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Peanut Allergy
This way, in the event he goes into anaphylactic shock, you have injectable Benadryl and epinephrine at your immediate disposal. ...
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- I have a child with a peanut allergy. I would definitley recommend making an appt with an allergist to get testing to definitively determine if there is a peanut alle...
- I would personally not try the peanut butter again. I think that it was irresponsible for your doctor to suggest that. Instead, I would push for allergy testing so t...
- Hi P., As a parent of a child with severe food allergies I would no give your child peanut again unless it is in a controlled environment (ie: MD office). I would ge...
Sudden Milk Allergy?
Your allergist can help you determine the best way to treat reactions and whether the epinephrine should be used with milk reactions. Good luck! ...
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- That's the thing about allergies, they can and do come from out of the blue sometimes. My daughters are very allergic, one to peanuts and tree nuts, so I understand y...
- My friend's 3 year old had a similar reaction and after going to urgent care it was discovered she had developed an allergy to their laundry detergent. An easy way to ...
- Are you sure it was a food sensitivity and not a contact allergy? A food additive that you weren't aware of? The effects of the antihistamine, regardless of the bran...
Nut Allergy
The jitteriness of the epinephrine is somewhat counteracted by the benadryl, but the dose isn't high enough to cause other problems if it wasn't actually ...
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- Hi L., My 15-yo dd has a severe peanut allergy. If she has an accidental exposure, she takes benadryl first and waits to see if the symptoms progress. If they don't...
- L., I'm a mom to a 9 year old who is severely allergic to peanuts. We did not find out about it until she was 7. She went to a "peanut-free" school and she didn't l...
- I have a very severe nut allergy. A couple of things: I am allergic to all tree nuts -- if you don't know, peanuts are not actually nuts, they are legumes. Your son sh...
Advice on Anesthesia for Daughter's Tooth Extraction
It has been our experience that local anestheia (lidocaine with 2% epinephrine) works fine as long as there are not compromising health problems and your ...
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- I was 12 when I had to have a root canal. What you need to do is determine your daughter's tolerance for pain. If she has a decent tolerance, novocaine will work. If s...
- I have two daughters, ages 14 and 9. About a year ago, they both had to have 4 teeth pulled as recommended by their orthodontist also. Their extractions were done in...
- General Anestheia is when they put her to sleep and she doesn't remember anything. I had this done when I was 10 or 11 and they did General Anestheia and this is the o...
My 8Yr Old I Believe Is ADD and Need Some Help
I would highly recommend geting his neurotransmitters (serotonin, dopamine, epinephrine, etc.) tested. It's a bit of a different approach, ...
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- I took my kids to LaRue Eppler, who is trained in something called OneBrain. It helps by reconnecting the synapses and connections between the hemispheres. When my 14 ...
- www.blockcenter.com - website has lots of info, the doctor is great and has written a fantastic book that parents can use step by step to figure out the root of their ...
- hi, J.. my son who is now almost 14,has add, and also border line autistic tendencies. i know just how you feel. i do not so much have advice as i do support for you....
3 Children with CROUP - HELP!
What the ER did to help my son breath better was give a shot of steroids and breathing treatment of epinephrine and cool mist, we were then sent home and he ...
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- Croup is not such a big deal untill it is a big deal...like if your child cant get enough air in...untill then, it is just a cough that sounds like a seal bark. Keep ...
- Hi A., My oldest who is now 7 used to get croup almost everytime she had a cold until she was about 4-5 and then she out grew it. You have to be careful with croup...
- Hi A., My daughter had croup many times when she was little... it seemed like every cold she got turned into croup. And each bout would last up to a week! We used ...
When Can a Child Start Eating Peanut Butter?
He is given one medicine that doesn't work and is ultimately given epinephrine. (Worked beautifully.) We now carry Epi Pens and benedryl everywhere. ...
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- You are suppose to wait till they reach their first birthday to introduce foods that have a higher percentage of causing allergic reactions. If your child has a famil...
- When my kiddos were little, I thought the recommendation was to wait til 18 mo., but looks like that's changed. For vegetables...have you tried cubed sweet potato?...
- Actually, my pediatrician said I could give PB to my daughter at age one. She is now 14 months also. I spread it thinly on bread, but she wouldn't have it! She didn...
Children with Croup
The only thing that she has found that works for him is Recemic epinephrine to go in his nebulizer. They have tried all of the others. ...
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- A very close friend of mine has a son who was hospitalized numerous times for croup. He eventually saw a Pediatric Pulmonologist with great results. The only thing t...
- Breathing treatments and orapred? Is your pediatrician treating asthma instead? There is nothing else for croup (although decadron is recommended more than orapred). ...
- My daughter is now 4 1/2 but she started getting sick at 8 months old. She has had t&a, 2 ear surgeries, 2 sinus surgeries, and a pic line to her heart to give her ant...
Appealing to United Healthcare to Cover DocBand
Sep 21, 2009 ... That being said, my son did need a compression glove for his left hand because he has horrible scarring from the drug epinephrine that saved ...
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- I have not reviewed all your responses but our daughter needed a band. It IS a medically necessary band if in fact it's bad enough. Our daughter was pretty bad. If ...
- B., Good luck with your quest - we also had a daughter who required the DocBand and had United Health Care at the time. Her pediatrician had prescribed it as medica...
- Find out if your company is self-insured - meaning they take the risk for all health claims. If it is self-insured then there is wiggle room for a company to make an ...
Peanut Allergy
I wouldn't attempt it unless you have epinephrine pens nearby. Anyphalactic shock is random and deadly. It could happen first time or third time. ...
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- Hi, K., Complex issue, for sure. Generally, the recommendation to avoid common allergens end at a year, except in families with a history of fatal allergies (usual...
- our family has no food allergies also. i let my kids try peanut butter around a year to a year and a half with no reactions to it. i still don't give them nuts just be...
- My doctor had me wait until they were 3. That was a long time and neither of them like peanut butter now. We did not have a family history either. If I were you, I ...
