Even mostly quit eating chocolate.

I posted a few weeks ago. I have nickle allergy and I am stuck with gallbladder clips ( for now) that pushed my burden over.

I have already seen skin improvement going low nickle diet (I also have gastroparesis because of all this do I can only eat easy to digest crabs)

I have stopped wearing my make up, reduced and changed my body care products. No nail polish. No jewelry. I’m down to the basics for daily living haha

Anything else important or any tips from anyone who still checks here on how to reduce the burden. Anything I’m forgetting? Any tips? I also have mcas so I’m allergic to literally everything right now since it won’t calm down because of all this. So I really can’t even use products or vitamins or eat healthy foods bc histamine. But I’m open to any suggestions for this long term journey

The nickel mark on my back from the skin testing is still raging and won’t go away despite steriod cream for 3 weeks now and oral steriods.