Hypoallergenic: Epi
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Infant Milk Protein Allergy
Asked by M.E. from Chicago
on December 15, 2009
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My 11 month old son is allergic to the protein in cow's milk. He break out in hives and gets severe diaper rash, gassiness, and fussy after eating milk products, even ...
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- My husband is 36 years old and is still allergic to milk. My 8 month old son is also allergic. I don't know if your doctor suggested the low introduction of cheese a...
- M.; He does not "need" milk - other than your milk. He needs fluids for hydration and food for caloric intake. Google for a list of foods with calcium...
- Hi M. Ask his peditrican and he/she will be able to give you the best professional answer.
Milk Protein Allergy?
Asked by K.V. from Philadelphia
on March 29, 2008
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Yesterday I fed my 3 1/2 month old a bottle of formula for the first time. After 2 oz., the area around his mouth became blotchy and his cry sounded hoarse. I immedi...
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- My son, now 2 1/2, also has an allergy to milk protein. He too had trouble with formula but he was not diagnosed until 14 months with his food allergies. We were told ...
- My son has this allergy, along with allergies to tree nuts (peanuts, cashews, walnuts, etc), eggs, and others. I continued to breastfeed him until just two weeks ago (...
- We too have a son with a milk allergy. He started getting a reaction around his mouth when I added formula to his cereal at about 5 months. He would get red where it...
11 Month Old Allergic to Dairy and Weaning from Breastfeeding
Asked by N.E. from Washington DC
on January 5, 2009
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Hello,
My 11 month old son has been exclusively breastfed (he takes breast milk from a bottle at day care). I would like to work on weaning him in the next couple ...
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- As a kid, I had neighbors whose 2 boys were allergic to cow's milk. They used to drink goat's milk. My SIL buys organic goat's milk for her 3 kids, not because any o...
- Make sure you have him tested for a milk allergy. What is a small rash now could become life threatening if he is truly allergic. Talk to your pediatrician. My oldest ...
- hello N., I have a 15-month old daughter who is allergic to milk, eggs, and nuts. I exclusively breastfed her for 13 mos. & 2 weeks. Her allergies are so severe tha...
Excema = Allergy?
Asked by E. from Detroit
on February 16, 2007
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Does Excema ALWAYS mean there is an allergy? My son is 6 months old and has had bad excema since about 2 months. Under my ped's advice, I use Cortisone and Aquaphor, b...
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- i dont know if you have a Costco Warehouse where you live but there is this stuff called Amlactin that works better than cortisone or aquaphor and Costco sells a big b...
- Hi! My son also had/has excema. He too first developed it around 3 months which was last winter. I know that it went away completely in the summer, and didn't retur...
- My daughter started with excema after she turned 2 and started drinking regular milk. The DR. kept saying she was not allergic, but when I stopped the milk and went ba...
Peanut Allergy
Asked by J.C. from Champaign
on March 26, 2008
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Hi, my two and half year old daughter has peanut allergy and it's very stressful dealing with the day to day life. We live in a small town so people are not very awar...
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- I have had a peanut allergy since I was 7. I am now in my early 40's. It has been rough due to the fact that most people do not get it or care. It is a very serious...
- my son had a milk allergy that was really serious, so we saw the Dr. and began to slowly introduce dairy to him in extremely small forms. The dr. showed us how to very...
- Have you been on the website foodallergy.org? It's sponsored by the Food, Allergy & Anaphylaxis Network (FAAN) and it has all types of great information and provides ...
Egg Allergy ?????
Asked by L.M. from Providence
on November 2, 2010
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I have given my son eggs 5 times. A couple times he had scrambled eggs and a couple times cheese omelette. Today i tried eggs again 3 out of the 5 times he has had egg...
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- My son was diagnoses with egg allergy at that exact age 14 months to the day. It was going for 2 months of reactions before we knew. His is reactive airway, rashes and...
- Just to clarify, not every one has just intolerance to egg, uncooked, etc. I know my little guy can't have any noodles, bread, anything, although he also can't have an...
- Go to an allergist and have him tested. My daughter is peanut, egg, milk and fish allergic. We only knew about the peanut- also the HARD WAY - when she accidentally ...
Eczema and Reflux, Breastmilk And/or Formula
Asked by G.M. from Boston
on June 28, 2011
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Hi all. My 6 mos old DD has horrible reflux and very bad eczema. She is too young to be tested for food allergies. She is most likely allergic to my breastmilk or some...
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- My friend's child had 60 food allergies. No kidding. They cut out everything and it was miserable. They added a supplement and everything cleared up. It allowed hi...
- Hi. My daughter was like that and she has a tree nut allergy (pecans, walnuts, etc.). Tree nut allergies are very serious. We have to carry an epi-pen and the first...
- I would just like to add one more voice to the "do what you think is best, and don't feel any guilt" group of voices. I firmly believe and advocate breastfeeding, b...
Switching off of Formula>> HELP!!
Asked by H.W. from New York
on May 13, 2010
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My son turned 1yr old 3 weeks ago. We tried whole milk, no good, soy, no good, today I started lactose free and tonight again just like all the other times he is up s...
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- Try rice or almond milk. My son is lactose, gluten and soy intolerant. If he gets a hold of either 3 it just results in alot of diarrhea. The soy is something new a...
- You need to check with your pediatrician, there could be an underlying issue with his stomach. We had a lot of problems with reflux and the milk iritated it.
- Milk isnt the only source of vitamin D. You should look into the alternatives especially since he gets gas from this. So sorry you're going through it. I would love...
Keep Breastfeeding or Switch to Formula?
Asked by J.M. from Detroit
on March 29, 2011
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I have a 4 month old daughter who is exclusively breastfed. Starting at about 1 month of age she started getting really fussy, having lots of gas and a hard time goin...
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- I have heard that some breastfed babies do not poop a lot. The breast milk is extremely digestible, so it may be that your daughter just doesn't produce much waste fr...
- You could try supplementing with a soy-based formula and see if there is any improvement. My babies all cried and fussed, mostly in the evenings, from about six w...
- To be honest, I would keep breast feeding...... (I am PRO extended breastfeeding. Our 2nd child didn't even get baby food till 9 months. Our 3rd is almost 7 months a...
Peanut and Egg Allergy
Asked by A.T. from Provo
on October 15, 2009
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Hi moms,
I wrote a little bit ago for help with cutting dairy out of my diet (as a potential cause of my daughter's allergies) so I could continue to nurse my 10 mont...
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- My oldest daughter has several food allergies, and I'm a medical writer, so I'll share a little of my observations here. Initially we saw problems with certain seaf...
- My husband, his brother and his uncle all have nut allergies (and I've taken my husband to the ER before because of it), so I was VERY careful when I chose to introduc...
- I think you need to question the allergist more to ascertain exactly what he means by severe. I am allergic to several things including peanuts according to the alle...
