Severe nut allergy, anything I can do?

[Guest guest]

We found out our son is very allergic to nuts today. We knew he had a mild

allergy to hazel nuts and I planned on doing a full allergy test in the States

in two weeks but whilst in the car this morning our son snatched a handful of

his sisters ice cream which had traces of nuts. A bit got in his mouth but

mostly on his hands. He then went red as a berry and really swollen in a matter

of minutes. It was so bad we drove to the hospital as we were only 5 minutes

away.

They gave him something called Betapred (steriods) and Tavegyl (antihistamines).

They gave us a prescription for them to have in my handbag at all times and said

he needs to have proper allergy testing. Previously I had been told it wasn't

necessary and that they wouldn't do it.

Anyway our son was hysterical when it happened and afterwards he appeared to

walk like he was drunk. He's sleeping a bit now which is great but I'm worried

about him getting so much steriods. They gave him 12 tablets. Is there anything

I can do for him to make him more comfortable? It must be hard on his system and

I have no idea if there is something I can do.

Thanks,

[Guest guest]

hi lisa

my sons allergies to tree nuts in general and peanuts was not that bad but he

did have massive one eye shut puffing and swollen facw and distorted look like

the elelphant man that severely worried me his sensitivity was 6mm 2.5 yrs ago

this halved by 1.4 yrs ago I put it down to bio med and liver life as his

allergies reduced, we did avoid all things with nuts and are on a gluten casein

soya corn free almst scd diet if this helps you may needs them to do the igg

test and not just ige

best wishes

Isobel ps i would hoover and celan any areas where any nuts may be found and

make sure everyone in contact with nuts washes their hands I am sure you already

know this but these are fundamentals, as we have a whole family on the paternal

side allergic and my step daughter has analafactic fits to peanuts awa well and

carries an epipen this seemed un necessary for my son as he was only only 6mm

his allergy was 975 and went down to 500.

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> We found out our son is very allergic to nuts today. We knew he had a mild

allergy to hazel nuts and I planned on doing a full allergy test in the States

in two weeks but whilst in the car this morning our son snatched a handful of

his sisters ice cream which had traces of nuts. A bit got in his mouth but

mostly on his hands. He then went red as a berry and really swollen in a matter

of minutes. It was so bad we drove to the hospital as we were only 5 minutes

away.

> They gave him something called Betapred (steriods) and Tavegyl

(antihistamines). They gave us a prescription for them to have in my handbag at

all times and said he needs to have proper allergy testing. Previously I had

been told it wasn't necessary and that they wouldn't do it.

> Anyway our son was hysterical when it happened and afterwards he appeared to

walk like he was drunk. He's sleeping a bit now which is great but I'm worried

about him getting so much steriods. They gave him 12 tablets. Is there anything

I can do for him to make him more comfortable? It must be hard on his system and

I have no idea if there is something I can do.

> Thanks,

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Isobel,I'll have to get a rush on that allergy testing but I would have hoped like you say that his allergies were reducing due to bio med. Karl is also taking Liverlife and has for a long time now. I did note that he had a very slight yellow tinge to his skin yesterday and I increased LL and antioxidants. It is just so disheartening.Thanks for your reply. xSubject: Re: Severe nut allergy, anything I can do?To: Autism-Biomedical-Europe Date: Sunday, April 24, 2011, 12:38 AM

hi lisa

my sons allergies to tree nuts in general and peanuts was not that bad but he did have massive one eye shut puffing and swollen facw and distorted look like the elelphant man that severely worried me his sensitivity was 6mm 2.5 yrs ago this halved by 1.4 yrs ago I put it down to bio med and liver life as his allergies reduced, we did avoid all things with nuts and are on a gluten casein soya corn free almst scd diet if this helps you may needs them to do the igg test and not just ige

best wishes

Isobel ps i would hoover and celan any areas where any nuts may be found and make sure everyone in contact with nuts washes their hands I am sure you already know this but these are fundamentals, as we have a whole family on the paternal side allergic and my step daughter has analafactic fits to peanuts awa well and carries an epipen this seemed un necessary for my son as he was only only 6mm his allergy was 975 and went down to 500.

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> We found out our son is very allergic to nuts today. We knew he had a mild allergy to hazel nuts and I planned on doing a full allergy test in the States in two weeks but whilst in the car this morning our son snatched a handful of his sisters ice cream which had traces of nuts. A bit got in his mouth but mostly on his hands. He then went red as a berry and really swollen in a matter of minutes. It was so bad we drove to the hospital as we were only 5 minutes away.

> They gave him something called Betapred (steriods) and Tavegyl (antihistamines). They gave us a prescription for them to have in my handbag at all times and said he needs to have proper allergy testing. Previously I had been told it wasn't necessary and that they wouldn't do it.

> Anyway our son was hysterical when it happened and afterwards he appeared to walk like he was drunk. He's sleeping a bit now which is great but I'm worried about him getting so much steriods. They gave him 12 tablets. Is there anything I can do for him to make him more comfortable? It must be hard on his system and I have no idea if there is something I can do.

> Thanks,

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

Sorry to hear about the allergic reaction.

We found the anaphylaxis campaign very useful for info on severe allergies.

http://www.anaphylaxis.org.uk/

(We are still looking to solve severe allergies ourselves - but we have seen

improvements in allergies generally over time. It's probably just me noticing

mentions of anaphylaxis - but it seems there are quite a few recovered

anaphlyactic children).

Best wishes,

Sandy

[Guest guest]

Our experience with food allergies and intolerances has been that often there is a causative substance, which whilst not being evidenced with a strong allergic reaction, seems to create a catalytic reaction when other substances are involved..

My husband is a severe hayfever sufferer, however when it was identified that he was intolerant to milk... by stopping milk, his hay fever stopped too.. his allergic load reduced sufficiently to stop any reactions.

In a way it is not surprising then that with compromised digestive systems, so many of our children have poor reactions to foods and substances.. and just as soon as their overall health improves, and trigger foods are temporarily excluded, the body is able to heal sufficiently to be able to tolerate more substances once more.- and less allergic responses happen.

Best WishesTracey

 

Dear ,

Sorry to hear about the allergic reaction.

We found the anaphylaxis campaign very useful for info on severe allergies.

http://www.anaphylaxis.org.uk/

(We are still looking to solve severe allergies ourselves - but we have seen improvements in allergies generally over time. It's probably just me noticing mentions of anaphylaxis - but it seems there are quite a few recovered anaphlyactic children).

Best wishes,

Sandy

[Guest guest]

Thank you kindly Sandy for the link, I'm going to read over the site when the

kids are back at school on Tuesday. It was encouraging though to hear that

children have recovered from their allergies.

Tracey thanks for the reply, I need to get comprehensive allergy testing done

fairly quickly though I am dreading the results. The only other actual allergies

I know of are milk and soy. The milk allergy is severe but he's been milk free

for years now.

x

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> Dear ,

>

> Sorry to hear about the allergic reaction.

> We found the anaphylaxis campaign very useful for info on severe allergies.

> http://www.anaphylaxis.org.uk/

> (We are still looking to solve severe allergies ourselves - but we have seen

improvements in allergies generally over time. It's probably just me noticing

mentions of anaphylaxis - but it seems there are quite a few recovered

anaphlyactic children).

> Best wishes,

> Sandy

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