a few questions for you experts.

[Guest guest]

As you may know, age 12, EE, has been weaning off his flovent and

taking cromolin for his EE. His symptoms have come back. Some more strong

than befoe we started flovent. has had a stuffy nose since last Wed.,

he has no other cold symptoms. He has tested allergic to our cats and guinea

pigs, but we have had them for years and they have never bothered him before.

I am wondering if 's increase in waking in te morning with burning in

his throat is due to EE and reducing the floven, or from the stuffy nose. The

burning doesn't last long usually. We have restricted soy oil again, but that

dosen't seem to make a difference. I put a call in to his GI last Friday, but

missed him so we expect he will call tommrow. He did say last week that he

doesn't want to stay on the floven, but Steph has said that the kids

need to stay on the flovent. Do you all think this stuffy nose is allergy

related? Could it be a cold? Could it be the cause of his increase in

symptoms, or could his increase in symptoms ( which came first) be causing

his very stuffy nose?

And last, How many of you have kids that have lost weight and can't eat

enough to gain it back?

Cathy

mom to 12, AS, EE, allergic to soy, nuts, peanuts, tomato, rice,

carrot, string bean, kidney bean, orange, pear, onion, mustard seed, grape

[Guest guest]

Cathy,

Where are you located?

Dawn - Mommy to

Dakota-7

BJ-4(eosinophilic gastroenteritis, reflux, asthma)

Mackenzie-2 months

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> From: Dcjatben@...

> To: eosinophilic gastroenteritis (AT) onelist (DOT) com

> Subject: Re: [eosinophilic gastroenteritis] a few questions for you experts.

> Date: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 8:35 PM

>

> From: Dcjatben@...

>

> In a message dated 2/2/00 4:13:34 AM Pacific Standard Time,

> harlowsteph@... writes:

>

> <<

> Doesnt he just have one kidney? The thing that worries me here is that

he

> could end up actually needing prednisone to clear everything up and that

is

> so much worse than Flovent.

>

> We do have the symptom of stuffy nose added to our worse times with EE.

As a

> matter of fact, MY 12/yo is headed for a prednisone month because of

this.

> >>

>

> Steph,

>

> That doesn't sound good. Yes, was born with only one kidney. It's

> healthy, so far. Also diabetes runs in my family with the boys, so I

worry

> about that too. has other medical problems too. What happens if we

> don't put him on prednisone if it's needed? I guess I am kind of still in

> denial. I figure, he ate the foods he tested possitive to before testing.

I

> don't see why they need to be avoided now. It's crazy mesuring his food,

> trying to get him to eat more, putting cream in his milk, all this, when

if

> he could eat like regular kids, he would be at a normal weight like he

was

> last year. What does the stuffy nose indicate? will see his GI in

two

> weeks. He is very familiar with EE and food alergies. I was told he goes

all

> over the world giving talks on it, so I hope he knows what he;'s talking

> about. He is very conservative, but when I talked to him Mon. he sounded

> concerned and wanted to see him within a month.

> Cathy

>

> mom to 12, AS, EE, allergic to soy, nuts, peanuts, tomato, rice,

> carrot, string bean, kidney bean, orange, pear, onion, mustard seed,

grape

>

> ---------------------------

[Guest guest]

cathy-

I'm sorry to hear ';s symptoms have returned and you know that I am

not all all surprised. I still can't imagine what the doc was thinking

trying to replace Flovent with CROMOLYN for EE.

Doesnt he just have one kidney? The thing that worries me here is that he

could end up actually needing prednisone to clear everything up and that is

so much worse than Flovent.

We do have the symptom of stuffy nose added to our worse times with EE. As a

matter of fact, MY 12/yo is headed for a prednisone month because of this.

Steph.>

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[Guest guest]

In a message dated 2/2/00 4:13:34 AM Pacific Standard Time,

harlowsteph@... writes:

<<

Doesnt he just have one kidney? The thing that worries me here is that he

could end up actually needing prednisone to clear everything up and that is

so much worse than Flovent.

We do have the symptom of stuffy nose added to our worse times with EE. As a

matter of fact, MY 12/yo is headed for a prednisone month because of this.

>>

Steph,

That doesn't sound good. Yes, was born with only one kidney. It's

healthy, so far. Also diabetes runs in my family with the boys, so I worry

about that too. has other medical problems too. What happens if we

don't put him on prednisone if it's needed? I guess I am kind of still in

denial. I figure, he ate the foods he tested possitive to before testing. I

don't see why they need to be avoided now. It's crazy mesuring his food,

trying to get him to eat more, putting cream in his milk, all this, when if

he could eat like regular kids, he would be at a normal weight like he was

last year. What does the stuffy nose indicate? will see his GI in two

weeks. He is very familiar with EE and food alergies. I was told he goes all

over the world giving talks on it, so I hope he knows what he;'s talking

about. He is very conservative, but when I talked to him Mon. he sounded

concerned and wanted to see him within a month.

Cathy

mom to 12, AS, EE, allergic to soy, nuts, peanuts, tomato, rice,

carrot, string bean, kidney bean, orange, pear, onion, mustard seed, grape

[Guest guest]

> <<

> Cathy,

> Where are you located?

> Dawn - Mommy to >>

>

> I'm in Middleboro Massachusettes. It's near Plymouth Mass.

>

> Cathy

>

> mom to 12, AS, EE, allergic to soy, nuts, peanuts, tomato, rice,

> carrot, string bean, kidney bean, orange, pear, onion, mustard seed,

grape

>

Guess I am the only one stuck in the boonies

Dawn - Mommy to

Dakota-7

BJ-4(eosinophilic gastroenteritis, reflux, asthma)

Mackenzie-2 months

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 2/2/00 6:40:39 PM Pacific Standard Time,

jones5@... writes:

<<

Cathy,

Where are you located?

Dawn - Mommy to >>

I'm in Middleboro Massachusettes. It's near Plymouth Mass.

Cathy

mom to 12, AS, EE, allergic to soy, nuts, peanuts, tomato, rice,

carrot, string bean, kidney bean, orange, pear, onion, mustard seed, grape