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[Wolfmeis]

My name is Lory

Who??

My dd Graham (6-2000) is allergic to walnuts, pecans and peanuts (known ana), and still mildly allergic to egg white and shellfish (???? this is a new one and was a blip on her most recent bloodwork). Has outgrown corn, soy, wheat and milk.

My ds Nicholas (5-2002) has NKA, but has outgrown egg white, corn and milk.

How long have you known?

Graham had an ana reaction to peanut butter at 13 months. Within moments, her face swelled up to the extent that I truly wouldn't have recognized her. Since she was so allergic, we were very strict with Nicholas' diet and he seems to be ok at age 3. We will not introduce peanuts to him any time soon but we can breathe a little easier on the may contains.

To all you dealing with corn --- it is amazing where you find it. Truly Flabbergasting. Corn syrup would set off fire-red eczema in my babies every time. Both kids learned to take tablets very early in life because all the meds have corn syrup in them!

[greencat]

Who: me,dd and ds.

Me: rag weed, fig, cats, dust mites and 'something' before we have rain!?

DD and DS: Wheat, gluten, sugar (cane, beets), honey, cocoa, carob, egg, apple, grapes, peanuts butter, all berries, cinnamon, cuce, pickles, coffee, raisens, peach, plum, prune---these are the foods that I know so far. I'm wondering about bannana, orange, cherries, tomato, etc.

We don't eat dairy since they increase mucous, constipates and swells our sinus-yuck, yuck ><

Age: I don't remember, DD 3 1/2, DS 1 1/2

How long and how: When DD started solids with oat meal and cerials at 8.5 month, but then, severe eczema on the skin did not show up till much later. When we took wheat out, she stopped having cry outs that lasts 40min to an hour. She also got a lot better with constipations. We never vaccinated our kids, and they have never taken any medication, such as anti-biotics. I use homeopathy, and other "natural" treatments.

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Since, the kids can eat tons of eggs, all berries, green apples and tomato and have no eczema. They have been like that for a year or so. Lately, a little gluten or sugar here and there doesn't make them itchy and crazy. However, we are still on the gut healing quest, far from cure. I am almost an expert in making yogurt, and still on SCD somewhat (much tailored to our need now.) However, I am yet discovering how sneaky beast that yeast really is. I don't take any supplements, except enzymes, but focus on what we eat, when and in what form. For an example, I steam, peel, juice or cook most veggies, etc.

[NJmomof3]

Who? My ds1 ( 5 years old ) and ds2 ( 7 months old) and dh
What? ds1 is allergic to red dye #40, every seasonal allergy, dogs, and cats
ds2 we are not sure yet but he is currently on Zyrtec for bad eczema ( as well as ds1 )
dh has seasonal and chocolate
When? Both ds's had severe eczema around 3-4 months which led us to believe allergies. Ds1 had scratch testing at 2 years which gave us the info on what he was allergic to and the red dye we figured out on our own.

[Pookietooth]

I have one ds, who is sensitive to grapes (they constipate him), cinnamon, and oranges. I haven't had his allergies tested, so there could be others.

[lizzard_breath_]

I'm still rather new to MDC, and I've just now found this forum.

Who??

My daughter Jillian. We have no other family history of allergies, her allergies were a big surprise to us.

How old are they??
I need to change my sig because she's now 16 months old and we've known about the allergies since 12 months.

What kinds of allergies?? and how long have you known?
She tested positive for dairy, eggs, and peanuts on the scratch test. Other than that she's reacted to coconut milk, all sorts of berries, and penicillin. She reacts by breaking out in immediate hives.

She also seems to have an intolerance to oats. They cause her to become extremely irritable and constipated. It was actually the intolerance that lead to us getting a scratch test and finding out about the other allergies.

It has certainly changed our lives, and for a while there the food around this house was pretty bland, but the cooking has improved and there isn't much I miss in the way of food, except chocolate. I worry more about how hard it's going to be to keep her safe as she gets older. Her dairy, egg, and peanut allergies are very severe and even trace amounts and skin contact will cause an immediate reaction in her. Out of everything, dairy has been the hardest to avoid; who would have ever thought I had to check the ingredients in deli meat?!

[majicasonrisa]

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My dd (currently 16m) is allergic to milk protien. I have suspected from around 3 weeks old (excema, diaper rash, vomitting, weight-loss, sneezing, etc.) I gave up "Milk", drinking it that is and it didn't work... until I realized that it could be ALL milk products! Duh! So we are milk free and it was hard at first and is now our lifestyle. It also was soy, eggs and peanuts for a while, but luckily she is now just milk.

[SunRayeMomi]

Who?? DD
How old are they?? 4
What kinds of allergies?? and how long have you known? We're still figuring this part out... I do believe that there is a milk adversity there because dd has excema and when we limit milk even just a tiny bit... excema clears right up. I almost didn't expect this at first because she had shown no other adverse reactions to lactose products ever. No nausea, diahharea, or other.

[crunchy_mama]

hello, ladies!!

who; ds, 13 m.o.

what; So far I think dairy, oats, and soy perhaps! I am just now putting this together, although I suspected allergies, for a long time, everyone treated me like I was crazy. I so wish I would have pushed this a long time ago. I am finally in contact with a LC and working on an elimination diet, which I know I have it so much better than a lot of you, but I am doing terribly! I swear I am having withdrawals. Then I binge, he starts with symptoms again and of course I feel horrible as I am being a crappy mom, because I am selfish. So, I am going to try and find some things to replace the dairy, so I don't feel deprived. Everytime I get hungry I am trying to figure out what is safe to eat.

Oh, lil' man's symptoms; rash on his face, rash around his anus, diarrhea, blood in his stools, hyperactivity, constant waking, mucousy green stools; also I didn't know until I read in this forum that cradle cap and dark circles aroudn the eyes were signs as well. His circles aren't terribly pronounced but I have noticed them for awhile. His symptoms seem to be getting worse, as I guess it happens, so I have got to get this figured out. LIl' man also was way up on the growth charts and almost stopped growing after 6 months, I just put this off on his early crawling and walking, but now think that there is something more to it, with frequent diarrhea he cannot be getting too much. I so wish I would have done this sooner!

[jelleebear]

Who?? DS, Jordan

How old are they?? 7yrs

What kinds of allergies?? and how long have you known?
Jordan has celiacs (or coeliacs, depending on which part of the world you live in, LOL) - so can't have any gluten, wheat, oats etc. He's also quite sensitive to dairy, preservative 282 and numerous other things that haven't been worked out yet.

[mombh]

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I'm so happy to have found thisforum and while I havn't readall the posts, I see there are a lot of you with multiple allergies... and there I thought I was the only mama dealing with this...
who? dd 9 gluten through blood test 6 months ago and we suspect more things
ds 4 tested for dust mites and we suspect other things since he gets hyper red ears mild excema , red eyes itchy nose etc;
ds 2 1/2 tested at a year , gluten soy dairy eggs peanuts bananas avocado tomato. with him I knew when he was a baby , didn't sleep ,terrible excema behind his ears,and when he started eating he would breack out immeditely in hives. I also wentoff all known offenders but it is really hard. He is still nursing but I am not so careful now and he seems o.k.skin good stools good, sleeps well, he has also started eating eggs and some dairy occasionally. It is quite achallange since I have older kids and while we don't allow peanut butter in the house we do have bread muffins etc;


Gilla

[Missy]

Gilla--

Just wanted to make sure that you're aware of the link between bananas and avocados, and latex. Very frequently, an allergy to bananas, avocados, and kiwi is the first warning that there could be a latex allergy as well.

Missy

[mombh]

Originally Posted by Missy

Gilla--

Just wanted to make sure that you're aware of the link between bananas and avocados, and latex. Very frequently, an allergy to bananas, avocados, and kiwi is the first warning that there could be a latex allergy as well.

Missy

Thanks for that info Missey! I had heard before from someone that frequently people allergic to bananas are also allergicto latex. It has been on the back of my mind, since he unfortunately !! has to have dental work (that is a whole other story, although I have read somewhere of a connection between allergies and dental caries) I am just wondering if I should ask for a blood test (don't really want to put him through that again) or maybe just mention it to the pediatric dentist.
thanks again!
Gilla

[myboy]

Who: DS, and apparently me (hive rxn to almonds & penicillin), my mom (cats, mango sap, teenage onset asthma), my SIL (apples), my brother (mango sap), my MIL (hayfever, adult/recent asthma), my Grandma (hayfever)... but none of us considered ourselves as having allergies until I started thinking about it with DS

How old: DS is 5 months. I am 26.

What: DS is exclusively breast fed. So far he reacts to dairy, corn, wheat, rice, spinach.... I suspect pineapple, apricots, peas, chix, beef, pears, licorice

DS started having green mucusy stools @ 5.5 weeks and specks of blood @ 6 weeks. His first diaper with pink/red mucus was at 7 weeks. Simoultaneous with an intusseception scare (on the part of the Drs.) and x-rays I eliminated dairy. 10 days later I started my first elimination diet and have been at varying levels of strictness since. For the past 3 weeks I have been down to Turkey, Asparagus, Potatos, Sweet Potatos, and Pears. I cut out pears 5 days ago - unintentionally at first (I was only going to cut down) but he seemed to sleep better without them so they have stayed out.

Symptoms include: green gel/mucusy stools with visible or occult blood, obvious stomach discomfort, frequent BM, increased irritability, night waking/thrashing/crying, diaper rash, congestion, face rash, hives, suspected tongue itch or swell based on behavior, etc.

Things are much better than they were and yet still not right.... so the search continues. Recently started 2 supplements at Naturopaths advice - they seemed to help his stomach/stool but after 5 days built up into a rxn - either to licorice, aloe or apricots (freeze dried for FOS in probiotic) - the licorice and aloe were in the Glutamine supplement as were mystery natural flavors... this rxn has been face rash/tongue/red eye. I have stopped these supplements and am consulting with Naturopath on next steps. Have had less than satifactory experience with Pediatrician (am changing) and the GI specialist while nice was not overly proactive.

More than you wanted to know right? Really enjoy learning from others experience and just being where I and this is more understood.

[SRHS]

Hi!!! Just found this thread as I have finally clued in that the "bug bites" on my ds 4 y/o weren't bug bites, but hives. WE've started working on a food journal this week. I noticed they started in july...hence the reason I thought they were bug bites.

I'm 34 and have always had allergic rhinitis to inhalents like mold, pollen, dust.

My ds 9 y/o has a lactose intolerance we noticed at 1 month and started the feingold diet at 5 years old...HUGE difference in behavior!!!

Now ds 4 has a new allergy...as best I can tell...and please inform me if I'm wrong.

He just stared breaking out in hives in July and it was really inconsistent, but after were around family and not feingold diet food over the holidays it was AWFUL and then New Year's we had people over who brought food and it was bad again...that's when I finally clued in tot he food relation and figured out it was hives.

Right now it looks like chocolate, but I hear that is ar eally uncommon one and it seems it has just started at 4 years old???? Possible????

Thanks, Sus

[theboysmama]

I just found this board. This is great!! I always seem so alone and odd.
Who: My, ds#1, ds#2,

How old: 30, 3 3/4, 21 mo

What: Me - dairy and soy (anaphylaxis), red meat, peanuts, corn syrrup
Ds#1: dairy
Ds#2: eggs, (Possibly peanuts and dairy as I have never given them to him yet)

Age:me - dairy and soy as an infant. Developed into anapylaxis at 20, red meat at 16 (when I hit puberity), peanuts a young child, corn syrrup about 25.
Ds#1 - at 2 we introduced dairy for the first time (mcd's chicken nuggets) and he broke out in hives every where. We waited 2 wks and cooked something in butter. Hives every where, especially on his bum. At 3 we introduced dairy again and we he was doing well. We gave him lactade before he had obvious dairy exposures. At x-mas he had way to much at his school party. His behaviour is awful when he has dairy. He wines, fusses, etc. So he is off again.
Ds#2 - eggs at 1 yr, we have begun introducing egg yolks and he seems to be doing ok. He has not had dairy or peanuts yet so we don't know.

Just as I think we get it figured out then someone gets something new,etc.
glad this board is here.

[mamabeca]

Originally Posted by Snowy Owl

our first child 5, had an allergy to cow dairy and egg (not cow egg, chicken egg)

Not laughing at the allergy (of course) but that I didn't even GET it! It's late...

Me: Andy 38 (ok, 39 next month). Allergic to Dairy, wheat and cat dander the worst, dust mites, dust, some pollens, and probably other foods to a lesser extent.

Dd: still on the fence about her. No dairy reactions - we've done in and out over weeks and months and nothing. Definately something about wheat, but not sure about it (how severe, how efficacious a no-wheat diet is, wheath vs. gluten). Penicillan allergy as well.

Ds definite wheat thing going on, pretty severe. No dairy insensitivity or allergy at this time. ebf for 6 mos, now extended bf for as long as we do. And not a moment longer

Dh has mostly envt'l allergies, but wouldn't stop eating a particular food for all the tea in china, even if he was allergic to it. The dimwad.

[critara]

DS (Pietro, 3.5 years), allergic to milk (lactose and protein), eggs, soy, gluten, wheat, corn, peanuts. Found out at 1.5years old when he developed a very bad eczema. He had patch and scratch tests done which gave these results. He later had croup and asthma, at around 3 years. A blood test he did last December came out completely negative, but he is still considered an "atopic" child by my Italian doctor and is still on an elimination diet only for his main allergies (milk, egg, soy, corn, peanuts).

DD (Giulia, 1.5 years), allergic since birth to milk (was born with an angio-edema on her eyelids and red "patches" on her body). After she got hives while BF her, I eliminated all dairy products from my diet and she got better. Eliminated also egg and she had no evening colics. We did only one patch test here in the US which confirmed the milk allergy, not the egg one (but I still avoid eggs and chicken for her too), and added the allergy to pork, probably developed later on. Is now on an elimination diet identical to that of her brother: we can always introduce foods later on.

Me (Cristina, 37), very recent finding > doctor is still in the process of investigating what I am allergic to, but probably to a medicine I have to take occasionally. Easy to avoid!

[heatherevond]

eek.. double post .. see below

[heatherevond]

Who?? Rachel (daughter),
How old are they?? 17 months
What kinds of allergies?? Tree Nuts and Penicillin
and how long have you known? 6 weeks but officially 3 days

Who?? Paul (husband
How old are they?? 37
What kinds of allergies?? shrimp
and how long have you known? 15 years

[natrowmum]

us, too

dd (11), ds (8)--only mild hayfever some of the places we have lived

dh (30) hayfever and cats (except our fatboy Atrox-at-fatuus)

me (29) mild eczema (found out ~27), pigweed (f.o in high school), mold (f.o. in high school) some particular kind of wasp (f.o. ~25 or so) ALOE of all things (f.o. in high school), sudafed (technically a sensitivity but it makes me aggressive and violent so i tell doc's i'm allergic--i've still had doc's try to give it to me for my allergies and once a nurse practitioner gave it to me but my husband figured it out because i was acting weird and the bottle was marked PSD! ! !), ooh--some sort of preservatives--that they used to put on lettuce at buffets and something they put in a candy i once had--don't know names but throat/tongue swelling and ashtma attacks!