Food Allergy vs Food Sensitivity

We didn't have any reaction that I noticed for almost two years. Then at around 2 my daughter started breaking out.
She is allergic to 22 different food items including rice, bananas, apricots, mangoes, spinach, soy, rosemary, peanut butter (but not peanuts), Brazil nuts, the list goes on.
We have had her tested three times. Each time she comes back allergic to something not on the list, but the items she breaks out to do not cause reactions in the doctor's office. She cannot touch rice without having a fullblown hives attack. She does not pop positive for rice.
The doctors for her first eye surgery had a huge reaction to the adhesive and the latex drape. So they told me to always insist she is allergic to latex, better safe than sorry.
Our doctor has prescribed an epipen, just in case. She is also on a Claritin everyday. Benadryl has kept her reactions at bay for the most part.

I am not trying to scare you. She has not grown out of any food allergies and has gained more as she has grown. She is now 13. I think she was probably miserable as a baby, she didn't learn to talk or walk for a long time and was very fussy.

Incidently, I love bananas, but while pregnant with J I could not go near them. Even the smell would send me reeling.

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My son had this same exact reaction the first time he had mashed potatoes. A relative gave him mashed potatoes about 6 months later symptom free, and he never had a reaction again.

I suppose I would ask the pedi and maybe hold off on giving bananas for a while.

were the bananas organic....if not, maybe it's the coating ...as opposed to the actual fruit! ?? maybe?? Good Luck!

My younger son is allergic to peanut. He developed this allergy at age 4. The allergist said it was due to over-indulgence.

He is now 15 & is trying to add peanut back into his diet. The dr told us to try this once a year. Here we are....11 years later....& have yet to achieve this goal. Still trying.

Conversely, he also developed an allergy to shrimp in the past year. It was one of his fav foods....so this one is hitting hard!

Some kids are lucky & are able to outgrow allergies....I hope this is the case for you!

It doesn't really matter if it's an allergy or intolerance or sensitivity...you still need to avoid the food. My daughter had a lot of food issues (we've had her treated with holistic treatments and now she can eat anything) but all the allergy tests showed was a little bit of a milk allergy. We just paid attention to what she ate and figured her out for ourselves.