Children & Food Allergies

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Children & Food Allergies; CBC report complete reversal of guidelines.
Topic Started: Dec 4 2013, 01:46 PM (448 Views)
Olive Oil	Dec 4 2013, 01:46 PM Post #1
Gold Star Member Posts: 4,747 Group: Member Member #785 Joined: June 10, 2010	According to the CBC news, doctors are now telling parents not to hold back on foods that cause allergies such as tree nuts peanuts and shell fish. This is a reversal to what doctors have been advising parents. There are now l in l0 kids with a peanut allergy because children do not produce antibodies early in life to these foods. I've always wondered how this condition got so widespread. We hardly ever heard of these allergies years ago. Pregnant women are also being urged to keep these foods in their diet.

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Darcie	Jan 22 2014, 05:35 AM Post #16
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Being one with allergy induced asthma I can see where maybe my very clean upbringing, and in the country on a ranch or a small farm may have contributed to this. My mother used to become infuriated in I had any dirt of any sort on me. I learned how to clean way before I learned how to read. Luckily I had normal paternal family who were healthy and lived exceedingly long lives.



erka	Jan 22 2014, 11:44 AM Post #17
Gold Star Member Posts: 5,330 Group: Member Member #233 Joined: February 8, 2006	Olive Oil wrote: Quote: I understand that peanut allergy in kids has skyrocketed since doctors told mothers to avoid peanuts and other foods. I have been wondering about the prevalence of peanut allergy. It was unknown during my and my children's generation. Now many of my cousins' grandchildren have this allergy. I will ask my daughter if she avoided peanuts when she was pregnant with her daughter (who has a peanut (but not tree nuts) allergy).[/quote] Edited by erka, Jan 23 2014, 06:47 AM.



Deleted User	Jan 22 2014, 11:58 PM Post #18
Deleted User	Then can researchers determine why the fetus of the baby was allergic. I ate normally but from certain foods, I would instantly vomit or get cramps & other things. Presumably the fetus reacted through my system. Then the child was born, he was blue, red blotches and a rash from his head to his shoulders. I ate eggs during pregnancy but the baby, when eggs were introduced, went into shock. Just touching an egg he would get labored breathing & start to suffocate gasping for breath. If as doctors say to expose the child to allergens ... take dust/pollens and a double nose bleed which was not readily stopped because the nostrils got inflamed inside. No way would I expose my child to that. To test him the doctor would lay the child on his stomach, then he cut welts across his back ... dozens of them .. then they would with an eye dropper drop allergens on to each cut. If the cuts became swollen then it was that specific allergen that caused the reaction. Well this little lad had his whole back swollen and was so miserable and crying that I cried with him. Along with his allergies [no asthma] he somehow got flesh eating disease in his right arm at age 21. It emerged after a ski accident. He spent 6 wks. having been moved between 3 hospitals - the head bacteriologist from the University became his specialist physician. Because of his allergies, they could not treat him with the medications needed because he was allergic to medication. At the university they were trying to develop something that his system would tolerate to treat the disease. At that time most antibiotics were egg based. When he was told they would have to amputate his arm right to his shoulder he went ballistic. I asked that an allergist be present and that whatever meds he needed allergic or not to give it to him to save his arm and I signed a waiver assuming responsibility for that decision. As luck would have it, his body did not react against it and his arm was saved. He has a scar on his elbow from draining the fluids as a souvenir. By age 29 he was dying of 2 failing kidneys which got infected from an untreated bladder infection. He was put on dialysis and one kidney was saved. Inspite of all this, he finished university, became a licensed pilot, Martial arts champion, and now works at a well paid job. I am very proud of his strength, courage & achievements. Also, am glad I stayed home to give him the love & support he needed.
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Olive Oil	Jan 23 2014, 03:53 AM Post #19
Gold Star Member Posts: 4,747 Group: Member Member #785 Joined: June 10, 2010	What a terrible ordeal for such a young man to go through. I'm happy to hear that he not only survived but thrived! Truly an inspirational life.



Darcie	Jan 23 2014, 04:01 AM Post #20
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	Toodles, your son is an example of this saying: Fire burns paper but makes steel strong. I am always amazed at how much the body can take and still come out on top.



erka	Jan 23 2014, 06:48 AM Post #21
Gold Star Member Posts: 5,330 Group: Member Member #233 Joined: February 8, 2006	Toodles: You and your son had such an ordeal and clearly you both came out winners. You and your son have my admiration.



Darcie	Jan 23 2014, 06:56 AM Post #22
Skeptic Posts: 31,154 Group: Member Member #714 Joined: March 30, 2010	There are so many children like him, my friend's granddaughter was diabetic at birth and was giving herself insulin injections at 4 years old. Today she is a university professor. Then my granddaughter who was on a heart and breathing monitor for the first 18 months of her life, who weathered extensive allergies and is now in the year where she will attain her PHD. I had hired a young man to install the computer systems in the agency where I was a director, he was born with no legs. He is still working at this now and is in his 50s. There are many quiet heroes out there, glad to hear of your son who is one Toodles.



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