possible THC/marijuana allergy?

i was just wondering if anyone knew anything about THC or marijuana allergies. i've been smoking for about three years now, and just recently i noticed (or maybe it just recently developed) that every time i smoke my lips become swollen, puffy, and red. it's similar in a way to a nickel allergy: i used to play trumpet and i was allergic to the nickel in the mouthpiece; every time i played my lips would swell in the way that i described above. does anyone know if this is an allergy, or is this normal? it is not painful or itchy, it just sort of weirds me out. i researched THC/marijuana allergies online and i could not find anything that was relevant to my situation. please let me know if you have any information.

are u using a nickel pipe lol

its pobly the heat of the smoke. i know my tounge turns numb sometimes cuz the smoke burns it.

i really doubt it. try washing your pipe and if you aren't using glass, start.

If you're allergic to THC, you'd be allergic to the cannabinoids your body already makes naturally.

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Originally Posted by alltogethernow

i was just wondering if anyone knew anything about THC or marijuana allergies. i've been smoking for about three years now, and just recently i noticed (or maybe it just recently developed) that every time i smoke my lips become swollen, puffy, and red. it's similar in a way to a nickel allergy: i used to play trumpet and i was allergic to the nickel in the mouthpiece; every time i played my lips would swell in the way that i described above. does anyone know if this is an allergy, or is this normal? it is not painful or itchy, it just sort of weirds me out. i researched THC/marijuana allergies online and i could not find anything that was relevant to my situation. please let me know if you have any information.

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sometimes when you smoke... more blood flows to your extremities. when you get really blazed... your ears heat up and i have had that red lip thing on a few occasions

Every single time a friend of mine smokes, which she has only 3 times, she gets sick to her stomach. She gets so nauseous she has to lay down. She only smoked as many times as she did to make sure it was pot, and it is.

I'd say she's allergic to it.

A friend of mine is allgergic.. she was telling me about it before, though her allergy is different

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Originally Posted by mrdevious

If you're allergic to THC, you'd be allergic to the cannabinoids your body already makes naturally.

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That's not necessarily true. You could be allergic to other things than the THC. Typically when people have allergic reactions, they're reacting to the protein content in the allergen. Even in vegetable matter like weed, there are tiny amounts of protein.

It's perfectly likely that you're allergic. I've known several other people who were allergic to grass. Are you quite certain, though, that your mouth isn't coming into contact with some sort of metal? The similarities between what you're describing and what you experienced with the trumpet mouthpiece are rather striking. Does Benadryl make the allergic reaction subside?