Food Allergy Questions - Plymouth,MI

Dairy and eggs are the usual culprits. Cut out both completely and see what happens. You are doing the BEST thing for you and your sweetie by breastfeeding. Hooray! You might even check into your laundry detergent or fabrc softener. Try something different for washing and cut out any fabric softener. The latest big culprit is wheat (gluten). There is a group of chiropratcor/clinical nutritionists in Grosse Pointe that do wonderful work with allergies, naturally. They are amazing. Go to www.ahccenter.com I hope this helps!

Milk and milk products and gluten would top my list.

Find a web site that tells you food families and see what else is in the same food family as strawberries.

Dr. Doris Rapp's book, "Is This Your Child?" may be helpful to you as you figure this one out.

Hi C.,

I don't have an answer for you as to what other foods to look for, but I did want to tell you that yes, allergies can start (or stop) overnight. About 7 years ago I cracked open a Brazil nut, which I had eaten my whole life, and within seconds of it touching my mouth my lips & tongue started to swell. Apparently I had also developed an allergy to cats, dust, and cigarette smoke, but lost the allergy to bees & wasps.

I would suggest that you get not only your son tested for allergies, but yourself as well. Best of luck with this!

L.

Hi C.,
I went through simular things with my son, except along with a rash were MAJOR tummy troubles. We figured out dairy pretty easily, but I noticed that when I gave him baby oatmeal he threw up right away, I figured he wasn't ready yet, and moved on- it wasn't until the Cherrio's (sp?) that I realized that we had a problem. My son is lactose and gluten intollerant, which seem to go hand and hand. Cutting out gluten is pretty hard, but you can check but eating a big bowl of spaghetti- I love pasta, it was a bummer not to be able to eat it! I have also heard of just being allergic to oats- don't have much experience there, but I think that would be easier to avoid. Good luck!!

The top 8 allergens are
* Milk
* Eggs
* Peanuts
* Tree nuts (such as almonds, cashews, walnuts)
* Fish (such as bass, cod, flounder)
* Shellfish (such as crab, lobster, shrimp)
* Soy
* Wheat

Being wheat free and gluten free are different things. Gluten-free means that a person avoids all foods containing gluten. Gluten is the general term used to describe the protein found in many grains including wheat, rye, barley, spelt, kamut, oat, triticale, semolina, pumpernickel, and farro.

If you're having a problem after ingesting oatmeal, it may be a gluten allergy instead of a wheat allergy.

Have you see an allergist?

It could be a glutin allergy. Very common.

Hi C.,

I commend you for continuing to breastfeed even tho it is increasingly inconvenient for you. You probably know that breastfeeding is the best way for you to build and strengthen your child's immune system.

As far as foods to question you are on the right track. May I ask a few questions thought to better understand?

Has your son been on antibiotics? Asthma medications or steroids?

Have you ever heard about the relationship of good fats and health issues? Are you allergic to anything?

What you are working to uncover is not simple...but there is hope.

warmly,
M.

What are the chances it's triggered by something you ingested and he got through nursing?
You can maybe try organic foods. And use soy, almond, or rice milk. Start them off early they'll never know the difference.

Wouldn't it save a lot of time and just have him take a blood test for allergies? This way you would know without having to put him through all of the reations, some that could be fatal. Don't mean to scare you, if my sister eats tree nuts or strawberries or even takes an asperin for that matter it could be fatal. One small poke might save you alot of headaches.
Good Luck.

My boys both have food allergies. My 3 year old had eczema when he was an infant and we never found what he was specically sensitive to until he had a couple vomiting reactions and we had him allergy tested. It turns out he has a peanut and tree nut allergy. I know I ate nuts when I breastfed him for 4 months. Now his little brother is in the process of figuring out what his allergies are. Blood and skin testing help, but they can't test him for everything, so the more info you have for the allergist the better.