Help many allergies

[Jambuttie]

Hiya

Just hoping someone can please give me a bit of advise

We have found out recently that DT1 has allergies to the following

Milk
Cows cheese and yoghurt
All fizzy drinks inc water
All fruit Juices
All dilute juices

Air freshnbers
Detergents
Soap
Creams

How hard is it do get things milk free arghhhh

Obviously I am still finding my feet with it all and have found soya yoghurt( althou he dont really like it) a good alternative for him as well as aprosoy puddings.

Rice milk- I think?

Dairy free cheese- wow how expensive lol

Got soap and shampoo with no yukkies in it too

Now my question is- He can have water- plain although I have heard someone talking about essence to add to water?????? would that be the ones you get at the baking secton asked in holland and barret and they said they aint ever heard of it

Hope someone can help and I would greatly appreciate any tips on milk free products

Jambuttie - maybe post this in the allergies section also.

a few questions:

is your lo allergic to dairy in all its forms (does everything need to be totally dairy free) - or just in the forms you mention above?

-what part of creams/detergents etc ie which particular chemicals?

-also (for my own nosy interest) how where these allergies diagnosed ?- v. unusual to be allergic to all fruit juices - is that linked to a pollen allergy?

Ds2 is allergic to dairy eggs and many fruits. However we find he's OK with pear juice - James White do an organic unfiltered one. He drinks rice milk. There are loads of soya products on the market - look at the Freefrom sections in the supermarkets. Have never heard of essence you add to water?

Thanks for the replies ladies

We took him to a chiropractor as that was the cheaper option couldn't afford to pay the fees the doctor asked for.

We are going back in 2 weeks with supplies i.e soap powder certain foods etc to see how he reacts to them.

It was purely muscle testing no needles etc- know dt1 would deffo not tolerate that. He is currently awaiting an appt with our local autism specialist

Did the chiropractor really do proper allergy testing? What did the "muscle testing" entail? Please excuse my ignorance, but it sounds a bit of a strange way to test for an allergic reaction which needs to involve the immune system.

Other than some soya milk (some is really yucky), the best cows milk alternatives I've tried are the fresh rice milk made by So Good (Tesco sell it) and Oatly, which is oat milk and comes in fortified versions - it's lovely on cereal. I've heard that almond milk is good, too, but it's expensive and I've only ever seen it in Waitrose. You really need to watch out for hidden milk, too. So many foods have added skimmed milk powder or whey protein or other sneaky additions.

steve carper's lactose intolerance clearinghouse has been a good source of info for me (I'm somewhat lactose intolerant, as is DS1) and goes into the full realm of food allergies, veganism etc rather than simply talking about lactose intolerance. There's a linked blog which I love, too.

my daughter had these muscle tests prior to proper tests with blood, skin pricking and also biopsies from her bowel. The only thing that the muscle testing was correct about was to lemons. My daughter has actual allergies to;
milk (all dairy)
soya
egg
tomatoes
citrus fruits
wheat
shellfish
All were missed on the muscle tests and some were highlighted which my daughter is absolutely fine with.
i would not go to too much effort or expense to stick to a rigid diet based on these tests. Instead keep a good detailed diary and cut out one food per week completely and note any changes. if do not note much change try each one for two weeks.
trust what you see instead and try to push for nhs tests via allergy specialist which are free.
good luck!

Agree w. sox364 - I honestly think these tests are very flawed.

Hello

I sympathise as my son has similar allergies.

He is allergic to salicylates (a kind of aspirin type chemical found in loads of things from fruit and veg to manmade chemicals in perfumes cleaning products etc.) Sounds as if your child has the same thing! See websites on 'failsafe' foods e.g.,
www.fedupwithfoodadditives.info/

and www.foodcanmakeyouill.co.uk/sali/sali.htm

The good news is he seems to be getting more tolerant to these as he gets older. The bad news is he does not seem to be growing out of his allergy to milk, eggs, soya etc. He still drinks neocate advance formula milk, but as he's now 3+ not sure for how much longer?

I cope by just giving him the same limited range of foods every day! He not bothered as you don't miss what you've never had!