Food Allergies Treatment

Question by Me, myself, & I: Anyone who knows about gluten allergies!!!! Please Help!!?
My 6 year old son has been hospitalized twice since birth because of the severe reaction he has to milk products. Both times we couldnt understand how he got so sick, because everyone knows not to give him milk products. (Thinking back over the past 6 yrs i dont recall an allergy test being done.)

I have recently noticed that he seems to get extreme bloating, diarrhea, and (last nite, vomiting) after eating wheat products, and i am thinking that maybe it is a gluten allergy not a milk allergy(or maybe both). I wonder if the two allergies are similar and if they are often mistaken for one another. If anyone knows anything about this topic, i’d love some insight. My baby is miserable, its killing me!

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Answer by SUZE H
Please visit www.celiac.org
A person who is allergic to gluten has Celiac disease. It’s highly treatable with diet and common sense. The website will give you all the info you need.

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Question by msgm: Allergy test- please help interpret results?
I had an allergy test done 5 years ago. My allergenist gave me the results via mail and never explained them to me, then he retired. So..for 5 years, I’ve had no clue what I’m allergic too…

does anyone know how to interpret the test results?

for example, for all it uses skin prick at 20,000pnu’s/cc
and for whole wheat it says, as the results, 5/10.
Beef is 5/9
maple tre is 6/9
willow is 0/5
LA/O trees is 5/0 (and what is LA/O trees?)
walnut tree is 5/5…..

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Answer by Scott
I’m not into medical stuff however have you tried “Webmd.com” its a free site and it may help you with this or send you somewhere that it will.

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Question by *Eric’s Wife* *^_^*: Milk Allergy? Long question- please help?
My daughter just turned one, and i began giving her whole milk. Before this, i had gone through different types of formula to find which would work best for her. I ended up with similac sensitive. Although the original similac and good start worked well for her for a while, she began having very loose stools 2-3 times a day, to the point of blow-outs, so i switched her back. She tried enfamil when she was an infant, but it gave her excema so bad, i took her off.

Anyways, now she is on whole milk. I only give her 4-5 ounces at meal times, and her formula 2-3 times a day for a snack. However, my husband gave her 3 8oz bottles of whole milk as her supper last night (I was out), and I told him it was only for WITH a meal, not AS a meal! lol (I think he thought of it as lazy-man’s formula lol)

4 days ago, she began having a very stuffy nose, and a lot of mucus in her throat, as well as a rash on her face. Since she has sensitive skin, I figured the rash was from all the snot drying on her face. (She was rubbing her nose with her hand constantly). But this morning, i found the excema-like rash all over her back too. Do you suppose this is from all the milk? My oldest had trouble with a milk allergy, but hers was constant spitting up and diarrhea. Ashley doesn’t spit up or have diarrhea, just a lot of mucus and a rash. I’ve been giving her a medicine for her stuffy nose (doc prescribed) but it hasn’t helped.
I really think it’s a milk allergy, but wondering about all the mucus?
She goes to the doc on friday for her 1 yr check up. For now, I think I may take her off the whole milk for a couple of days and see how she does.

Thanks for your answers!

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Answer by Baby boy due Dec 19
My son went through the same thing, he was fine on similac advanced until he was about 6 months old, he started getting the runs and spitting up. The Dr. switched him to similac soy and that worked better, when he turned a year we tried whole milk but his belly just wasn’t ready for it yet so we had to switch him to soy milk (you buy it in the same cooler as cows milk). He was on that for about 3-4 months then we started mixing half soy and half whole milk to get his bellly used to it and eventually got him on 100% whole milk and he hasn’t had a problem since. I don’t think that the rash came from the milk, maybe you should try changing laundry soap or not putting as much soap in the wash when you wash her clothes, milk allergies tend to cause bowel problems and gas, not rashes. Also, if she is sleeping with her bottle at night it may be dripping down her and irritating her skin. Not sure if thats the case but just giving you some pointers!! Good luck!

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Question by mr. t: PLEASE HELP! allergies?
I have milk allergies and I cannot take the whey protein for builiding muscle. every time I take it I have a severe allergic rection and my throat swells up and I throw up. Please if anyone knows of n e other type of protein besides whey and soy please let me know. i am 16 and desperate to put on muscle mass. I need to take some sort of whey protein supplement because I dont have a big appetite and also egg protein makes me sick. PLEASE HELP!!1

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Answer by -.-’
When you go to a health supplement store or where ever you buy your protein power, you should ask the person who works there to assist you. Another thing that you can do is read the labels yourself. If not try going to a nutritionist, I’m sure they can give you a list of products to use.

Good luck.

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Question by no*more*chocolate: Milk Allergy: Are these typical symptoms???? OK, first of all I know I was stupid so please don’t tell me.
I’m 31 years old and have just been diagnosed as having a milk allergy. The allergist figures I have been allergic since childhood but other doctors have put the symptoms to other things… When I realized there was a problem it was because I broke out into hives, in addition to the normal gastric and migranes I normally felt.

But two days ago, I ate a tiny sliver of pizza with cheese on it and that cheese sent me into a tale spin. First hives, then immediate violent vomiting (so bad that I also vomited blood, pulled muscles in my right rib cage and did something to my throat!) On top of this while not really labored breathing was difficult and my chest felt really tight.

So that one little sliver of pizza sent me to the ER. Does anyone know if this is normal and WHY after 31 years of being a milk product junky that it would get this bad so quickly? I mean now even my shampoo, that has a milk rinse added, causes my head to break out. AHHHHH
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Does anyone know if this is normal and WHY after 31 years of being a milk product junky that it would get this bad so quickly?
I hadn’t been taken off milk before, my family doctor had always put it to other things, the gastric symptoms were IBS and the migranes were well, migranes. It was only when I went specially to an allergist that they diagnosed (through RAST) the milk allergy. I have only been “off” it for about 2 weeks and I haven’t been doing very well but after this episode I am now convinced I CAN”T have any. But still wondering if vomitting blood is normal.

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Answer by Heather S
you are just allergic and now you know what ya can eat

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