| The Red face, The itchy Skin, The almost | | | | exposure can cause some nasty side affects. |
| hangover like symptoms coming on while you are | | | | Allergies and Treatments Look out for wines with |
| still drinking, headaches, sneezing, irritation! Sound | | | | a higher sulphur level, this is wines found in casks, |
| like you... or someone you know? Unlike Santa | | | | and sweet white wine. So What is left to drink |
| Clause... a flushed faces at a dinner party, or picnic | | | | you ask, well red wine, sparkling wine, and dry |
| is not so appealing, when it comes to drinking | | | | white wines like chardonnay, they have lower |
| wine, some people are allergic... but you can still | | | | amounts of these additives in them, you will also |
| have your wine and drink it too! So What Causes | | | | find organic wines have lower sulphur dioxide |
| the Irritation. Well the Majority of people have a | | | | levels. When it comes to a Blushing face when |
| reaction to white wine, this is due to the high | | | | drinking wine, things get a bit trickier, When you |
| levels of sulphides within white wine, ( or | | | | drink your body produces a number of chemicals, |
| Preservative 220) this can cause a number of | | | | a lot of allergic people lack a chemical called |
| side effects, as mentioned above. One of the | | | | alledalsehyde dehydroenase, which counter acts |
| sure fire ways to combat feeling under the | | | | alcohols presents in the body, and for those |
| weather when drinking is firstly, not to over | | | | people this means symptoms such as drowsiness |
| indulge, and secondly to keep your fluids up, And i | | | | nausea asthma and facial flushing. There is not |
| mean water not more wine, simply by having a | | | | really a lot that can be done against this, other |
| glass of wine between drinks, you help your body | | | | then building up an immunity over time, this way |
| to keep its fluids up, and may reduce that | | | | symptoms will lessen as your body learns to cope |
| dehydrated, hungover feeling. How Sever Are | | | | with wine. The Red Wine Head Ache If you |
| Wine Allergies Well wine allergies can have a range | | | | suffer from head aches when it comes to red |
| of reactions, depending on the severity of allergy | | | | wine, you may find the tannins in the red wine |
| a person has. Sulphur dioxide has had minor | | | | are triggering histamine production, the majority |
| reactions, and in its pure form, deadly reactions, | | | | of people have no problem with histamine, but it |
| but you can avoid high levels of it when drinking | | | | can cause some to suffer from sever headaches. |
| wine. For the average person reactions such as, | | | | So how can you counter act the infamous wine |
| flushing, wheezing, nausea, headaches, stomach | | | | head ache your ask, well some suggest popping |
| pain, congestion, There are a few ways to | | | | an aspirin an hour before drinking. And if that does |
| combat certain symptoms, some may result in | | | | not work, you can try drinking softer reds... and if |
| drinking certain types of wine, and some just | | | | all else fails try less reactive wines such as |
| thinking about what you drink. Well it is known | | | | champagne and method traditionale sparkling. So |
| that high levels of sulfur dioxide can cause asthma | | | | get those wine allergies under control, one you |
| attacks, and tightness of the chest and even | | | | identify what it is in wines that irritates you, then |
| anaphylactic shock, these is in extreme cases | | | | you can drink, and feel good, and avoid those |
| thou, but for those with sensitivity even minor | | | | nasty side effects. |