Hi, I just wondered if anyone can offer any advice.
Bit of background.
My son is 3.6. He had gromments fitted in Feb this year for glue ear. He has a severe wheat allergy and is also allergic to nuts and animal fur. Until he had the grommets he was not a very snotty child and there really wasnt an outward sign of glue, although he very frequently had a sticky eye (always the same one)
When he was a baby he was also allergic to eggs and dairy, though the most recent bloodtests say he is now only borderline for eggs (though he still gets hives and has diaorhea with them), and that he is no longer allergic to dairy.
He has a language delay and also a speech disorder (phological) as well as proable dyspraxia. The also has sensory integration problems and has been refered to an asd panel and adhd has also been discussed (thought he doesn't have a diagnosis of this).
I still feel that dairy may be an issue for him, and with suspected asd and the fact that he's got very loud recently and I was worried in case the grommets were blocked I have removed diary and substituted soy milk.
Prior to doing this he was developing a cold. Since then (maybe 2 weeks). He has been exceptionally snotty, green snot and sticky eye again. I can't work out whether its just a bad lingering cold, although he's not coughing. Or whether it is allergy related.
If the later is it a bad thing, meaning that he may be having a problem with soy or may it be a good thing that all the gunk is coming out of him? I know that sounds a bit weird but for all his allergies he has never been a snotty child.
When he had the grommets in they asked me 3 times had he had a recent cold (Im sure they thought I was lying when I said no) but they said all the tubes in his head were absolutly bunged up really thickly. There was no outward signs of this at all. So Im just wondering if seeing all the gunk may be a good thing, rather than a bad?
If this makes sense to anyone please could you let me know what you think. I guess the question really is, is seeing green snot alsways a sign that more mucus is being produced, or could it be a good thing that it is clearing?
He doesn't go back to the hospital until Feb, and I dont really want to put him back on dairy if the soy is helping but equally dont want to keep him on it if its making him worse.
Help? Thanks