Food Allergies Treatment

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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Question by Brian: How can you tell if milk is bad without a sense of smell and allergic to it?
My son is 4. I give him milk and chocolate milk, but I have no sense of smell and I have extreme lactose allergy. How can I tell if it is bad so I don’t give it to my son. I have been dumping it down the sink 3 days before it expired to be safe, but that is expensive. I am a single father.
I do only buy half gallons at a time, he just doesnt drink alot of it quickly.

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Answer by Ian
Chances are if it tastes bad he won’t drink it. Without tasting it, smelling it or culturing what is in the milk the only thing you can do is visually inspect it and have the child taste it.

I have had milk stay good in the fridge for up to a week after the expiration. It really just depends on how long it stays in/out of the fridge.

Have you tried purchasing half gallons of milk?

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Question by epona: how can i tell if i’m allergic to gluten or wheat?
how can i tell if its wheat or gluten i’m allergic to? whenever i drink beer, eat bread or cereal, or whole wheat-i turn red in the face, i get really irritable and i feel tired and spaced out. will an allergy test tell me exactly what i’m allergic to?

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Answer by Christopher
My cousin is allergic to gluten and she had test done by her doctor well a specialist.

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Question by Lena: Help! How can I tell if my husband is allergic to wheat, gluten or something else?
I’m at a loss on what my husbands allergic to. At first I was thinking it was wheat, or yeast or gluten but now i’m lost again. He can eat tortilla shells and grapenut cereal, but can’t eat 100% whole wheat bread. He seemed fine with white bread last time he ate it, but yet he’s allergic to baked ritz crackers.
I’m so confused and I’ve looked many things up and checked labels trying to find the one ingredient that he’s allergic to just to find it on the list of ingredients in something he can eat which brings me back to square one….again.

We have gone to an allergist but he was of no help with my husbands food allergies. He refused to do a food allergy test. And yes we’ve done the writing down what he eats for a week and checking ingredients. I’m lost, i’m frustrated and I’m rather angry because i’m not getting anwhere on figuring any of this out. I’ve checked out many web sites but still haven’t been able to find much. Please help. Serious answers only. Thank you.
His tounge swells up and his throat and mouth starts itching. It’s not uncommon for his toungue to swell up for no reason (probably due to outside allergies) so when he eats stuff we tend to go by weather his mouth starts itching or not. Once we know he has a reaction to a certain food we exclude it from his diet. His list of acceptable food to eat is slim. He also can’t eat a lot of dairy because of sinus problems, and diabeties run in his family and he tends to show symptoms of that so we also try and keep sugar and other unhealthy foods out of his diet.
He’s also allergic to carrots, beets, fruit jucies, the list goes on…and all with the same symptoms.
His symptoms from degergents and perfumes are more the itchy water eyes, sneezing, hives and big red blotches.

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Answer by Do I know you? ya right LoL
maybe he has celiac disease….

most ppl are allergic to wheat gluten and don’t even know it…they can eat some products with it and and be fine…I would take him to another allergist Dr and have him run a test and find out…did he have problems as a child? or is this rarely new? are u sure its food? it could be soap, new perfums colognes different laundry soap? lotion?

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Question by Jacob S: If you go to the airport and tell the agent you have a peanut allergy, will they really clean the plane extra?

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Answer by life’sgreat
I’m not sure about the cleaning thing, but I do know that airlines take peanut allergy seriously. You need to alert them when you make the reservation. There will be no peanuts served on the flight. My friend has this prob and she simply alerts the airline ahead of time.

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