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How long does it take?

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We are trying to investigate whether the stomach aches ds2 has been getting for the past month and a half/2 months are from food allergies/intolerance or acid reflux (due to food allergies?).  Generally when a food is eliminated, how long does it take for symptoms to stop?  BTW, feel free to check out my thread at Health and Healing! :)

 

SJ

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We've always seen improvements within 24 hours after removing a trigger, but if it's a bad reaction it sometimes takes a couple weeks to *fully* clear.  Also, if you're dealing with multiple foods, you might not see improvements when you just remove one food, if there's still another food trigger in the diet.  (Like if your LO is allergic to dairy, gluten, and soy- and you remove dairy. You might notice a small improvement, but not a whole lot and think that dairy isn't the problem, when in fact it's just one of multiple problems.)

 

eta:  Just read your other thread.  I think it would be totally pointless to try a medication AND do a food elimination at the same time, because then if symptoms improve you'll have NO idea why.  Reflux is often caused by food allergies anyways, so I would start by eliminating foods and see if that helps.

 

Also- make sure to keep a detailed food journal so that you can start looking for patterns with foods/symptoms!

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