Growing Allergies

[Guest guest]

Ok so I was wondering if any of you have had a problem similar to mine

and what I should do about it (aside from demanding a new doctor).

January of '02 I started getting all your classic CD symptoms and about

9 months later I finally went to my doctor who ran every test

imaginable for ovarian cancer (these came out clean). Then he retired

and I was assigned a new doctor by my HMO.

Start of '05, Suspecting a food lactose intolerence, I cut dairy and

saw instant improvement (deflated so to speak and my acid reflux

stopped). Then I started to notice that I was still feeling severely

sick on a regular but spuratic basis (lethargy, and classic CD

symptoms).

June of '05 My new doctor suggested a GF diet (won't run tests, not

covered by my HMO). Saw same instant improvement as with dairy only

magnifed.

February of '06 Ate a number of GF foods that hadn't bothered me before

(including peanut butter) and got severely ill (intense stomach pain

and lethargy). Assumed it was pizza dust from a very gluten filled and

messy work situation that week.

March of '06 Still getting sick for unknown reasons. Doctor refuses to

give allergy test (doesn't believe in them) and tells me to figure it

out for myself, desipte the fit I throw. I struggle not to have an

anorexic relapse. Finally pinpoint eggs as culprit. Cut them out and

again feel better.

April of '06 A couple of days ago I eat some GF vegan peanut butter ice

cream and have the same reaction as I did in Feburary (I hadn't eaten

peanuts since then) which makes me think it was the peanut butter not

the pizza dust that made me sick.

So, why do I seem to be developing new allergies all the time? (I

heard it may have something to do with my liver??) Or am I just

loosing it? Any suggestions??

[Guest guest]

Nope your not losing it. Since being diagnosed with CD almost 2 years ago,

I've developed tons of food allergies. Prior to this I was never allergic

to anything in my life.

It has something to do with the leaky gut that Celiac can and often does

cause. Food molecules that are too big get into your system thru your leaky

gut and since they are too big your body doesn't recognize them as food and

you have allergic reactions (very simplified version of events).

Once your leaky gut heals up, you may in fact be able to tolerate some of

the foods you are currently having reactions too. Like you I'm allergic to

peanuts (and about 20 other things as well). Be careful with a peanut

allergy its a little bit different then others, you tend to get more

allergic with each repeated exposure and its one of the more common foods

that can cause anaphylactic allergic reactions (I think any food allergy can

but some culprits are more likely then others like peanuts, shell fish,

etc). My peanut allergy is fairly severe my daughters is life threatening

and after having repeated exposures at school she now has airborne reactions

to peanuts. So I'd be really careful with that one. It may be worth

having allergy testing done, we had blood testing and it gives you an idea

to how severe your reaction is. I've added back some of the things I'm not

terrible allergic to and many of them I'm now able to tolerate since I've

gone a long way to healing up my gut.

Good luck,

[Guest guest]

Wow! Thanks for mentioning the fact that peanut allergies get worse

with repeated exposure! I had no idea about that. My toddler is

GFCF and seems to be a " little bothered " by peanut butter. But I

have allowed her to have peanut butter in situations where we are at

someone else's house and they are struggling to find something to

feed her, because the reaction was very mild. Now I know that this

is not okay! Thanks!

>

> Nope your not losing it. Since being diagnosed with CD almost 2

years ago,

> I've developed tons of food allergies. Prior to this I was never

allergic

> to anything in my life.

>

> It has something to do with the leaky gut that Celiac can and

often does

> cause. Food molecules that are too big get into your system thru

your leaky

> gut and since they are too big your body doesn't recognize them as

food and

> you have allergic reactions (very simplified version of events).

>

> Once your leaky gut heals up, you may in fact be able to tolerate

some of

> the foods you are currently having reactions too. Like you I'm

allergic to

> peanuts (and about 20 other things as well). Be careful with a

peanut

> allergy its a little bit different then others, you tend to get

more

> allergic with each repeated exposure and its one of the more

common foods

> that can cause anaphylactic allergic reactions (I think any food

allergy can

> but some culprits are more likely then others like peanuts, shell

fish,

> etc). My peanut allergy is fairly severe my daughters is life

threatening

> and after having repeated exposures at school she now has airborne

reactions

> to peanuts. So I'd be really careful with that one. It may be

worth

> having allergy testing done, we had blood testing and it gives you

an idea

> to how severe your reaction is. I've added back some of the

things I'm not

> terrible allergic to and many of them I'm now able to tolerate

since I've

> gone a long way to healing up my gut.

>

> Good luck,

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

>

> Wow! Thanks for mentioning the fact that peanut allergies get worse

> with repeated exposure!

I think many allergies get worse with repeated exposure.

Some, not many, can improve by repeated low-dose controlled

exposure, a la " allergy shots " . But most, it seems, just get

worse over time.

Three of my kids have antibiotic and other medication allergies.

It freaks me out. First time, a rash. What can happen on the NEXT

exposure? I worry. For my youngest, who just had a recent allergic

meltdown to an antibiotic, the pedi prescribed the epipen. Not

only for the antibiotic allergy, should she somehow come in contact

with that, but for the bee sting allergy.

I know for myself, that bee sting allergy is in the " Can get a LOT

worse VERY quickly category. " My first sting, when we all learned

I'm allergic to bee stings, was only breathing difficulty. My next

sting? Nearly fatal.

You really have to be careful with allergies. They're nothing to

sneeze at. (HA HA!)

Also, allergies can pop up and vanish in your life too. They're

really freaky things if you ask me. I used to be very allergic

to dogs - didn't want one within feet of me. Now? The neighbor's

wildly energetic dog can jump all over me, lick me, shed on me,

and I don't even sniffle. Weird.

May I never become allergic to peanuts.

Esther in RI