Blackpowder allergy??????
01-06-2003 | 08:44 AM
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Boone & Crockett
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From: Fredericksburg Virginia USA
Blackpowder allergy??????
A friend at work thinks he may be allergic to blackpowder, he noticed that for the last two years when he does his marathon sighting in at the range before season, a week later he comes down with a horrible case of bronchitis. Has anyone ever heard of this?
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01-06-2003 | 02:18 PM
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Dominant Buck
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RE: Blackpowder allergy??????
Well I never heard of this, but it would not surprise me. Some of the things I have heard of people having an alergic reaction to now a days, anything is possible. I am sure he could have that tested if that was the case.
01-07-2003 | 09:32 AM
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Typical Buck
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RE: Blackpowder allergy??????
An allergy, or at least a sensitivity to Black powder is very possible.
Is this person sensitive to cigarette smoke or allergic to any sulfa drugs? If so, then we may have a winner. And even if there is no specific allergy, I know that a good whiff of BP smoke makes the back of my throat "tickle" a little.............and enough of that tickling could easily cause mucous secretions that would drain down and could cause bronchitis - a process that would take a few days to show up as bronchitis.
"Every moving thing that liveth, I give unto you as meat" (Gen 9:3)
Trust God..........but keep your powder dry!
Is this person sensitive to cigarette smoke or allergic to any sulfa drugs? If so, then we may have a winner. And even if there is no specific allergy, I know that a good whiff of BP smoke makes the back of my throat "tickle" a little.............and enough of that tickling could easily cause mucous secretions that would drain down and could cause bronchitis - a process that would take a few days to show up as bronchitis.
"Every moving thing that liveth, I give unto you as meat" (Gen 9:3)
Trust God..........but keep your powder dry!
01-07-2003 | 10:30 AM
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Boone & Crockett
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From: Fredericksburg Virginia USA
RE: Blackpowder allergy??????
jdoyle and mark thanks, I will mention the sulfa possibility and the cigarette smoke also.
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