just out of interest what allergies are we all living with?

[bridewolf]

just wondered,

have one child with allergies, all ige, and we have lots of asthma/hayfever/eczema on both sides of family.

sons food allergies,

peanut
brazil nut
raw egg
kiwi fruit
yeast extract
tree pollen
some types of beans (some outgrown now)
cat
dog
dustmite.

PixieOnaLeaf have made appointment for friday so fingers crossed my dr will be willing to send him for testing

me - none
dh- none
dd1- eggs (previously also lentils, pineapple, strawberries)
dd2 - cows milk, egg (and possibly more)

We're the family that flies in the face of the heritary trend!!! I knew nothing but nothing of allergies until dd1 blew up like a balloon after eating eggs [rueful smile].

me
mild hayfever
intolerant of wheat (possible undiagnosed coeliac as I have now avoided wheat since before dd now 15 was born due to severe health issues)

dh
hayfever
mild apples, nectarines (related to birch pollen)

dd
nothing

ds
eggs (epipen)
cows milk protein (even contact reactions when younger)
possibly nuts (avoid)
dustmites
animals
asthma
eczema now much improved

family history
dh 's mother has asthma

my father had severe reactions to pineapple (swelled up all over and spent a couple of days in bed with even accidental ingestion) but this was treated in Australia and he no longer reacts!
also dustmites

Mr BBF - none but has psoriasis (auto-immune)

Me - callomine lotion, raw fish, plasters

SDD1 - none

SDD2 - nuts (all), soya (was), egg (was) cats or anything fluffy, HDM, asthmatic, hayfever, eczema, timothy grass (nuts now being desensitized)

DD3 - raw egg

DH No allergies

Me No known allergies, though a milk-free diet when breastfeeding made me feel so much better, and my very dry skin improved a lot.

DD, 3 years old
Cows'milk protein (anaphylactic)
Eggs (anaphylactic)
Peanuts (anaphylactic)
Tree nuts
Ground nuts
Lentils
Beans (and bean gums etc...)
Peas
Lupin Flour
Raw tomato
Raw Courgette
Cucumber
Hayfever for the first 2 summers, but last year did not appear.

Slight allergy to Soya, but not so bad that we cut this out completely too.
I am a wuss and have yet to try her with kiwis, shellfish, apricots and a whole host of other things!

DS aged a week and a half
To be tested at the end of April...Though so far so good, only a few problems with wind and farts!

I need to add custerd creams to my list as well, thank god I'm not allergic to chocolate

prefer not to reply to this properly as it makes us too easily identifiable.

martini the problem with testing is that is will mainly only cover allergies, not intolerances. However the only good method for intolerances is trial and error, not VEGA testing.

I someimes say I will set up us an "allergy consultant" with an empty box for my "tests". Then I'll judge by symptoms what to tell them to try excluding. Orange flavouring and the "dirty dozen (google it) in general are known to be a problem for ADHD so excluding those might produce some benefit and doesn't generally do any harm. If they don't eat much oily fish your child might also benefit from more omega 3 fatty acids.

You might want to look on the special needs section for University of Sunderland urine tests. Don't know that they have ever been independently tested either but but they have some rational behind them.

DH - none

Me - hayfever, alcohol!!!! I actually come out in hives when I have alcohol!! so sad, I'm always the designated driver now

DD - none

DS1 - prawns
beans
peas
lentils
grass pollen
tree pollen
dust mites
asthma
eczema
oral allergy syndrome
dairy (outgrown)
eggs (outgrown
Wheat (outgrown)
also has chronic rhinitis

DS2 - eczema