Using Epinephrine for the First Time
Unfortunately, it’s easy to lose built-up tolerance to a food allergen. My son’s lost tolerance led to using epinephrine for the first time. Read More …
Tag: Adverse Reactions
Peanut Friendly Baseball Game
Peanuts are ever-present at a baseball game. So how can millions of Americans with a peanut allergy watch safely? Enter the peanut friendly baseball game! Read More …
How Kids view Food Challenges
I just discovered an artifact that spelled out my fears of a food challenge as a kid. And all because my 5th grade teacher made us keep a daily journal. Read More …
Elijah’s Echo
Elijah Silvera would have turned five years old today. His death following ingestion of a grilled cheese sandwich at preschool still strikes a chord for many food-allergic families because it goes against type. Read More …
Balancing Anxiety and Risk
Public playgrounds can be intimidating when you think about all the allergens other kids may have left behind, but it’s important to balance that anxiety by looking at how great the risk really is. Read More …
An Egg Study
Allergists have long known that eating egg in its baked form (when an egg-allergic patient is able to do so) can reduce the severity of said allergy, or even speed the person in outgrowing it. For the past 18 months, my son has been in a study looking to measure that phenomenon! Read More …
Why I Don’t Like Daily Antihistamines
We’re already well into the season. You know, the one where you sniffle, sneeze, cough, itch, and/or feel like the outside world hates you. I’m there too, but I’m not taking a daily antihistamine to cope with the madness. Why? Because I have food allergies. Read More …
The Child who Hides an Allergic Reaction
I hid allergic reactions as a child–and I’m not alone. I’ve deconstructed my memories of them in the hopes that we can better prepare our children. Read More …
A Food Allergy Lesson from a Headache
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 …
Don’t Lick the Dough!
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 …