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Can an intolerance go away and then come back?

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thereinmadnesslies · 04/11/2011 20:25

DS2 is 2.7 and is cows milk protein intolerant. When he was diagnosed we also excluded soya. Then the hosp suggested that we tried soya last year, and he was fine, so we moved from Neocate to Alpro jnr soya milk last Dec/Jan, giving him soya milk on his breakfast and either custard or yoghurt once a day, plus allowing him all the 'hidden soya' in bread etc that we'd previously avoided.

All has been fine until about six weeks ago when his nappies become horrible. 4-6 stools per day which were mucousy, liquid and smelt odd. He's also told me that his tummy was sore a few times and hasn't generally been himself. His gag reflex has been really sensitive too. We've had to change his bed and shower him most mornings due to explosive early morning poos.

On Monday I cut soya out of his diet again (well as much as possible, we've been away so less control of diet). He's been better each day, happier and with increasingly more normal nappies. It's the soya, isn't it? Can a food intolerance go away and then come back?

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eragon · 04/11/2011 22:09

you can develop new intolerences certainly. inflamed gut and all that.........

thereinmadnesslies · 05/11/2011 11:02

It's not new though. He definitely reacted to soya at around 12-18 months, then it appeared that he'd grown out of it, and now it's back

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nightcat · 05/11/2011 12:23

yes, well, it's all about the buildup - the more u have of the problematic food, the more reaction you get, so u prob can get away with some of it but not too much

thereinmadnesslies · 05/11/2011 12:34

The buildup thing makes sense - he's been quite controlling about food recently. So there has been days when he had only eaten breakfast cereal and soy milk, bananas and soy custard.

I don't know whether to totally remove soya, or to keep letting him have a small amount (probably just Alpro custard because he adores it)

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trixymalixy · 05/11/2011 12:39

You could limit his soya intake to things that are not easily replaceable with other things like soya yoghurt.

I would use oat milk in his cereal and oat cream and birds eye powder to make custard with.

DS did the same, reacted and then tested negative and was fine for a bit with soya and then it started giving him a sore tummy, so we cut soya out and then when we tried again he was fine.

We do try to keep use of soya to a minimum.

thereinmadnesslies · 05/11/2011 12:43

I've tried the birds eye powder with oat milk and DS hated it. Does the cream work better ?

Thanks for the responses, it's good to know that others have experienced similar

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