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Tips for Discussing Food Allergy Concerns with Your Child’s Pediatrician
01/07/2014
...appointment: What symptoms have you observed? Itching, swelling, skin rash (hives), vomiting, and difficulty breathing are the most common symptoms due to immediate onset (IgE mediated) food allergy. These can occur individually or collectively. What is the timing of onset? IgE mediated food allergies can occur within minutes of ingestion, almost always within a few hours. Delayed onset allergies (milk protein allergy in newborns) may not occur for 1-2 days. How long did the symptoms...
Allergen-Free Sweet Dipping Sauce
...A slightly sweet dipping sauce that is great for an elemental diet. This allergen-free sweet dipping sauce recipe was developed by Carina Venter, B.Sc. Dietetics, Post Grad Dip in Allergy, PhD, RD and used with permission. Carina is an Allergy Specialist dietitian dealing with children and adults diagnosed with food allergies, ranging from Food Protein-induced Enterocolitis Syndrome (FPIES), Eosinophilic Gastro-intestinal diseases (EGIDs), other non-IgE-mediated food allergies and IgE-mediated food allergies. She was inspired to...
Understanding Patch Testing for Food Allergies
12/11/2012
There are several ways to test for food allergies: blood tests, challenge tests, skin prick tests (or scratch tests), skin injection tests (or intradermal skin tests), and skin patch testing (or atopy patch tests). There are advantages and disadvantages of food allergy tests, so depending on the circumstances, the doctor will choose one or more types of tests to assess your little one’s allergies. With patch testing, an allergen is placed on a...
Antimicrobials: Are they linked to food allergies?
08/23/2012
...and Clinical Immunology, found an association between children’s exposure to antimicrobials and the development of food allergies specifically. The researchers found that in comparison to children with the lowest urine levels of triclosan (the common antimicrobial we discussed in the paragraph above), children with the highest urine levels also had the highest levels of IgE-mediated food allergies. In fact, children with the highest triclosan levels had more than twice the risk for food allergy, in...
10 Tips To Manage Food Allergies at Home
09/17/2013
While a lot of kids are picky eaters, children with food allergies have no choice in the matter. Their immune systems’ limit the types of foods they can consume. If your child has food allergies, they are not alone. In fact, according to the Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics 1 in every 13 children have been diagnosed with a food allergy. Food allergies can begin at any age and affect...
Food Allergies and Nutritional Deficiencies
08/24/2011
...and developmental needs. 1. Henriksen C et al. Nutrient intake among two-year-old children on cows’ milk-restricted diets. Acta Paediatr. 2000;89:272-278. 2. Agostoni C et al. Growth of infants with IgE-mediated cow’s milk allergy fed different formulas in the complementary feeding period. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2007;18:599-606. 3. Levy Y et al. Nutritional rickets in children with cows’ milk allergy: calcium deficiency or vitamin D deficiency? Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2005;16:553. 4. Fox AT et al. Food allergy...
Food Allergies Around the World
04/05/2011
...D, Levine A, Somekh E, Serour F, Dalal I. Natural history of food allergy in infants and children in Israel. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2008 Dec;101(6):637-40. [2] Dalal I, Binson I, Reifen R, Amitai Z, Shohat T, Rahmani S, Levine A, Ballin A, Somekh E. Food allergy is a matter of geography after all: sesame as a major cause of severe IgE-mediated food allergic reactions among infants and young children in Israel. Allergy. 2002 Apr;57(4):362-5....
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