Do Your Children Have Food Allergies?

My youngest son is allergic to most tree nuts, and shellfish. Never had a problem in his life, and when he was about 10, we were at the mall eating those candied nuts that you can buy there. Anyway, he started having swelling of his mouth and itchy mouth. Got him tested, and he is allergic to most. About 6 months later, he was eating shrimp, which he always ate before, and same thing happened. Both my boys avoid cantaloupe, honeydew, because it itches their mouths and tongue. And all of this happened when they were older. And just this Christmas, my husband had a reaction when he ate pecans, and has never had that happen before. Weird.

Not an allergy but my son has celiac disease, he cannot eat anything with gluten/wheat in it. So he has to abstain from certain foods just like as if he had an allergy to the foods.

He had atypical symptoms: joint and muscle aches, extreme fatigue, headaches and tiny sores on his tongue. Celiac Disease is an autoimmune disorder.

If he consumes foods containing gluten it will eventually destroy his intestines, cause malabsorption problems, vitamin and mineral deficiencies and even colon cancer.

My youngest is milk, tree nuts, peanuts, and shellfish.

milk - never drank - if it spills on her she welts so never tried drinking it

tree nuts - tried pecans - ears felt itchy, throat felt funny, voice sounded weird (her words), eye swelled up

peanuts - avoid because of tree nut reaction and possible cross contamination issues

shellfish - was told that there was no real test for the 'iodine' so avoid.

I discovered the milk after dripping milk on her around 2 months. We sought further testing and it was then that we found out about the 'potential' nut allergy. Tried her with pecans at 4 and discovered she was indeed allergic.

Well my daughter is allergic to Kiwi Fruit.
Reactions can vary, from subtle to very severe and total swelling and mouth pain, etc.
Our Doc, had never had a patient like this, until my daughter.
I researched it online too.
My daughter had eaten Kiwi before, loved it as a Toddler. Then one day, she just reacted badly to it.
We do not give it to her anymore. She is 10 now.

Other than that, no other food allergies in my family.

Both of my kiddos have a milk protein allergy; it is so bad that I could not eat any dairy while I was pregnant or I would throw it up. They both had to be on Alimentum for formula because the little bit of breastmilk I was able to give them made them scream from tummy pain.

Now, my daughter is 3 and is fine with dairy, but it makes her skin break out on her butt in really bad ezema and hives. It literally burns her skin. She drinks goat milk and has no issues.

My son is 22 months and he is allergic to milk protein still. He is also allergic to soy. When he came from the hospital we gave him soy formula but he still screamed, so we had to get the Alimentum. Now, he is on Neocate Jr for a milk product. He did not have any ezcema issues, but his stomach hurts and he screams if he eats more than a bite of any dairy, ie. cheese on pizza.

I am allergic to raw onions and they make me double over in pain. I was told this is a direct reaction to my sulfa allergy. I am also allergic to exhaust, especially diesel, as well as mold, spring, fall, and Opium perfume. My sinuses clog up and I can't breathe very well.

Mostly I think allergies come with stomach pain or skin issues unless its the really bad anaphylactic shock.

Like Liv, my daughter also has Celiac disease. She describes it's pathology, so I'll just describe our experience before she was diagnosed.

Symptoms began immediately in her when I switched her from rice cereal to wheat and barley cereals. These included dermatitis herpatiformis, which is like an awful rash, but hers was literally eating her skin. She also had bulky, fatty stools throughout the day, and was in constant pain...she'd scream for hours and hours with no break. She would thrash around on the floor and just cry and scream, and nothing we would do would console her.

At the age of 7 months, she quit growing. Literally, between the ages of 7 and 11 months, she grew not one single centimeter and actually lost weight...serious for an infant. She also quit developing in other areas...she was so strong when she was born, and was developing gross motor skills at a quick rate...and then she just stopped. She wouldn't do anything.

I had to press and press for the tests to be done, because she was so young and it's rare in infants. Her tests came back strongly positive, and I elected not to go through with the intestinal biopsy because she had been through enough (including a myriad of other, worthless tests.)

Upon removing gluten from her diet...well, within a week...it was like a miracle change in my child. I cannot even describe how different she was without the autoimmune reaction ravaging her poor intestines.

She's also severely lactose intolerant...again, not an allergy, but a sensitivity.

My son is allergic to peanuts, diagnosed after a near-anaphylactic reaction at 14 months old. He has since developed severe allergies to several other nuts.

He was allergy tested at 18 months by a pediatric allergist, and was found to be slightly allergic to some other foods, and to some environmental factors, as well as confirmed seriously allergic to peanuts. Subsequent testing at 3 showed the development of several other severe nut allergies.

If you are concerned about it, first of all talk to your pediatrician and ask for a referral for allergy testing. Also, if you have reason to suspect allergies, carry a small bottle of liquid benadryl for children in your purse, and read up on the signs of anaphylactic shock and food allergy reactions.

One of my sons is allergic to (some) tree nuts, peanuts, and shellfish. He was allergic to eggs but has outgrown it. It is unlikely he will outgrow the others.

Initially, we figured he had some kind of dairy/egg issue because he would get red splotches on his face from contact (like after eating his first birthday cake). But after washing his face and applying aquaphor, it would go away (within 20 min).

One day, after doing several bite tests over time without issue, he had half a peanut butter sandwich for lunch at a park. After the park, he took a nap, and woke up coughing and wheezing. We weren't sure if it was from the park (as it was windy and they were cutting grass and pollen allergies run in the family), if it was illness related because he had shown signs of getting a cold, or if it was the peanut butter. It was roughly 3 hours after he had eaten it that he showed signs, which is an unusual reaction.

The doctor (not our normal pediatrician) actually thought it was more likely it was viral but we got him blood allergy tested anyway. When we got the results, that's how we knew for sure.

But we don't know what kind of reaction he will have the next time he eats peanut butter (or his other allergens) We avoid nuts completely and carry an epi pen just in case. We will likely do a challenge test eventually, but he's only 4 and we don't feel he can accurately determine or express any effects he is feeling during a challenge test.

Yep, well actually my first just has all kinds of weird sensitivities to medications. Antihistamines make him nuts, he literally climbs he walls and some antibiotics give him horrible abdominal cramps and uncontrollable diarrhea. It is just trial and error, but if anything happens, I note it and we don't do that thing again. My middle guy doesn't do lactose. Found that out at 13 months when he tried milk and walked around projectile vomiting. The baby hasn't been able to do any dairy, it is a puke fest with even a small taste, though it doesn't seem to cause him pain. So that's my deal, all discovered by observation.

My daughter is allergic to corn. I never knew it was the corn. It hurt her stomach. Corn is found in nearly every food, so she was hard to feed once I found this out. She was diagnosed by an internist who was trying to help her with reoccurring nasal polyps. The results didn't help the polyps, but it sure helped her tummy.

I am allergic a number of things. Shell fish makes my throat swell. Nearly all of the tropical fruits make my mouth, lips, and hands red and burn. Aspirin makes me stop breathing. I have never taken an allergy test, but know my body well enough to know what to stay away from. As for the aspirin, anyone with asthma is advised to stay away from aspirin. I took the pain pills out of the medical cabinet at work and started blacking out. The doctor asked if I read the package and uh, no, I didn't.

DD is allergic to apples. They give her a rash on her face and butt and tummy trouble. We realized it about 10-12 mo. old. She had the rash for a while before we realized why.

ETA: My sister is allergic to chocolate. As a kid, it made her cranky. As an adult, she breaks out in hives. She used to be allergic to corn (which is even worse than apples in being in everything). She mostly outgrew that one and as long as she avoids a lot of HFCS products, she is OK. Mostly a tired/cranky/sick feeling reaction.

My son will be 6 in May. He was diagnosed with allergies at 9 months. I fed him half a Yo Baby yogurt (so approx 2 oz) and he was covered in hives from head to toe, so swollen we could barely recognize him, and vomiting. He hasn't intentionally been fed a drop of dairy since. Allergy testing - both blood and skin tests - have also shown him to be allergic to eggs and most nuts.

Shortly before his 5th birthday, he finally tested negative to all tree nuts, though still positive to peanuts. He has never eaten a nut of any kind, so we don't know how, or if, he would react.

Around his 4th birthday, his egg test showed improvement, but upon feeding him eggs, he still reacted. Testing the following year showed further improvement. He can now eat baked goods (brownies, cake, cookies) with 1-2 eggs (but not 3) and he still cannot eat things like scrambled eggs, quiche, or anything else where the egg is not fully cooked into something. The process of baking denatures the protein that he is allergic to, so he can now tolerate it. When he does have a reaction to egg, it usually results in a small rash around his mouth and an itchy throat.

As for the dairy, even now he reacts with hives, vomiting and sometimes wheezing to even the slightest accidental exposure. One of his allergists said that on a scale of 1 - 100, a 15 is considered a severe dairy allergy. My son consistently tests at 100.

Prior to the formal diagnosis at 9 months, we had no idea he had any allergies. However, he did have bad eczema throughout his entire infancy and was nursed exclusively. I consumed dairy, eggs and nuts throughout my pregnancy and while nursing. It's highly likely that the eczema was a result of allergens being passed through my milk, but his old pediatrician never suggested it so we never knew.

My son- chocolate = mean child ( not allergy, but sensitivity), Mold, Trees, Cantaloupe, Penicillin, We removed Gluten from his diet, if he eats it now, his tummy hurts ( we did it because of his behaviors, and will not go back).

I am going to have him tested for further allergens. He had ezcema as a baby while I nursed, but I ate Cantaloupe while nursing. I feel that ezcema is a result of something they are intaking, but the trick is to find out what that is.

Some of this we figured out on our own, some we had testing done.

My son was allergic to milk protein for about a year, onset 10 months when I tried to give him yogurt. He outgrew it!

But he has a peanut allergy. Can't remember when I figured that out, it was early in his toddlerhood since his older sister loves peanut butter. The first time he had it, he blew and got bad hives. His eyes and ears got all swollen, and he had hives everywhere on his face, torso, etc. It was bad. I carry an epipen with me now.

And my daughter has a mold allergy. We discovered this last summer when she kept getting small hives after contact with mold things (she fell on a log, the dog next door would lick her after chewing on a stick, etc.)

Nope. My kids have no allergies. They both started on solids at 6 weeks (the dreaded cereal in the bottle....yup, we did it).

My daughter is allergic to mangos. We found out at 6 months old when we gave her tropical baby food. She had all of the other ingredients except mangos. When I fed it to her she would break out in a rash. So to be sure we bought a mango baby food and gave it to her and sure enough she would break out. One day my FIL bought her some fruit snacks and it did not say tropical on the box. He gave it to her when she was at his house. She broke out. My husband yelled at his father cause he knew she was allergic to mangos. We read the ingredients and sure enough there were mangos. He felt so bad that he gave it to her. She is now 5 and we do not give it to her and she knows she can't have it. I registered her for kindergarten yesterday and the school nurse asked me if she had out grown it. I am not really sure and I am afraid to find out. What if I give it to her and her allergy is worse? So we just leave it as she is still allergic to mangos. I don't want to confuse her.