red circles under my son's eyes - QUESTION???

[Guest guest]

My son is on a GFCF diet and his eyes have been getting red underneath.

could he be getting something that he has a problem with or could he be

lacking something in his diet? I am at a loss and I have tried process

of elimination and can not place my finger on it? Could this be a sign

of diabetes?

What am I to do? He does not seem tired and sleeps well at night, but

this is so troubling?

Please advise me on what this could be or what I should try and do.

Jule

[Guest guest]

Jule-

I will be interested in reading the responses to this.

sometimes has circles under her eyes that our Developmental Pediatrician

calls " allergic shiners. " She, however, did not seem overly concerned

about it, but I also think that this *could* be the sign of hidden

allergies. I think about this from time to time, but is doing

so well that I don't know if it is something that I should pursue (from

a DAN! perspective, for example). Sigh ...

_____________________

Warmly,

Oakes-Hauf

Mom to , 3.7 (verbal apraxia)

and 1.5 (and babbling away!)

julelogliv wrote:

>

> My son is on a GFCF diet and his eyes have been getting red underneath.

> could he be getting something that he has a problem with or could he be

> lacking something in his diet? I am at a loss and I have tried process

> of elimination and can not place my finger on it? Could this be a sign

> of diabetes?

> What am I to do? He does not seem tired and sleeps well at night, but

> this is so troubling?

> Please advise me on what this could be or what I should try and do.

> Jule

>

>

[Guest guest]

Do you mean on the lower eyelid? (not the actual eye, right?) My

daughter gets these when she is exposed to dust (she is allergic to

dust). Perhaps your son is allergic to something in his environment?

[Guest guest]

Are the circles puffy? Is he congested?

Eye circles could indicate a food sensitivity - I don't know how long

it's been since you did a food panel, but I would consider repeating

it. Eye circles can also mean mineral deficiency; does he take any

mineral supplements? We give Thorne pic-mins (available through

IllnessIsOptional.com), plus calcium and magnesium (Tropical Oasis

cal/mag liquid, which I think is also available at

IllnessIsOptional.com, and at Whole Foods).

Have you tried pulling soy out of his diet for a couple of weeks to

see if that is the problem?

good luck

>

> My son is on a GFCF diet and his eyes have been getting red underneath.

> could he be getting something that he has a problem with or could he be

> lacking something in his diet? I am at a loss and I have tried process

> of elimination and can not place my finger on it? Could this be a sign

> of diabetes?

> What am I to do? He does not seem tired and sleeps well at night, but

> this is so troubling?

> Please advise me on what this could be or what I should try and do.

> Jule

>

[Guest guest]

my daugther is 4 1/2 and we just found out about apraxia she also gets a full 12

hrs of sleep a night but at times gets red circles under her eyes. I have called

the doctor but he said if they weren't iching she was fine.

" K. Oakes " <skoakes@...> wrote: Jule-

I will be interested in reading the responses to this.

sometimes has circles under her eyes that our Developmental Pediatrician

calls " allergic shiners. " She, however, did not seem overly concerned

about it, but I also think that this *could* be the sign of hidden

allergies. I think about this from time to time, but is doing

so well that I don't know if it is something that I should pursue (from

a DAN! perspective, for example). Sigh ...

_____________________

Warmly,

Oakes-Hauf

Mom to , 3.7 (verbal apraxia)

and 1.5 (and babbling away!)

julelogliv wrote:

>

> My son is on a GFCF diet and his eyes have been getting red underneath.

> could he be getting something that he has a problem with or could he be

> lacking something in his diet? I am at a loss and I have tried process

> of elimination and can not place my finger on it? Could this be a sign

> of diabetes?

> What am I to do? He does not seem tired and sleeps well at night, but

> this is so troubling?

> Please advise me on what this could be or what I should try and do.

> Jule

>

>

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Everyone is raving about the all-new beta.

[Guest guest]

Just a a comment here..my now 28 year old son started getting the allergic

shiners around 5 or 6 years old and by 8 years old we knew there was

something really wrong besides asthma and animal allergies. It turned out to

be an allergy to wheat!!! It was destroying his outlook on life and causing

him to be depressed along with headaches and vomiting from phlem .after

coming off the wheat for just a few months we saw a new son..much more

mischievous and enjoying life so wheat allergies can do some weird stuff to

little people..even now I can tell when he has over done the wheat thing

like to much lasagna or pizza. He gets real cross and irritable..I wonder if

the new vaccines scientists are working on to shut down the body

overdefensiveness will work in instances like these.

Roxanne

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From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of K. Oakes

Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2006 12:25 PM

Subject: Re: [ ] red circles under my son's eyes -

QUESTION???

Jule-

I will be interested in reading the responses to this.

sometimes has circles under her eyes that our Developmental Pediatrician

calls " allergic shiners. " She, however, did not seem overly concerned

about it, but I also think that this *could* be the sign of hidden

allergies. I think about this from time to time, but is doing

so well that I don't know if it is something that I should pursue (from

a DAN! perspective, for example). Sigh ...

_____________________

Warmly,

Oakes-Hauf

Mom to , 3.7 (verbal apraxia)

and 1.5 (and babbling away!)

julelogliv wrote:

>

> My son is on a GFCF diet and his eyes have been getting red underneath.

> could he be getting something that he has a problem with or could he be

> lacking something in his diet? I am at a loss and I have tried process

> of elimination and can not place my finger on it? Could this be a sign

> of diabetes?

> What am I to do? He does not seem tired and sleeps well at night, but

> this is so troubling?

> Please advise me on what this could be or what I should try and do.

> Jule

>

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