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I have been diagnosed with chronic urticaria. My doctor advised me to keep a food journal for about 3 months to track the foods that trigger a reaction. Unfortunately, that seems to be 90% of the food at the DFAC. It has become extremely difficult at this point as I not only get hives, but also awful stomach cramps. To say the least, my relationship with food is not the best right now and as a result it's ecoming increasingly hard to "perform at the standard". If I get documentation from my doctor, will I be able to get my BAS?
PS I'm in AIT.
PS I'm in AIT.
BAS
AIT Student
Medical
Retention
Posted >1 y ago
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Honestly, if you can't take DFAC food, then you're probably not deployable, and if you're not deployable, you need a medical separation
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All excellent answers and we need the OP Tiffany Goulbourne to chime in.
So a lot will change based on answers to the below questions however assuming this is in fact a food allergy, which it sounds like, there are a few treatments you should discuss with your PCP. One is simple anti-allergy meds targeting your stomach (as well as the rest of you secondarily) and those are any of the H2 blockers like Zantac Pepcid etc. You, in addition, may also need to take an H1 blocker preferably nondrowsy such as Zyrtec, etc.
Knowing what the cause is will be helpful… which implies triggers, locations that you’re affected, etc.
If meds control this I do not think an MEB would be necessary.
Good luck
Thanks to MSG (Join to see) and SGT (Join to see) for alerting me to this.
So a lot will change based on answers to the below questions however assuming this is in fact a food allergy, which it sounds like, there are a few treatments you should discuss with your PCP. One is simple anti-allergy meds targeting your stomach (as well as the rest of you secondarily) and those are any of the H2 blockers like Zantac Pepcid etc. You, in addition, may also need to take an H1 blocker preferably nondrowsy such as Zyrtec, etc.
Knowing what the cause is will be helpful… which implies triggers, locations that you’re affected, etc.
If meds control this I do not think an MEB would be necessary.
Good luck
Thanks to MSG (Join to see) and SGT (Join to see) for alerting me to this.
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COL (Join to see) Your welcome... MSG (Join to see) helps a lot of RP members that I direct to him. Glad I could assist on this one.
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Maybe its the local soap the DFAC washes their dishes with, so try another DFAC to at another post to see if that helps. In the 1980s in Germany one of my soldiers had that problem. We were able to transfer him (contract breech issues) to another Barracks where they purchased a different cleaner.
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