When Sanofi recalled Auvi-Q last October, it would be fair to say that a lot of people were upset. Plenty of people preferred the Auvi-Q to the EpiPen, and it isn’t hard to see why. The Auvi-Q: Is smaller Is pocket-sized Talks to you We’ve never carried Auvi-Qs, but that didn’t stop our kids from Read More …
My husband’s grandmother recently got a permanent feeding tube. It got me thinking about how feeding tubes and food allergies have many things in common. Read More …
Troubling news just in: ALL Auvi-Q autoinjectors currently issued are being voluntarily recalled by Sanofi because of potentially inaccurate dosing. Allergic individuals who have Auvi-Qs should still use them until a replacement can be obtained, but you should contact your doctor for a prescription for a different auto-injector as soon as possible. “The recall involves Read More …
We believe that Zax gets migraines. They haven’t been officially diagnosed, but we’ve got the family history and they certainly fit the pattern. A few years ago, we learned to medicate him at the first complaint of a headache, because if we don’t, we’ll regret it when the screaming and vomiting set in. We’ve also Read More …
Zax had a minor allergic reaction last night. And it was my fault. We’ve been baking without egg for basically his whole life, but recently we were given the green light to start feeding him baked egg. On top of that, we’ve entered him into a Clinical Research Study where we’ve pledged to feed him Read More …
As I mentioned a few weeks ago, we discovered that Zax’s threshold for egg white was a whopping 21 mg (3/1000ths of an egg) after entering him in a study at National Jewish Hospital. Entering that study was a long and involved process though. We’d been directed to them from the administrator of a different Read More …
21 lousy milligrams. That’s all the egg protein it took to induce an allergic reaction in my eldest son. It wasn’t anaphylactic at that level and was controlled with antihistamines, but I can’t help but shake the feeling that this is very allergic. 21 milligrams. That’s 3/1000ths of an egg, folks! Not many people know Read More …
Not long ago, we all heard about the landmark LEAP study, which found that if we introduce peanut products to at-risk babies early, we may be able to prevent peanut allergies in the majority of them. But far from celebrating this breakthrough, much of the response from the food allergy community has ranged from lukewarm Read More …
Zax and I participated in a food allergy research study last week! As studies go, it was quite simple. We gave some preliminary medical history over the phone so the doctor could decide if he wanted our blood. Once he decided that he did, we came in. From there, it was a simple questionnaire about Read More …
The food allergy community was rocked Monday when researchers at the AAAAI Annual Meeting revealed the results of a study stating that early introduction of peanut dramatically reduced the incidence of peanut allergy in children. You can read (one of many) accounts of the study and announcement here. The team identified 640 babies considered to Read More …