Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Attendant Current
Physiological - Other
Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness / Injury
General None Reported / Taken
Procedure
I am severely allergic to the lemongrass packet that is used for the hot towels. There must have been some residue in the air because when I went to the front of the plane to tell the purser that I had briefed the exits; I began breaking out in hives. I now have to carry an EpiPen because my reactions have continued to grow worse with each exposure. I have met flight attendants that use any extra hot towels to wipe down galley surfaces; some place packets in cups of water to scent the bathroom or they pour it into coffee pots and 'brew' hot water to then pour over the hot towels - thus contaminating our work areas further. I am not the only person allergic to this stuff. We will one day give it to an unsuspecting passenger who will have a severe reaction. Please take this off our airplanes. It will be safer for those of us with allergies to it.
Flight Attendant reported an allergic reaction to the lemongrass packets used on the aircraft.