Can anyone explain what it is about this time of year? Nearly a year ago, I was lamenting that I wanted to crawl back under a food allergy rock and not pay attention to all of the deaths that were happening, one on top of the other. Now, here we are in mid-October and we’ve 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 …
We just got back from a trip to Buffalo last week! The reason for the trip was sad, but it was good to see familiar faces and places again, regardless. We also met a new friend–we paid a visit to Dairy Free Gina, who lives in the area! It was great to meet and network Read More …
It’s funny. I didn’t used to spend very much time thinking about allergies. Safety routines had become habit, I read all the labels (and quite frankly made most of my own food anyway, mostly because it was cheaper.) I checked food at restaurants (although I’ll admit I was lax about assuming some items that never 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 …
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 …
Giving my son my own allergen for the first time was one of the most harrowing experiences of my life. Even though nothing happened. Read More …