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...which is applied to your skin for approximately 48 hours. In most cases, 20-30 different substances are tested at a time. When being used to test for food reactions, tiny cups containing small amounts of a pure food are taped to the patient’s back. The specific foods used in the test are selected based on the patient’s diet, previous allergic reactions, and/or previous skin prick test results. After the 48 hour period, you return to...

...continuing to search for a diagnosis. Here is a video of our journey, which started on April 30, 2008. During Feeding Tube Awareness Week, please take the time to share your story, or Allie’s, and help spread positive awareness of enteral feeding. Let’s inform everyone of this wonderful life-saving medical intervention that is helping so many children at this very moment. For more information on feeding tubes, please check the incredible Feeding Tube Awareness Foundation....

...be serious. Diarrhea in Infants New parents quickly become experts at several things, one of which is changing diapers. Since infants go through about eight diapers a day, parents easily pick up on anything abnormal. Every baby’s stools are different in terms of how watery they are, which makes defining diarrhea in infants difficult. To keep it simple, diarrhea is typically a sudden onset of frequent bowel movements that are more watery than usual. The...

...long, exhausting days in the hospital. Multiple doctors came to see us trying to determine the cause of the fever. We had test-after-test-after-test done with no answers and a fever that just wouldn’t resolve. By process of elimination it was determined that he simply had a virus that he had to fight through. However, through test results, a GI doctor believed that his virus was possibly causing his liver to malfunction. The GI doctor told...

...1 unpacked, level scoop (4.8 g) of powder to each 1 fl oz of water. 3. Cap bottle; shake well until powder dissolves. Freshly prepared formula is best. Once feeding begins, use within 1 hour or discard. Only if necessary, refrigerate freshly prepared formula between 35-40°F (2-4°C) and use within 24 hours. Why did the amount of powder in the can decrease? The total gram weight per can now results in a reconstituted volume of...

...You might have heard that eczema can be a sign of a food allergy or sensitivity in infants. But before we review potential links between food allergies and eczema, let’s go over some basics. What is eczema? It is most often characterized by dry, red, extremely itchy patches on the skin. Eczema is sometimes referred to as “the itch that rashes,” since the itch, when scratched, results in the appearance of the rash. Who...

...in some patients with a cow milk allergy, the body still reacts to the protein fragments in extensively hydrolyzed formula. This results in allergic reactions. Amino acid-based formulas, also known as elemental formulas, use only amino acids as the source of protein. Amino acids are the building blocks of protein and are too small for the body to recognize as being foreign. They are a non-allergenic option that replaces protein and peptides. To help you...