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Author: mike ansberry
Date: 2007-02-07 14:34
Back in September I asked about reed allergies. I have a student who was having nasty sores on her lip when she played. Her doctor didn't think she could be allergic to the cane, but I told her that I had heard of that happening and you guys said you thought it was likely. I convinced her to buy a bunch of different synthetic reeds. She has been playing the Fibercell reed for a couple of months. It isn't as good as a cane reed obviously, but it plays adequately enough for her to make area honors bands and her nasty lip has cleared up.
Thanks for the helpful info!
Mike
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Author: Chris P
Date: 2007-02-07 15:43
Can antihistamines help with reed allergies?
Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.
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Author: D
Date: 2007-02-07 18:27
perhaps a localised antihistamine cream might.
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Author: mk
Date: 2007-02-08 01:40
antihistamines are good in the use of various hypersensity reactions, or allergies as we commonly call them. Their mechanism of action is to bind to histamine receptors and hence block the release of histamine. antihistamines are classified into first generation and second generation . First generation antihistamines (diphenhydramine, and others) is generally a more effective histamine blocker than the 2nd generation antihistamines (lortadine, and others) however the 1st generation antihistamines can cause sedation and hence render them more difficult to tolerate in the long term.
Oral antihistamine use with this type of allergy (if in fact that is the problem) would help, but removal of the offending agent (natural reed cane) has solved the problem. The problem with hypersensitivity reactions of course is the complications that can result from severe cases. I would suggest staying with the synthetic version despite their limitations.
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