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Is there a connection? I have come across some information that suggests this.
DS is almost 7 months old and has numerous food intolerances (allergy skin tests were normal). He is exclusively breastfed and I cannot eat wheat because it produces bloody stools in him. I also cannot eat dairy or peanuts because he breaks out in a horrible eczema rash. We tried introducing rice cereal, pears, peach, and avocado - all produced copious amounts of blood in his stool and left him in pain.
He has not yet been vaccinated.
Here's the thing. If 80% of the immune system is in the gut, and he has a strong immune reaction to the most benign of foods, then what will his body do when it is injected with tetanus toxoid (in HIB, Pc, DTaP), germ components, aluminum, formaldehyde, polysorbate 80, and 2-phenoxyethanol? I am concerned he would fall into the minority that has a severe, life-altering reaction. I am also concerned that vaccination would throw his system into a hyperactive state and he could over-produce antibodies to food proteins that he is exposed to after the shots -- leading to food allergies. I was going to have him vaccinated for HIB and Pc today, but I am delaying until I see some improvement in his response to foods. What are your thoughts on this controversial issue?
Is there a connection? I have come across some information that suggests this.
DS is almost 7 months old and has numerous food intolerances (allergy skin tests were normal). He is exclusively breastfed and I cannot eat wheat because it produces bloody stools in him. I also cannot eat dairy or peanuts because he breaks out in a horrible eczema rash. We tried introducing rice cereal, pears, peach, and avocado - all produced copious amounts of blood in his stool and left him in pain.
He has not yet been vaccinated.
Here's the thing. If 80% of the immune system is in the gut, and he has a strong immune reaction to the most benign of foods, then what will his body do when it is injected with tetanus toxoid (in HIB, Pc, DTaP), germ components, aluminum, formaldehyde, polysorbate 80, and 2-phenoxyethanol? I am concerned he would fall into the minority that has a severe, life-altering reaction. I am also concerned that vaccination would throw his system into a hyperactive state and he could over-produce antibodies to food proteins that he is exposed to after the shots -- leading to food allergies. I was going to have him vaccinated for HIB and Pc today, but I am delaying until I see some improvement in his response to foods. What are your thoughts on this controversial issue?
