Food allergies....

[inkjunkie]

Who here has them? My wife is allergic to wheat, malt, tomatoes, eggs and milk...she also is lactose intolerant.
She had never spoken with her doc about treatment, I can't help but wonder if shots are available.

 

[GaryHibbert]

I'm lactose intolerant, but that's the only food allergy I have.

Gary

 

[chef jimmyj]

I can't tell you if there are shots for any of those, but, I frequently cooked for a Celiac friend of my daughters. She had not eaten Fried Chicken in years. Brined the Chicken. dipped in Rice Flour, Almond Milk and Seasoned Instant Potato Flakes. Tasted like eating chicken and potato chips together...JJ

 

[x0xsaywhutx0x]

My girlfriend is lactose intolerant. When she does have something with lactose in it like ice cream, the symptoms usually arent horrible, depends on what food it is (she loves cheese, but it gets her so sick). She has had prescription pills that allows her to eat lactose without any symptoms but she said its really expensive.

 

[chef jimmyj]

Here is great article on Cheese and Lactose intolerance...http://www.epicurious.com/archive/blogs/editor/2014/04/lactose-intolerant-cheeses.html

Goat and Sheep's milk cheeses are tasty and easier to digest for folks that have issues with Cow's milk cheese. High quality Artisanal cheeses are less of an issue than what is found many grocery store Deli's and Dairy isles.  Check the Sugar amounts on cheese nutrition labels. These, for the most part, represent Lactose levels. Processed cheese like the average American singles, Cream Cheese, and Whole Milk Ricotta, just isn't in the diet of the intolerant folks...JJ

 

[inkjunkie]

My girlfriend is lactose intolerant. When she does have something with lactose in it like ice cream, the symptoms usually arent horrible, depends on what food it is (she loves cheese, but it gets her so sick). She has had prescription pills that allows her to eat lactose without any symptoms but she said its really expensive.

Think her doc has mentioned those pills. The lactose intolerant problem is easy for her to deal with. The Egg allergy is the killer. When we go out for breakfast she will not eat anything with eggs....unless we are coming straight home.

Here is great article on Cheese and Lactose intolerance...http://www.epicurious.com/archive/blogs/editor/2014/04/lactose-intolerant-cheeses.html
Goat and Sheep's milk cheeses are tasty and easier to digest for folks that have issues with Cow's milk cheese. High quality Artisanal cheeses are less of an issue than what is found many grocery store Deli's and Dairy isles.  Check the Sugar amounts on cheese nutrition labels. These, for the most part, represent Lactose levels. Processed cheese like the average American singles, Cream Cheese, and Whole Milk Ricotta, just isn't in the diet of the intolerant folks...JJ

Luckily she is not a real big cheese eater. The Eggs are the killer. Up to the onset of the allergic reaction we ate eggs every day for breakfast. Now she eats oatmeal and a few different kinds of cereal. She is a bit frustrated by it all.
I will be sending her the link you provided.....Thanks....

 

[pc farmer]

My son a egg and peanut allergy. Bad. He is 7, we carry epi pens

 

[inkjunkie]

My son a egg and peanut allergy. Bad. He is 7, we carry epi pens

Sorry to see this. Fortunately Ernestinas allergies are nowhere near as severe.
When she had the basic allergy test done one of her doctors was throwing NSAIDS at her for her arthritis troubles. She was on one for 5 days, another for 4 days etc. After several weeks of this....and Ernestina spending countless hours in the rest room....her doc did the allergy test. In order to settle her stomach down from the NSAID assault she ended up on this prescription called Prev Pak. Thanks to the pharmacy not understanding what the doc wanted it ended up costing us close to $300 instead of the $15 it should have.
She will be making an appointment with our ENT sometime soon to get another, more complete allergy test done....

 

[bbqbrett]

I had allergy shots when I was a kid as I was allergic to a ton of foodstuffs. Shots should be able to cover most of those things from what I know but you normally have to go through them for at least a couple of years on a regular basis.

 

[inkjunkie]

Just wanted to update this. Ernestina seen an allergist today. Skin test showed she is allergic to Eggs. While she trouble with eggs on their own if they are baked into something she has no trouble. Doc said that no shot is available for this. He did suggest that she eat things with eggs baked into them, that this MAY help her body accept them. He said that often times folks "outgrow" their food allergies. We both started to chuckle as she is 50 years old. Doc told us that last month he had a 99 year young man in his office that just developed a food allergy...

 

[redheelerdog]

My sister had a severe allergic reaction to crab once, she went partially blind and scared us all, her health returned but I will never forget her illness to the crab.  Food allergies are serious business, glad your wife learned something about hers.

Sometimes it can be very confusing trying to figure out what is making a person sick.

Thanks for the update.

 

[inkjunkie]

My sister had a severe allergic reaction to crab once, she went partially blind and scared us all, her health returned but I will never forget her illness to the crab.  Food allergies are serious business, glad your wife learned something about hers.

Sometimes it can be very confusing trying to figure out what is making a person sick.

Thanks for the update.

Had a very interesting chat with the doc today. He did find it very interesting that Ernie was battling all sorts of reactions to the meds that her rheumatologist was tossing at her to deal with the various inflammatory diseases she has just prior to the Egg allergy surfacing. It was like a flip of the switch...Ernie had eaten eggs for 47 years, woke up one day and was allergic to eggs