Talking Allergies

Not sure how this happened but my 2.5 year old no longer has peanut, egg or milk allergy as of today. Dr. Ham Pong (Ottawa Allergist) gave us the good news today in office. I am so happy its crazy. How my son could go from having 3 serious allergies and having to carry around an Epipen to none makes me feel like spreading hope for everyone.

What a special day for my son and our family! Hope you all hear the same news one day. Now we have to slowly introduce the 3 in small amounts and slowly over time.

I can smell Freedom!

Yipeeeeeeeeeee!

Sarah

YAAAAA so exciting!!!!!

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Sarah
Outgrew: Wheat, corn, egg, chicken, to name a few
Sensitive to Milk/Dairy products
Allergic to: Tree nuts, percocet, toradol, environmental allergies and chemical allergies
Migraines caused by scented products, barometric pressure

Great news! Did Dr. Pong determine this using food challenges? Just curious. Great news for your family!

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18 yr old daughter: no health issues
16 yr old son: allergic to peanuts, tree nuts, egg, fish, sesame,sunflower,mustard,poppy seeds, peas, carrots, some fruits, instructed to avoid legumes(except soy & green beans),pollen, cats, horses, cold urticaria

He just did the regular needle prick tests in the office.He then told me that I need to introduce the foods to him slowly and in very small amounts for example tip of my finger size as well as egg yoks first etc.

WOW that is so exciting! You won't even know what do do next time you are shopping, you'll never have to turn a box around again.
Wishing you the best with introducing the foods.

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DD 12 yrs -no allergies
4 yr old DS - asthma/eczema Anaphylactic to Peanuts, all tree nuts, sesame , all pea/lentil legumes, gelatin.
Allergic to trees, grass,ragweed, feathers, dander, mold and dust.
Outgrew eggs, fish, shellfish

That is fantastic! Thank you for sharing the good news, hope is something we all need.


As great as this forum is, I have to say that I have fantasized about not needing to come here anymore.. and with the explosion of treatments in research, I'm sure that day is coming for all of us eventually!

That is such wonderful news. My son out grew egg allergy (epipen prescribed) when he was 3 yrs old and we too were able to intoduce egg in a home challenge situation (which he passed and that was amazing!). He is now undergoing a barley challenge (in patient hospital challenge) and he is nearly on the end of that (but did have anaphylaxis on day 5 of another challenge so we are not out of the woods yet!).

Fingers crossed for you! go slowly with the challenges and remember to keep them in the diet on very regular basis after that to prevent resenistation.

Great news and good luck

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twin boys-
c-eosinophilic oesophagitis
j-avoids peanut, sunflower, pineapple all ana-sensitised to maccadaemia.pecan.Passed barley (previous ana) last year...out grew egg ana and peanut at 3 years..became re sensitised with ana at 6 years to peanut.

That's wonderful!
Your world is about to blow open-the food, the events....no more anxiety or pre-pre-planning! I'm so happy for your family.

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Moderator
Daughter: asthma, allergies to egg, milk, peanuts, tree nuts, most legumes (not soy and green beans) & penicillin. Developing hayfever type allergies.
Husband: no allergies
Me: Oral Allergy Syndrome, Allergic to Birch trees

Ah, the bittersweetness of that statement.

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Daughter: asthma, allergies to egg, milk, peanuts, tree nuts, most legumes (not soy and green beans) & penicillin. Developing hayfever type allergies.
Husband: no allergies
Me: Oral Allergy Syndrome, Allergic to Birch trees

That's wonderful news! I'm so happy for you! Can you imagine grocery shopping now and all the foods you can buy without a second thought? Wow! You've given me hope that DD will eventually out grow her allergies too - she has the exact same ones as your DS.

That news is definitely worthy of !!!

Congratulations and enjoy the freedom !

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me: allergic to crustaceans plus environmental
teenager: allergic to hazelnuts, some other foods and environmental

Congratulations for your son. It must be such a big relief.....Looking back to what you've done, is there an advice/tip that you want to share with us? I know kids, parents, allergies are different, but any advice is very important.
Please write me an e-mail, if you don't want to go into details on the forum: claire_vl@yahoo.com

Thanks,


Denisa

Great news. In the States allergists do in office food challenges because skin and blood testing are only 90% accurate for negative results and a negative result does not mean the person isn't allergic anymore. If the person has had past reactions then allergists here would always recommend an in office or in hospital challenge. My son tested neg to one of his allergens but failed his food challenge in the hospital and needed the epi pen.

Did your child have past reactions to all those foods? if so I'd be very cautious about in home challenges. Hope it all goes very well.

Congrats! And good luck with everything! Just wondering what his rast/skin results were before? Were the allergies quite mild or severe? Feel free to message me if you prefer.

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DSs 12, 12, 14 all PA