Please don't talk down to me....I have more than enough knowledge of allergies to engage in any intelligent conversations regarding such matters. Save YOUR attitude for someone else partner...just because you have more posts then I do doesn't mean you're Einstein.
Its obvious that you are "much more intelligent than I am" or atleast thats what you come across as....but let me edify you a little bit about this salicylate allergy in case you might have been out partying the day they covered it in class:
This will help further explain my reasoning for why Bono could still be allergic to red wine and not be drinking red wine at the time of the reaction....i.e. mid performance (from:
Salicylate Sensitivity - All about salicylates and salicylate sensitivity )
What is Salicylate Sensitivity/Salicylate Intolerance?
In high enough doses salicylates are harmful to everyone. However, most people can handle average amounts of salicylate in food, products and medications without any adverse affects on their health. But, there is a small percent of the population for which even a small dose of salicylates can be a problem. Some adults and children may develop symptoms and health problems from salicylates which are dose-related.
This is called ‘Salicylate Sensitivity’ or ‘Salicylate Intolerance’ and is different than an allergy. People with salicylate intolerance are unable to handle more than a certain amount of salicylates at a time. The tolerated amount and items vary slightly from person to person.
Salicylates also have a cumulative effect in the body and build up over time, this means that a salicylate sensitive person may be able to tolerate a small amount of salicylates but will experience symptoms after excessive exposure.
Furthermore: maybe I used the wrong word...maybe it was really an "intolerance"
What is the difference between intolerance and allergy?
Food Intolerance:
- Is a pharmacological reaction to the chemicals in foods (it is like the side effects of a drug).
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It can take up to 48 hours or more for a food intolerance reaction to occur. When a person is in regular contact with a problem food/chemical the symptoms can appear to be a chronic condition rather than a reaction to food.
- Food intolerance reactions are dose-related. Some people are more sensitive than others and will react to smaller doses while others are less sensitive and will only react to larger doses of the problem food/chemical.
- Currently there is no method of testing that can accurately determine food intolerance. Elimination diets are the best way to figure out if someone is food intolerant.
In contrast a Food Allergy:
- Is an immunological reaction to food proteins.
- Reactions happen quickly – usually within 30 minutes.
- A food allergy reaction can occur from the tiniest amount of an allergen.
- Food allergies can be tested for the most common method being skin prick tests or blood tests.
Why did he have a biopsy? It could have been a number of reasons. Trouble with his vocal chords? Duh, he's a professional singer with a grueling schedule...of course he's going to have wear and tare the older he gets. But to say that he all of a sudden changed his singing techniques at that point of his career is ridiculous. Please....its an ignorant inference with nothing to back it up. Its obvious that something else further perpetuated the problem.
Its extremely apparent that his voice and singing abilites as well as his stamina during grueling concert tours has gotten remarkably better during the Elevation tour and Vertigo Tours. You can't deny that. He sang much better in the last tour then the Popmart tour. Something had to change....something had to have been pinpointed as the problem and something had to have worked for such results to occur. The schedule didn't get any better....it was still long and grueling.
Hey, if you want to continue to argue and perseverate on your baseless point, then you can do it alone for I haven't the time. I will side with the U2 camp and actually believe what they attributed the problem to be and use my knowledge of said allergy to validate the claim as opposed to continue to chase down a mythical semi conspiracy theory that no one believes that helps facilitate your baseless argument.
Talk to you again on another thread. Cheers!