Food Allergies Treatment

Question by xnenaxo: I have eczema but I’m not allergic to wheat and diary, should I still stay away?
I heard that wheat and diary are bad for people who have eczema. But I’m not allergic to wheat, diary, peanuts, soy, etc, etc. I only have a food allergy to eggs and hazelnuts. Would it be safe to eat wheat, diary, etc? Or would it still cause a flare, even if you’re not allergic to those particular foods?

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Answer by Dr. T
The type of immune reaction that typically affects eczema is a “delayed hypersensitivity” reaction. And this is difficult to detect with the normal immuno-assay tests.

Proteins in wheat and dairy are COMMON triggers for the delayed hypersensitivity cascade, but they’re not *always* involved. The best way to find out whether these specific foods play any role for you would be to eliminate them entirely for a few weeks. Observe whether there’s a change to your skin (or digestion, or concentration, etc.) And then re-introduce them to your diet one at a time… again, observing for changes.

If you eliminate with no change AND re-introduce with no change, it’s a pretty safe bet you personally do not react to these proteins.

VERY simplified explanation here… hope it still makes sense:
A reactive system will “over-react” to many stimuli. So if you see changes when you cut the above food groups out, but get no symptoms on re-introduction… chances are there’s something ELSE in your diet that is contributing to the problem. AND, as the whole system becomes less “reactive” you’ll find that you’re able to eat foods that may have previously been a problem.

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Question by charlessmith702210@sbcglobal.net: Why stay away from Xyzal if allergic also to Zyrtec or certierizine? Risk of cross-reactions?
Zyrtec, I know, contains cetierizine hydrochloride, or cetierizine HCI; Xyzal may have a close-to-similar ingredient
that can mask the same chemical as Zyrtec’s generic name.

This is similar to peanut allergy, where a person with it may have to stay away from eating other tree nuts that are not peanuts….

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Answer by drankurbhardwaj
all the three drugs mentioned are same and marketed by different companies under different trade names.

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Question by clarissa: How long can peanuts stay in your system if you you have peanut allergy?
Okay well I just found out i was allergic to peanuts about 3 months ago, then like about 4 weeks ago i started to brake out in hives. and i went to the doctors and they said it could be peanuts but how long could peanuts stay in your system if you are allergic?

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Answer by Julie
You have no doubt developed an allergic to something else. It could be peanuts if you ate anything that may have contained even a small amount of peanuts or peanut oil.

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I broke out the other night, I believe from drinking some bombay which uses almonds as one of their ingredients. What sort of alcoholic drinks should I stay away from when I go out??? Thanks! You’ll save my life for a later date

My son was just diagosed with a milk allergy, so I’m just learning about this. I was wondering do I keep him away from Whey and Casien and things like that? Milks protiens? If so potassium is one of milks protiens and you fin that in bananas so is he allowed to eat bananas do you think?