Allergies - 6 Year Old

I was just in Atlanta in February - I attended a big nutritional conference and heard phenomenal stories about allergy results from nutritional supplementation. The AMA says everyone must supplement - adults and children. They released a study and recommendation in 2002 saying that our food is deficient and we cannot get what we need from our food alone.

I have many friends who have eliminated their kids' allergies, and I have eliminated my own. What a relief!

I understand your reluctance to use medications so much - and they are only treating the symptoms anyway, not reducing or eliminating the allergic response. If you would consider a nutritional solution, I'd be happy to help you. You could spend some money on nutrition instead of meds, and have a much happier child. You could also reduce her colds, flu, stomach bugs, ear infections, and all the other diseases kids get.

Hi--
My kids have all kinds of allergies, so I can relate. There are a few natural remedies we've found that work fantastic. Acupuncture is great--for kids they typically use a cold laster instead of needles. Also, check out NAET (allergy elimination)--also done by acupuncturists and sometimes chiropractors. Quercetin and nettles is a great natural anti-histamine combination. I've used it in place of benadryl during an extreme allergic reaction--but with this you'll have no side effects. Quercetin is a bioflavonoid found in onions, and nettles is an herb--most health food stores will carry this. Homeopathics can work great as well, but you need to take them more often. Finally, doing some light liver cleansing will help.
Good luck,
J.

Welcome to the south! I never had allergy problems until we moved down either. Of course, this spring the pollen started earlier and heavier than ever. My doctor told me to minimize tracking it in the house- change clothes when coming in from outside (play, yardwork, etc), vacuum frequently, wash sheets once per week or more, shower after being outside (especially before going to bed). I know it has to be hard on her at school with recess and outside activities. Zyrtec has worked well for me in the past. It will probably ease up in May, at least mine seem to. Hope she feels better!

We use supplements in our house. One thing that really helps allergies is extra vitamin C. We use Emergen-C for kids. It's a powder that you mix in water and it has 500mg of vitamin C plus some other vitamins. My daughter loves it, she thinks it's Kool-Aid.

Quercetin and Bromelain are the two allergy supplements we take. Quercetin is from apple skins and it helps block the histimines and reduce inflammation. Bromelain is from pineapples and it helps the body absorb the Quercetin. Taken with vitamin C they work wonders!

Check with your health care professional to see what a children's dose would be.

You can also look into allergy drops, you put them under the tongue and it helps build immunity to allergens.

A tablespoon of local honey each day will also do the trick. The local honey contains small doses of local pollens and will help build immunity. It's an old military trick!

We Zyrtec in the mornings and Benedryl at night. We also have two prescriptions Flovent and Omnarsis (a nasal spray thing) that are used twice a day.

My son is 6 and we finally did the allergy testing to see if there was any time of year we could stop all the medicating. Not allergic to one single pollen...the culprit...dust mites. Highly allergic so he is medicated 2 weeks from before school starts til summer break...so no medication during the summer. Seems according to our allergist classrooms are dust mite paradises and that fixing our house will help (and it has) but school is a major exposure.

Good luck...allergies are so hard on kiddos...

We usually do benadryl because it works quickly and is effective. If we know it is going to be a long season we usually just go with the Zyrtec or Claritain. We however prefer Zyrtec it seems to do the job better for our kids.