TOW: Food Allergies - 09-05-07

A&A'smommy wrote: What do you know and care share with the rest of us.

luvbug00 replied: Mya has allergies to

peaches, apples, any gord, squash,zuqini,nuts

most of her allergies are tied to one thing

the burch tree. she is highly allerigc and isn't supposed to go withen' 5 feet of one. we carry the epi pin at ALL times. she has learned to stay away from thease foods and i make her lunch for school.
anyway that's what we know and why my poor kid is deprived of 2 of the best fruits ever

Mommy2Isabella replied: Bella is allergic to Milk and slightly allergic to strawberries ...

those are the only ones we know of for now ...

gr33n3y3z replied: Katie and John a very bad Lactose problem
Myself mild problem

I have problems with canlope and honey dews I get blisters in my mouth, Egg whites make me very sick and throat itches and ears

Erin -Coconut

boyohboyohboy replied: oh my, i could write a book on this subject. my son at birth had reflux, and then started with food allergies. he was skin tested and then RAST tested, he is allergic to almost all fruits and veggies, meats, grains, eggs, peanuts, choc. soy, milk, avacados, and seasonal allergies, he is allergic to soaps and anything perfumey..
and the list can go on..
he has to take a daily medication to coat his mast cells so that he can tolerate some of the pediasure. he is doing well now, but was listed as failure to thrive for a long time.

only God knows how he survives now, but he is doing great. i am always willing to talk to anyone about this topic!

gr33n3y3z replied:
I know hun and your doing a great job

MyBrownEyedBoy replied: Logan was diagnosed as allergic to peanuts at 2 years old. But I had my suspicions after he broke out in head to toe hives after eating a grilled peanut butter sandwich at 15 months. That was less than a week after his open heart surgery and the ER doctor said to us that he thought it was just rhodovirus. I lost it, way too coincidental if you ask me.

MommyToAshley replied: Ok, this isn't really food allergies, more like allergies in general. But, does anyone know what is involved in testing a child for allergies?

Ashley's ped says she has allergies and wanted her to take a prescription allergy med, but it upset her stomach. So, we give her Children's Claritin as needed, but we were advised to give it to her all season long (once a day). I don't want to give her meds she doesn't need, so I wonder what is involved in the testing. If it is traumatic on the child, I don't want her to go through it.

luvmykids replied: I don't know much about food allergies except for the fact that mine are tied to a certain protein that is destroyed by cooking. I can eat pickles all day long, but not cucumbers. Bananas, melons, and avocado all have the protein too. I can tolerate the itchy throat and hands I get from small portions but if I eat too much I go into anaphylactic shock

PrairieMom replied:
I wonder about that too. I am thinking about testing for me, and allergy shots. Everyone in my family loves cats, and I am super allergic to them.

I was also wondering, does anyone know if Ally having a milk intolerance / allergy make her more likely to have other allergies?

DansMom replied: Dee Dee, I'm hearing that for seasonal allergies they can do skin testing, but because young children don't tolerate all those minute pin pricks very well (and you have to sit still for 20 minutes while welts form), they tend to wait until kids are older and simply use a process of deduction until then. For example, a dust mite allergy will improve when stuffed animals and carpeting are removed from bedrooms and sheets changed often. Ragweed will hit about this time of year and stop with the first frost. I know that Daniel has a mold allergy because he starts sneezing in damp homes (such as lake houses). He also seems to react to candles, crayons and glue---I think there is some common element in those.

Allergies: Daniel is allergic to peanuts, tree nuts, sesame, milk and egg. In addition he seems to react to mold, and had a severe reaction to amoxicillin. Since penicillin is grown from mold (right?), this seems connected to me. Even playing in a pile of leaves will set him off.

We focus on the good news: there are still many foods he can eat, and we eat more often at home and I think healthier foods than we would have without the allergies to deal with. Also, Daniel has been one year asthma-free without meds, even through colds that moved to his chest. He may have already outgrown reactive airways, which is huge! (knock on wood!).

luvbug00 replied: Mya had skin testing. they used things that look like the plastic tops of pushpins but no needle in sight. they push down and it injects the serum. not painful for Mya at all. ( she was 4) but the pain was incredible for her when the burch tree whelted up her entire arm. to make matters wose they had to inject her will a doubble dose of things they felt were dud reactions ( with real needles) most of the time when they test for allergies they will also automaticaly test for ashmah. But they mostly only test for out and indoor offences and cats and dogs. Not penuts. that was seperate.

in the end we have the epi and shots every week for her outdoor offences which VASTLY inproved her ability to be outdoors. she can not however be out in orange or red air quality and takes a nice concotion of about 5 meds every morning..fun fun

flirtycuddle replied: At 6 months Will was found to have allergies to just about everything and anything. He was on daily medicane and perscription formula. Luckly around a yr he outgrew everything. I know how hard it was when he was under a yr i couldnt imagine it now.

A&A'smommy replied: wow I didn't realize how many kids out there have food allergies.. its really scary but all you moms do an amazing job!!!

Alyssa has allergies but not food allergies she is on zyrtec and I would like to get a skin test to see exactly what she is allergic too.. but I'm kinda worried about it!

grapfruit replied: I have a question: How many of YOU (and DH) have allergies? Are they as severe as your children's?

I'm only wondering b/c it seems like it's trending to more and more severe allergies...any input on that thought?

mummy2girls replied: mushrooms for jenna. she will vomit after injesting them.. a few hours after injestion. im too scared to try her on them again...

im allergic to penicillin...

flirtycuddle replied: My daughter had lactose and egg problems till the age of 2 also. Neither me or their dad have anything but seasonal allergies. Our parents though have a few minor ones but nothing like Will had or Jackie had first.

Kirstenmumof3 replied: Spencer is highly allergic to Kiwi fruit. But it's not just the actual fruit, it's also the hidden indgredient in a lot of products such as juice crystals, bubble gum, push pops, bottle fruit juices. We have to be very careful when we are buying a new product or going out to resturants. Spencer carries an epi pen and is very aware of the dangers of his allergy.

MyBrownEyedBoy replied:
I've never had an allergy to anything in my life. But when Logan popped up positive for peanut allergies, it felt like I'd done it to him. I ate a LOT of peanut butter when I was pregnant.

BTW, there are no food allergies on either side of our family.

PrairieMom replied: I have environmental allergies, I was never formally tested, but I know I am allergic to cats and dogs, there is something in the air outside right now that I am allergic too. I don't think I have any food allergies tho. I have asthma, but it hasn't shown up in either of my children. (YET) I didn't get it until the 2nd grade.

Dh has some weird allergy where he breaks out in hives when he sweats, and his mom is supposibly allergic to some stuff, but you never can tell with her.

MommyToAshley replied:
Shelly, I had a friend that was allergic to mushrooms and you have to be care because a lot of facial cleaners have mushroom extract in them. It's probably not a problem now, but when she gets older it might be.

I think mushrooms is like peanuts, you have to be careful because a lot of foods have them hidden in the ingredients.

Kirstenmumof3 replied:
We had Claudia tested for allergies and found that she has mild allergies to cat hair and dog hair. Anyway the testing wasn't invasive at all they used a tool sort of like a pin and scratch the surface of the skin. Than they put a series of drops ontop of the scratches. Claudia sailed through it and didn't complain at all. I hope this helps.

MyBlueEyedBabies replied: Johnny had food intolerances...we thought allergies at the time but now all the tests are coming back and saying no. HE couldn't handle anything with any form of Corn dairy or soy. now he can handle yogurt and 2% milk (not whole) corn syrup in products, haven't tried straight corn...seems like I would be tempting fate. soy seems totally fine.

I have environmental allergies...Katy has a rough time during high pollen times but generally okay, and then my mom and my sister are a little more sensitive than I am. DH and BIL have severe Penicillin allergies. No one in either side of our families has ever had a problem with food allergies

Cece00 replied: None of my children have any allergies, that we currently know of.

My husband is allergic to penicillin and he is a little lactose intolerant.

I am allergic to eucalyptus, and this plant that blooms around the spring over here...cant remember the name of it, but it really does me in with the stuffed up sinuses, etc.

mysweetpeasWil&Wes replied: Wil is allergic to peanuts, all tree-nuts, soy, sesame, lemons and dog dander. We had him tested at about 2.5 years old because of a reaction to walnut dust on some raisins he ate. He had a lips as big as a fish, almost touching the bottom of his nose. No blocked airways, but we rushed him to the ER and then it all happened from there. The test was not too bad. Wil was very brave and actually did fine through the 15 minute wait. Like Nadia said, they scraped him with this plastic tooth like thing, not a needle. It really just looked like a dropper and a poke. He didn't cry at all. He wanted to scratch, but I had to hold his arms and hands down for about 15 minutes to wait for the reaction. He showed huge welts with all the items I listed above. They measure each welt and give it a score from 0-4, four being the most severe. So anyhow, we take an epi-pen with us wherever we go. We also have one left here at home and another left at his school.

My parents and sister all have seasonal allergies. I do not. I do have some food allergies though, and I'm highly allergic to amoxicillon. DH has an intolerance to dairy products. Wesley seems to be checking out fine so far! Fingers crossed.