NEW! 15 Steps to Managing Life with Food Allergies
This is a must-have checklist for parents of children with food allergies! By adding these habits into your lifestyle, you can effectively manage food allergies. The checklist is divided into three categories:
- Ensuring your child’s food is free of allergens
- Taking charge of your child’s health care
- Empowering your child
Make Sure Food is Free of Allergens Your Child Needs to Avoid
Totally avoid all foods containing allergens — even traces of those allergens — to prevent allergic reactions.
Educate yourself about food allergy management and then educate your child, your child, friends, school, and community about food allergies.
Focus on what your child can have; not what he cannot.
Read labels every time and become familiar with the names for hidden ingredients in foods your child needs to avoid.
Prepare and choose foods that are not cross contaminated with allergens your child needs to avoid.
Don’t ever assume that a food item is allergen-free without reading the label or verifying its safety with whoever prepared it.
Take Charge of Your Child’s Health Care
Find a board-certified allergist or pediatric allergist for diagnosis and management of your child’s food allergies.
Work with your child’s doctors to develop a food allergy action plan to treat an allergic reaction.
Work with your schools, daycares, preschools, and other places that care for your child to develop a plan to reduce exposure to your child’s allergens.
Have emergency medicines available at all times.
Consider having your child wear an emergency medical identification bracelet.
Work closely with your doctors and don’t hesitate to seek guidance from a registered dietitian to help maintain your child’s nutritionally-balanced diet — removing foods from a child’s diet can result in nutritional deficiencies.
Work with your pharmacist to help select medications and health products that do not include your child’s allergens.
Visit Kids With Food Allergies: Managing Food Allergies Checklist to read the full article.
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