re is msg sensitivity superstition in article apr walter bellcore com jchen wind bellcore com jason chen writes in article apr lmpsbbs comm mot com dougb comm mot com doug bank writes i woke up at am and puked my guts outs i threw up for so long that i m not kidding i pulled a muscle in my tongue dry heaves and everything no one else got sick and i m not allergic to anything that i know of the funny thing is the personaly stories about reactions to msg vary so greatly some said that their heart beat speeded up with flush face some claim their heart skipped beats once in a while some reacted with headache some stomach ache some had watery eyes or running nose some had itchy skin or rashes more serious accusations include respiration difficulty and brain damage now here is a new one vomiting my guess is that msg becomes the number one suspect of any problem in this case it might be just food poisoning but if you heard things about msg you may think it must be it surprise surprise different people react differently to different things one slightly off the subject case in point my brother got stung by a bee i know he is allergic to bee stings but that his reaction is severe localized swelling not anaphylactic shock i could not convince the doctors of that however because that s not written in their little rule book i would not be surprised in the least to find out the some people have bad reactions to msg including headaches stomachaches and even vomiting not that the stuff is bad or poison and needs to be banned but people need to be aware that it can have a bad effect on some people lone wolf happy are they who dream dreams ed philips and pay the price to see them come true slyx cc usu edu unknown
