BudSmoker92

Is it possible? I had a friend awhile back who told me his sisters bf was allergic to thc and since he lived with him and his sister, he could never try it because the bf might break out...Anyone else ever hear about this? I thinks its prob bs. Sorry if this isnt right forum. I figured it was a medicinal question.

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BluntedDaily

You know, I had this same question a while back and would love to hear it answered. I remember reading some anti-marijuana post online about this lady who was allergic to touching it, being around the smoke, etc. My thinking is he might not be allergic to THC directly, but maybe some of the carcinogens or chemicals released in the smoke. Tell him to vape

On another note, does anyone know if marijuana can cause you to make your body throw up? My buddy Levi throws up EVERY time he takes a hit. I really wish I could be lying to you, but if he takes as a little as one hit, he's going to be throwing up. Some crazy shit if you ask me.

adam914

that's almost happened to me before with salvia. if the pipe is really dirty the gag can be induced from the bad taste

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Lateralus420

I am no doctor/expert, but I will throw in my .

Allergies are due to an abnormal antibody response (i.e. over expression of IgE antibodies.) This can only occur after at least your second exposure to the allergen. This is because your first exposure triggers your white blood cells to produce the allergen specific antibodies. Then the subsequent exposures can trigger a massive release of these pre-primed antibodies.

As far as an allergy to THC, I'm not sure if that is possible since there are very similar compounds in our bodies naturally. (your body has a complicated mechanism to prevent it from forming "self-antibodies"... though rare auto-immune disorders do exist). Any "pot allergies" are likely due to other plant components, and not the THC. (once again, I'm no expert, just seem unlikely)

As for throwing up, perhaps these people have very sensitive gag reflexes triggered by the smoke. Do these people experience the same thing from cigarettes? Maybe cooking/eating the weed wouldn't have the same effect?

Sorry to write so much, hope it helped though... Peace

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MrProtein

good points

1. as others have stated, it might not be the "thc" causing an allergy, but rather some other plant particle, who knows

2. even with an allergy, vomiting just does not seem like a reasonable allergy side effect

3. I am with you with the gag reflex probably being the cause of sickness

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TheGoldNugget

Somebody can be allergic to THC due to another allergy : POLLEN! don't you know THC is pollen?
some people can have strong allergy to pollen..


So this means that if someone is "allergic" to THC, he's probably allergic to pollen firstly.

toker8109

I have a friend that starts spitting up a lot of mucus when he takes hits from stuff stronger than he is used to.


Anyways, I think being allergic to THC is BS as well.

TheQuestionMark

Guy at work says he use to be a huge pot head but the last 3 times he did it (years and years ago) he threw up.

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MestUp7

A friend of mine told me he smoked with his gf and she was allergic to it. She had to go to the hospital because she was high for so long...

Not sure if it's true but he's not the kind of guy that would make something like that up.

BluntedDaily

She may in fact be allergic, but that whole part of "she had to go the the hospital because she was high for so long" doesn't add any evidence to support that. She was probably just a noob smoker who had too much and got scared that it would kill her or something. Just because you're allergic to it doesn't mean you'd get a longer high for any reason. Tell your friend to stop over exaggerating his stories or to get his facts straight, because that makes no sense at all. That would be the equivalent of me saying "I'm allergic to alcohol, and I had to go to the hospital because I took one shot of vodka and I was drunk all night".