The Allergic March - is it inevitable?

[Cydonia]

Hi, I have just come across this concept and was just wondering what other people's experiences have been?
My DS is 17 months and allergic to cow's milk and eggs. He has recently had two chest infections in a month which required steroid and antibiotic treatment as he was very wheezy. The doctors have said it is too early to diagnose asthma, and that it doesn't necessarily mean he will get it, just that he is more prone to infection because of his allergies.

But when I looked it up I came across atopy and the allergic march and now I'm worried! I've been holding onto the hope of him growing out of his allergies in the next year or so and all being well, but now I'm not so sure. He did have eczema as a baby but it seems to have cleared up now.
My DP had asthma as a child, but neither of us have food allergies, eczema or hayfever, I'm not sure if that is relevant.

Basically I was just wondering how common it is for a child with food allergies to go on to develop asthma and other atopic diseases? Or is it more common for them to just grow out of it? Or what are peoples thoughts on this?

Thanks!

my son has followed the allergic march pattern, but even though other members of family are riddled with asthma, he doenst have it.

He is life long allergic to some foods esp peanut and has all enviro allergies there are.

my youngest child has only developed food allergies in her teens, and all environmental allergies.

it varies from person to person, and in our case with a father with hay fever and asthma, and a mother with eczema, and extended family with asthma/eczema/hay fever/nickal allergies, the risk level was pretty high for my kids. However out of four children only 2 have food allergies. So i feel we have done rather well considering!

It certainly seems to have been our experience. DS has multiple allergies, eczema and went on to be hospitalised with an asthma attack at the age of 3.

DD is less allergic, but her eczema is worse than DS's and I'm almost positive she'll end up being asthmatic as well as she gets quite wheezy when she gets a cold and has been prescribed an inhaler once.

Ds 18 and my dh both have food allergies. Dh never had asthma but had eczema and ds never had eczema but a couple of incidents of viral asthma.

I used to have asthma, and have hay fever and one food allergy (E110).

DH has eczema and one food allergy (kiwi).

DS1 had eczema as a baby, now mostly grown out of. Allergic to a long list of foods and has hay fever. No sign of asthma.

DS2 has none of the above!

So no, it is not really inevitable or predictable.

Thanks for all the replies, I guess we just have to wait and see! I was kind of hopeful, as although DS is very allergic to milk ( less so eggs ) he hasn't reacted to anything else food-wise and didn't react to me having dairy when I was breastfeeding him. But it seems allergies can just develop at any point, or disappear at any point, so it's all a bit of a mystery!