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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Don't panic Suki30. My daughter carries an epipen, being allergic to peanuts. She has mild allergies to other things - dog, cat and horse fur -and some other foods. She's 12, has had no anaphylactic reactions and leads a normal life, avoiding her known allergens..
I presume your 2 year old has had his blood tested to determine his precise allergies. Make sure you read food labels carefully and expect related foods to be harmful too.
Make sure your family and any people who may look after your son are aware of the seriousness of his condition.
Chase the doctor if you feel you are not getting the help and advice you need.
I've avoided herbal medicines as I'm told that they may have plant extracts which could be harmful - I don't know if that's just scaremongering.
Remove all known allergens from his diet for the moment. Remember there's a difference between allergy and intolerance.
Hope this rambling answer has something which helps, Suki30.
This was interesting to read:
http://www.soya.be/soy-allergy.php
Hi, I have an anaphylaxis reaction to peanuts, lentils, chick pea and some garden peas. (Basically ALL pulses). Garden peas are worse for me when they are cold and in cold gravy. Also mushy peas from chip shops can do it too. I have been allergic to for 27 years now (since I was three and my mum gave me a peanut butter sandwich). However, some nuts I can eat, for instance Coconut and Almonds, also on some occasions hazlenuts - most other nuts are a no go. I can an epipen around. Be very, very aware of all oriental food - this was nearly a killer for me about 10 years ago I had a chinese and specifcally told them not to put any nuts or lentils in it - I ended up in casualty nearly dead. Later I found out that they fried absolutely everything in ground nut oil - this is basically pure nuts without the smell!! I can normally smell nuts before it gets near my hand but I couldn't smell this. Singapore, Thai and japanese is also very common to find ground nut oil.
My allegies are all aound the Legume family (leguminosae) this includes peanut, soybean, green beans, garden peas, chickpeas, white beans, kidney beans, black-eyed beans and carob. Symptomatic hypersentivity to more than one legume is considered uncommon. So your son and I are in the rare cases of people who are allergic to more than one legume!
My sensitivity to these foods have definately got worse as I have got older. But it's not unmanageable. The risk for me as a toddler was mums cooking cupboard. Make sure you get rid of all foods in the house that they are allergic to - even if other members of the family are fine with them.
hope that helps.
Simon
hi simon, hope you read this it really helps to know there is someone who knows what my son may face in the future. Doctors in my area can do little to ease my mind about his diet where docs in New Zealand and canada link peanut allergies directly to legumes and advise people to avoid them. My sons (so called)specialist didnt take me seriously when i told him about the pea incidents we had, he said they were a coincidence until i insisted on blood tests.
When my son suffered his first anaphalaxis reaction 10 months ago we were eating out, he always got a rash when he ate peas during weaning, then we noticed his voice going hoarse then next the coughing it was then we decided that peas were causing it. We decided to avoid them but at our meal i advised the kitchen staff and waitresses that he was allergic to peas and not to let any come into contact with his plate. He bit into a yorkshire pudding and that was that he could barely breath we opened his airways with my husbands inhaler and left the restaurant i controlled him with piriton and he seemed ok but the following morning he was having trouble breathing thats when i realised that this was more serious.
We discovered that there had been pea juice in the gravy and that had started it. now when we eat out we take instant gravy or a tin of spaghetti but i still feel the staff in these restaurants dont take us seriousley.
luckily so far we have never had another incident like that and hope we manage to avoid them in the future. Hope you do too!
Im assuming that you do live in great britain so at least i tell my son when he gets older that hes not the only one with this condition. Thanks Simon.
take care, Sue.
My one year old is also legume allergic, we have now been waiting weeks to see the allergy specialist. She reacted to lentils first and was ok with peas to start with but now develops multiple red and very itchy hives around her mouth when she has some. I also suspect she is allergic to other beans too, but she seems to react to peas the worst so far. We are trying to keep all such products out of the house but i am sure, as you know, it is so hard to do. There are nuts in nearly all processed foods and peas are around much more than you think too.
I think total avoidance of anything you know he reacts to should be undertaken. From what i have been reading i think these are rare allergies to outgrow. I wish you well and understand what you are going through as it is a constant source of worry and stress.
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