Food Allergies Treatment

Question by cmd0622: How come my son can eat yogurt and cheese with no problem but has allergic reaction to a full glass of milk?
The allergic reaction is a eczema like reaction over his trunk, arms and legs. But it’s only when he drinks a cup or more. He’s okay with a bit in his cereal. Any thoughts? (I am overall very familiar with food allergies as he has several. He’s never tested postive for milk though)

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Answer by majnun99
Yogurt is milk, but the chemical properties are slightly different because of the reaction with the bacteria that cause yogurt to form.

Maybe he can tolerate it because this chemical reaction has taken place when milk changes to yogurt.

Or maybe he is allergic to some kind of additive in the milk, but not the milk itself.

Just a thought.

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Question by Captain Klepto: If a person with a gluten allergy has a reaction to the host, what caused the reaction if no bread remains?
This is obviously a transubstantiation question.

How can the “appearance” of bread cause a *real* reaction? Or is the person allergic to the body of Christ?

And the Catholic Church stipulates that communion bread must be made of wheat flour and water, with no other ingredients of substitutions.

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Answer by Brodes
“They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.”

Mark16:18 adds further confusion to the mix

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Question by resq-girl: Can someone that is allergic to peanuts have a reaction just by smelling or touching peanuts?
My husband insists on this. We have a 3 month old and I like to let her smell different foods that we eat for a sort of sensory experience. My husband got upset because I let her smell peanut butter. Can she have a reaction this way if she has an allergy? I thought it was only upon ingestion.

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Answer by Cat
yes, some people that are alergic to peanuts are really really alergic, and just the touch can make them break out, most schools have a peanut free table, and that is why most airlines dont serve them anymore.
i think it is possible if she is really really alergic, but it takes 2 times of exposure to something to produce an alergy. like the first time your body builds up immunities, and the second time the actual alergic reacton will occur, find other things for your baby to play with until she is closer to 2 years of age

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Question by nana: My son had an allergic reaction to peanut butter. How likely is it that he will outgrow this allergy?
My son will be 1 year old this Saturday (August 22). I gave him maybe 1/4-1/2 a teaspoon of peanut butter last week, and his eyes and face turned red and I could tell his breathing sounded funny. Trying hard not to freak out, I called a nurse who instructed me to give him 1/2 a teaspoon of children’s Benydryl (which thank God we had) and we left immediately for the hospital’s ER.

Anyway, the Benydryl really, really helped, because by the time we arrived at the ER he was looking a lot better. They monitored him and gave him a sort of medicine (I forgot the name of it) and finally sent us home.

My question is: Is it common for babies to have an allergy to peanuts, yet outgrow it with time? No one on my side or his father’s side has a peanut allergy, so is there a good chance he won’t have this allergy within a few years?

Just curious . . . Thank you.

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Answer by Zoe Raynes Mama
i have always heard not to give them peanut butter till they were 2.

and yes its possible for babies to have an allergic reaction to ‘anything’.

and yes they can outgrow it. there was actually a show on not too long that my aunt told me about. she said that people with allergies to something were exposed to that thing little at a time, and eventually grew out of it.

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Question by 12-25 Never Forget: How much of what people thought was peanut allergies was really just a bad reaction to salmonella poisoning?
How long was that factory in business selling tainted peanut butter? I mean, if you ate some and got sick you might have figured you have peanut allergy, right? How would you know the difference between peanut allergy and salmonella poisoning?

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Answer by Becky
food allergy symptoms are very different from salmonella poisoning. food allergies cause anaphlactic shock. your mouth, tongue, or even throat swell, depending on how allergic you are. also, itching and rash might be present. salmonella poisoning will cause diareah, vomiting, painful stumach cramps, and all kinds of g.i. distress. vomiting is a symptom that your body wants to get rid of whatever it is NOW.

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