Re: more reactions and diagnosis this week with the kids....

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more reactions and diagnosis this week with the kids....

My 10 yr.old daughter is allergic to latex and broke out in hives from fixing an angel she broke with liquid nails. I gave her benadry and hydrocortizone/anti-itching cream and that helped. I called the company too to see if there was any correlation between that,latex,and other things shes reacted to but they didnt know. They were very kind and sympathetic though and did call back twice to see how she was doing during the day. She broke out and itched like crazy to a sheet of vinly put behind as a photo backdrop at church. How is that related to latex? Or do I have to eliminate vinyl now? Two others,my 4 & 8 yr olds were diagnosed with asthma Thurs. I thought it was a cough that just wouldnt go away,well it is now isnt it? I came home with l0 prescriptions for those two,breathing treatments and have 4 more kids to get seen this week for same thing. Dr.said it goes along with allergies.I feel awful because I didnt catch it after having it myself. I have an asthma attack if theres one balloon in the room. I guess thats why she is the dr. and not me! We have an ecoquest air cleaner which does work great for us. After the first week the boys' nosebleeds stopped and much less sneezing going on. For a quick recap:Our family has Celiac disease,we've been gluten free for 4 yrs,I developed many autoimmune diseases and complications from it going undiagnosed for so long,including mcs. We got rid of all chemicals,everything is fragrance free,got rid of carpet,cloth furniture,then finally the house because I couldnt breathe with the neighbors'dryer sheets smell,fires,and such. We've been on a 5 acre kinda secluded house and a lot of things are better but we still react,just quicker to unfamiliar chemicals. We're considering relocating to where the air is much cleaner and a little bit colder to kill off the bad stuff in the air. scorecard.org:put zip in and it tells any contaminents,chemicals in air,land,water. Ours is in the red zone,where we're looking is in the green. I feel like this is getting a bit much. In addition to the celiac,they all have different food allergies,epi pens and it gets a bit much sometimes! Anyone else go through anything like this? Anyone have any suggestions? Thank you all very much. Lynne(central florida)

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sorry for the blank email! I was meaning to tell you I feel for ya....my daughter has CF (cystic fibrosis) and I have heard sometimes Celiac is misdxed like cf. Many people were told they had CD and it happens they have CF. I don't know which is worse except I have been always told cf is worse. My daughter is quite healthy and doesn't "fit the mold" for a cf patient.

all ways love, all ways Jesus! your sis ic, age 46 w/fibro asthma allergies etc,bipolar depression anxiety etc.mom of Nick age 24 wonderful adorable young man & pharm techAng age 22 college student doing great but happens to be blessed with this crazy thing called cfwife of , 48, trying to help fix us.(we aren't broken)and Lucy age 4 the dog

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Most glues have latex in them. If you can, stick to Elmer's-brand glues. Those are the only ones I know of that are latex-free. I can't tell you anything about the vinyl backing except that maybe it was treated with something that contained latex, or was handled at some point by someone who was wearing latex gloves and your daughter's reacting to that. I know it sounds insane that someone could react to such a small amount of latex, but I've been there/done that more times than I'm happy about.

Tracey