I have an 18 mo. Old who had an
anaphalactic reaction (face swelling-eyes
swelled shut) about 8 months ago. She had
only had some saltine crackers and a small
bite of a cinnamon stick (from chuck e.
Cheeses). She was treated in the hospital
and released. The allergist tested her for
all sorts of things and came back
with-wheat,corn,soy,peanuts,tree nuts,
sesame, egg, and milk. However, she eats
whole kernel corn, french fries, apple
sauce with cinnamon and drinks milk daily.
The wheat I buy (her face used to be rashy
and oozie) but with no wheat, looks great.
The others, not so sure of. It has
drastically changed my families life to
the point where my other kids are scared
to eat anything as well (no allergenic
foods in the house). I have read all of
the info. I can get my hands on and the
allergist is absolutely no help (says the
tests are not accurate-only food trials
are 100%). But, he won't do a food
challenge. My poor wife spends all day
cooking and preparing foods for her
because most commercial products contain
gluten or egg or sesame or are unlabeled
for sesame, etc.
I want to challenge some foods because she
recently snuck a bite of birthday cake
(regular chocolate cake) and had no
reaction. My wife freiked that I didn't
rush her to the hospital, even though i'm
armed with benedryl and 2 epi-pens. But
she was fine. Any ideas on what to do or
try?
UPDATE: As of last night we have tried 2
experiments- raw egg on her back and
soybean on her thigh. Egg caused hives
within 5 mins. and soy had no reaction. I
want to do an oral challenge but my wife
is absolutely against it. The actual
percentage of deaths from food allergies
is like .00007% (only 150 to 200 people
per year) out of 300 million or so. The
likelyhood of anything truly life
threatening happening is so low that I am
willing to try it. Ideas?
Experimenting in home condition to
identify if your daughter is really
allergic to some foods, or not, could be
dangerous. Especially if the allergy tests
indicated hypersensitivity to those types
of food. Allergic reactions provoked by
some types of food are usually not so
dramatic but you can never know. You Scan
request such experiments in a hospital
setting. You may consult another allergist
for more tests.
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