Joined: 22 Jun 2007 Posts: 960 Location: , England
Hospital Apt Posted: 07-03-07 06:03am
This afternoon we are taking jay to the
hospital to see the peadiatrician (spelt
wrong nvm lol).
We found out when he was 8 months old via
a blood test that hes allergic to cows
milk and peanuts and not allergic to
wheat, soya or eggs. It wasnt too bad then
because I breastfed him for the first year
anyway.
Then at 2yrs old I tried him with egg,
thinking he would be fine because of the
previous blood test, but he wasnt! He got
a blotchy itchy rash on his face after 1
mouthfull, vomited it back up and kept
coughing.We used piriton allergy syrup to
stop the reaction. So I took it that he
was allergic to eggs, and havent given him
anything containing them since.
His allergy is severe, we have to carry
injections of adrenaline/epinephrine
(spelling?) incase he goes into
anaphylactic shock where the throat closes
stopping their breathing.
This afternoon we are seeing the same
doctor at the hospital we saw 4 years ago
to get him tested again. Im dreading it
because he will have to get a blood test
I've noticed hes ok with some items
containing milk, so I want them to test
him to see if its the sugar or the protein
in milk that hes actually allergic to. I
dont think its both. They can grow out of
it by around 5yrs old, so fingers crossed
he does. (Do you know how many things
contain milk?!)
The egg thing I dont know but he will be
tested for that again, and it should come
up positive for an allergy unless hes
grown out of that.
Peanut allergy is usually with you
forever.
Hes likely to be allergic to bee stings
too, but we wont know until hes stung.
Im not looking forward to it.
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kaerbear
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Posted: 07-03-07 06:20am
yikes. that's scary. i'm afraid of
allergies in my child as well. i have an
allergy to shellfish but that's generally
easy to avoid thankfully. eggs and milk
are in so many things. i hope you're able
to figure it all out. i've had reactions
where my throat closes up on me and i have
to throw up and my lips get all swollen.
not fun at all. poor baby. that's a lot
of extra work for you trying to figure out
a diet that's safe for your little one.
good luck.
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sick_mama17
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Joined: 22 Jun 2007 Posts: 960 Location: , England
Posted: 07-03-07 13:21pm
Thanks for your support. It went well, he
was fine with the blood test
Next month he has a skin prick allergy
test and then we see the peadiatrician
again in September.
If hes grown out of an allergy, they will
let him eat some of that food in hospital,
just incase he has a reaction. I dont
think he has, but we'll see.
Morgan
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Jules
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Joined: 19 Aug 2006 Posts: 3688 Location: Merrie Englande, UK
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Posted: 07-04-07 04:16am
Glad it went ok. Allergies are a pain in
the bum! I was put on dairy free and
wheat free diets when I was a kid because
I have eczema and the doctors thought it
might be linked. It never really bothered
me as a kid but I think if I was to still
be having to eat like that as an adult I'd
find it harder.
I have a severe allergy to certain nuts
though and carry an epipen around with me
in case I accidentally ingest some. Fun
fun fun!
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sick_mama17
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Joined: 22 Jun 2007 Posts: 960 Location: , England
Posted: 07-04-07 06:02am
Thanks jules
Its annoying hes allergic to things that
are on so many foods...but im thankful its
only an allergy hes got, it could be
something much worse.
Sure is fun
I know how you feel my son is the same he
has severe eczema allergic to peanuts nuts
strawberry milk soy corn pork beef eggs
cats horse fish all kinds fun trying to
find items that do not contain those argh
i hope your lil one gets better hun.
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sick_mama17
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Joined: 22 Jun 2007 Posts: 960 Location: , England
Posted: 07-05-07 04:37am
Thanks Mandi
candita sky wow your boy is allergic to so
many things must be difficult
cooking his meals. Is he likely to grow
out of any?
Ive been told the milk and eggs jay could
grow out of - usually happens around age
5.
Yesterday at his pre school the woman who
leads it said they had an incident. One of
the girls had been given peanuts with her
lunch at home and had put some in her
dress pocket. She was eating them secretly
during class when they all sit together on
carpet for story time.
Luckily another teacher noticed and took
her off to wash her hands and throw the
rest out.
They spoke to her nan after speaking to
me, so it shouldnt happen again. They have
signs up everywhere saying no peanuts
allowed in the school, but her nan might
not have known she put some in her
pocket.
That could have been bad.
wow some people just dont understand that
there is a reason for no peanuts our
childrens lives are at stake when they
ignor the rules. jeesh.
i will be fighting our school this year
about that. he will be going into
kindergarten.
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sick_mama17
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Joined: 22 Jun 2007 Posts: 960 Location: , England
Posted: 07-07-07 00:41am
candita sky
wrote:
wow some people just dont
understand that there is a reason for no
peanuts our childrens lives are at stake
when they ignor the rules. jeesh.
i will be fighting our school this year
about that. he will be going into
kindergarten.
Do they allow peanuts in the kindergarten?
They say not to give nuts to children
under 5 years old, so it would be good if
all kindergartens/pre schools banned
them.
Allergies are becoming more and more
common in children.
I hope both our boys grow out of them
really soon.
sorry so late to reply been gone...yep
they serve pb to kids in kindergarten and
if they bring it to lunch from home to .
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sick_mama17
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Joined: 22 Jun 2007 Posts: 960 Location: , England
Posted: 07-09-07 01:46am
Thats worrying. I hope you can do
something about it for your son. If they
have a child who's allergic to peanuts,
there must be guidelines for what they are
required to do or something.
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must be difficult
cooking his meals. Is he likely to grow
out of any?
