How do you know which allergens is your child reacting to? To answer that question I created a simple table in which the information was generated from personal experiences and research conducted. If there are any other allergy symptoms or causes I missed to post, please leave a comment and I’ll be happy to add those.
Preventing allergic reactions is the most difficult process. Most of the allergy skin tests and blood tests provide results to common food and environmental allergies. As I mentioned in my previous post, keep a diary of everything that your child consumes. If an allergic reaction occurs, after treatment you can review the diary to identify the allergen. Also discuss with your allergist an emergency allergy plan, in case a severe reaction occurs such as an anaphylactic shock. I always keep an emergency allergy kit in the house and in the daycare with instructions on what to do. There’s a form that you can print out and take to the daycare after discussing the dosage with your allergist http://foodallergy.org/downloads/FAAP.pdf This simple form and emergency allergy kit can save your child’s life.
Yes, there are! There are many paths to choose from when curing allergies. I chose the natural approach, since the prescriptions I was utilizing deteriorated my son’s health and didn’t help much in the long run. Thanks to the natural approach my son can tolerate many foods that he couldn’t eat before and doesn’t end up wheezing in the ER during allergy season. If you feel frustrated just like I did a few years ago, there is a solution. You can take these three steps and see results sooner than expected:
1.) PREVENT ALLERGIC REACTIONS
2.) BOOST IMMUNE SYSTEM
According to Wikipidia, allergies are a disorder of the immune system. Allergies are basically anything that your body rejects. Those items that your body rejects are called allergens.
To find out what allergens your child’s body is rejecting the first step would be taking him/her to an allergist. Usually a blood test is ordered to check IgE (immunoglobulin E) levels in the system. The immunoglobulin E is a type of antibody which determines how allergic or hypersensitive your child is. High levels of IgE are found in most allergic kids. That simply means that the antibodies are fighting or rejecting an allergen. These allergens can be anything, from environmental to food. To determine the most common allergens a skin test is conducted. With the results in hand it is easier to prevent, treat and cure allergies.
Spring, the season all parents with allergic kids fear most. If we all had a special protective bubble to place our kids during spring, that would surely solve the problem. Unfortunately that bubble doesn’t exist and the pressure is on for the season. With food allergies on the rise and our air so polluted, how do we protect our kids from this madness?
After years of struggling with my child’s allergies, which consisted of monthly hospital visits, medical bills, confusion and desperation, I found out what works best for him. Now I am able to manage his allergies and even strengthened his immunity system enough to tolerate most of the things he couldn’t eat before.
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