What allergies do your children have?

My 2 1/2 year old is allergic to peanuts, tree nuts, eggs and garlic and also has asthma. She just started pre-school and this is my first real exposure to other people feeding her when I'm not around. Scary!

Since being diagnosed, we haven't had any major problems - just rash breakouts occasionally which have been handled with Benedryl.

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Permalink Reply by Finamoon on September 24, 2008 at 10:32am

My 4 year old daughter is allergic to Cephalosporins, Penicillins, Betalactans, Promethazine, and Latex. The first three are all antibiotics and will cause her to have a severe hemolytic reaction (esp. the first one...of which we found out about in a bad way). The Promethazine causes her to have seizures and the Latex she gets a bad rash because of her very sensitive skin.

Permalink Reply by Eva on September 24, 2008 at 8:17pm

I have a son who is possibly celiac and daughter who has sensitivity to gluten, soy, corn, dairy, of course, wheat, rye, barley. I also have a sensitivity to the above items. It has been a real challenge changing my children's eating habits.

Permalink Reply by Eva on September 24, 2008 at 8:19pm

what age did you discover the celiac? I have a 3 year old that I feel is celiac and he does not like his food changes!! On top of gluten allergy he has dairy, soy, corn.

JennK said:

My 12yo twins have celiac disease. My son is also allergic to penicillin, sulfa drugs, and cephalosprins, so we have to be careful about the antibiotics with him. I'm allergic to those three plus fluoroquinolones (Cipro) and Tetracycline.

Celiac is easily controlled by maintaining a gluten-free diet. My kids each respond differently to gluten. DS feels the effects almost immediately, with digestive upset, headaches, and what he calls "brain fog." He's very compliant because he doesn't want to feel that way. DD's side effects are more internal -- anemia and failure to gain weight/grow, with the more obvious headaches and other upsets not coming unless she's consumed a lot of gluten over a period of time. Unfortunately, without the more immediate side effects, she tends to think she can cheat, even though it's causing damage. Not at home, of course, but when she's at friend's houses or at summer camp (where they'd be perfectly willing and able to keep her GF). We're working on it...

Permalink Reply by Dorene on September 26, 2008 at 1:57pm

My 19 month old son is allergic to both milk proteins. He also has asthma and seasonal allergies. We have had a difficult time getting him to gain weight and he has been labeled Failure to Thrive. He is currently about 20 lbs 12 oz. I stopped working in July so I could keep him at home. He was just getting too sick at daycare. Constant colds which aggravated his asthma and developed into pneumonia. Plus now I can monitor his food intake more and make sure he is not eating something eat shouldn't. His blood was tested for celiac but came back with no indicators but I know that is not a definitive test....

My 4 year old daughter is allergic to Amoxicillin but I rarely think of that as an allergy. Which is wrong, I know.

Permalink Reply by minnemom on September 28, 2008 at 7:49pm

My son is allergic to peanuts and Brazil nuts.

I have children who have outgrown allergies to milk, soy, and eggs. :-)

Linda

Permalink Reply by JediMom on October 1, 2008 at 9:13pm

My 5-year-old son has peanut and tree nut allergies. He recently outgrew a milk allergy, which has made life much easier. My son also has asthma.

He has never had an anaphylactic reaction. He had a quick and severe reaction to peanuts (hives and his eyes swelled shut) when he was about 18 months. Blood tests continue to show a very high reaction to peanuts, cashews and almonds. So our strategy is for an allergy action plan that assumes he could have an anaphylactic reaction.

Permalink Reply by MrsGlutenFree on October 10, 2008 at 7:28am

My 4 year old son has Celiac disease

Permalink Reply by Morningside Mom on October 11, 2008 at 1:51pm

My 5 yo son has a peanut allergy. So far, he has only reacted once when he injested some whipped cream on PB pie a couple years ago - but that was enough for me. We see an allergist, have an epipen and bendryl at all times and hold our breaths everyday. We are also avid fans of sunbutter (sunflower seed butter safe for peanut allergies) - tastes just like PB, same protien, GREAT stuff. And cheap - $2.99 in my target. Anyway, thanks for putting together this group!

Permalink Reply by Selena on October 17, 2008 at 11:11pm

thank you for that...i needed hope!
"minnemom said:"I have children who have outgrown allergies to milk, soy, and eggs. :-)"

Linda"

Permalink Reply by Jenn on October 19, 2008 at 10:32am

My 4yo daughter is allergic to Milk, Eggs, Cashews and Sunflower seeds. She's on the low end of the scale, just vomiting if she drinks the wrong milk, but we don't know what her reaction to the others is as she has never had any reaction that we know of. Just the skin and the blood testing.

Great to find a group here!!

Permalink Reply by Deanna on October 26, 2008 at 12:38pm

My daughter has a severe peanut and tree nut allergy. She also suffers from other allergies and is asthmatic. We have her asthma well regulated (just turned 7)...but was hospitalized right before her 4th birthday for her asthma and was in the ICU for 5 days. Her doctor is now recommending allergy shots. Does anyone have any experience with these? I'm on the fence about it.

Permalink Reply by Joanne Basile on November 20, 2008 at 11:36am

I have two highly allergic children. My six year old is allergic to treenuts and peanuts as well. My three year old has those allergies, plus corn, coconut and raspberry too.

So scary, but we've learned to always travel with meds to never eat anywhere we're not sure of, and to travel with LOTS of our own food. ;-) Glad to find a board for us allergy parents to give support!