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Anyone Who Knows About Gluten Allergies!!!! Please Help!!?

Maya — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:38:50 +0000

My 6 year old son has been hospitalized twice since birth because of the severe reaction he has to milk products. Both times we couldnt understand how he got so sick, because everyone knows not to give him milk products. (Thinking back over the past 6 yrs i dont recall an allergy test being done.)
I have recently noticed that he seems to get extreme bloating, diarrhea, and (last nite, vomiting) after eating wheat products, and i am thinking that maybe it is a gluten allergy not a milk allergy(or maybe both). I wonder if the two allergies are similar and if they are often mistaken for one another. If anyone knows anything about this topic, i’d love some insight. My baby is miserable, its killing me!

He could be INTOLERANT of gluten. This means he is unable to DIGEST the gluten—similar to what someone with LACTOSE INTOLERANCE has—they are not ALLERGIC to milk, they just can’t DIGEST IT.
He COULD be allergic to WHEAT ALSO, or INSTEAD of INTOLERANT of gluten.
I myself, have food allergies (beef, oats, and some preservatives to name a few). I ALSO have GLUTEN INTOLERANCE…I get BLOATED—EXTREMELY, cramping, lose stools, but, haven’t vomited from that. Not to say one couldn’t….but, haven’t heard of that.

Food allergies are funny—I had the skin testing done a while ago, and they caught SOME of my allergies, but, the control didn’t even register properly. (but, then again, I WAS on allergy medicine, and they told me to only NOT TAKE IT THAT DAY, and alot of them take more than 12 hours to completely clear out of the system). Since then, I have developed the beef and oat food allergy. I also have asthma, so even though the test did or didn’t say I was allergic to something, I judged by how my asthma did on how I was going to deal with certain situations….if I KNEW that cut grass bothers me, I make sure to try to avoid it when I can, OR take my medicine BEFORE HAND.
Unfortunately, gluten intolerance/allergies aren’t so easy. Neither is MILK allergies. Milk is HIDDEN in SO MANY products….and, sometimes, not clearly labeled. Sometimes, for the milk, you HAVE to look for LACTOSE as well as milk (someone told me once that perhaps WHEY as well…although, not sure on that–I think that would be more if they were allergic to ALL dairy, like cheese).

There isn’t any magic pill for Gluten intolerance or allergy—avoidance is the only thing that usually works (although some health food stores may sell herbal or other pills for this….don’t know how they are). I stick to rice, potatoes, and corn….and mix it up a bit….tortilla chips or rice cakes, the McCain SMILES are gluten free last I checked (but, ALWAYS read the package EVERY TIME as they DO CHANGE ingrediants and processing methods).

Good luck to you….see if your doc can refer you to a nutritionist or someone you can talk to to better learn about this and how to work around this for preparing meals safely and easily.

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Mineral May Make Milk Allergy A Thing Of The Past

Rachel — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:21:12 +0000

A mineral found in Greenland may hold the key to eradicating milk allergies and also provide vital help in the fight against cancer.

Mineral To Eradicate Milk Allergy?

People with milk allergies now have hope of being able to drink milk in the future.

Microbiologists Peter Stougaard and Marianne Schmidt from Denmark’s University of Copenhagen have found a mineral in Ikka Fjord in southern Greenland which can be added to milk to remove the lactose which many cannot tolerate.

The mineral is found throughout southern Greenland, but specifically in Ikka Fjord.

According to the journal Polar Front, the two scientists have developed and patented a new enzyme that can break down lactose. The enzyme is isolated from bacteria which live inside the Ikka Fjord mineral deposits, writes public broadcaster knr.gl.

Stougaard also said he and his colleagues have carried out preliminary chemical studies on sea cucumbers from the deposits in Ikka Fjord which suggest the organisms may contain a cancer-inhibiting substance that could be utilised by the pharmaceutical industry.

Source: sermitsiaq.gl

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What Types Of Cheese Can I Give To My Child Who Has Milk Allergy?

Maya — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:25:09 +0000

It depends on what part of the milk your child is allergic to. If he/she is allergic to milk protein, then you cannot give cow’s milk cheese at all.

True milk allergies are far less common than lactose intolerance, and can be devastating. If your child has a true milk allergy, you will know it. He/she will have severe symptoms such as: vomiting, diarrhea, rash or hives, difficulty breathing while lactose intolerance tends to cause gassiness, cramping and colicky behavior.

There is a cheese called chevre. It is a french goat cheese. Check your deli. Many people who are allergic to cow’s milk can consume goat’s milk products and many people with lactose intolerance can still eat cheese, and sometimes even consume milk in small amounts. Lactose is a milk sugar, and it changes during the cheesemaking process–more so with the harder and longer aged cheeses.
If lactose is the problem, you could just experiment with very small amounts of what ever cheese or milk product it is that you have on hand. If the child gets symptoms, then eliminate that product for a while. Wait at least three days to try another new food. If the child does get colicky or have gas, go to your local drug store (even Wal-Mart) and get the generic counterpart to Mylicon. It is usually called something like “baby gas drops”, and the active ingredient is “simethicone”. It breaks up the large gas bubbles and helps them dissolve into the stomach contents, hence passing out without causing pain. It is not absorbed, therefore will not harm the child even if you give larger than the recommended dosage.

NOTE: Raw milk has a small amount of lactase (the enzyme needed to digest lactose, and what is missing in people who are lactose intolerant), so sometimes a person can consume a bit of raw milk when they cannot drink pasteurized milk.

I would not advocate drinking raw milk unless I knew the farmer and had seen with my own eyes that he was meticulously clean in his production and that he monitored his dairy herd carefully for disease.

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What Kind of Milk or Milk Substitutes is Good for Your Child?

Rachel — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:50:24 +0000

Breast milk?
Yes. A child with milk allergy can in most cases tolerate breast milk. Only in very rare cases, children with milk allergies react to the cow milk protein in breast milk. In this situation it may be necessary for the mother by agreement with the doctor also go on a milk free diet.

Infant formulas?
No and yes. Children with milk allergies can not tolerate general infant formulas because they contain milk protein. In contrast, the good withstand high-hydrolyzed infant formulas as Nutramigen ® and Profylac ®. pate products are treated in such a way that almost all children with milk allergy can tolerate them. The high-hydrolyzed infant formulas are bought at the pharmacy.
The very few children who can not tolerate these products must have an amino acid-based formula such as Neocate ®.

Children under 1-2 years should not receive infant formula made from soy, because there is a risk that children will develop allergies to soy.

Non homogenized milk?
No. Your child will also respond allergic to proteins in non homogenized milk because proteins do not change by homogenization. Homogenization breaks the fat in milk into smaller pieces, so it does not lump together in the milk.

Unpasteurized milk? (raw milk / dairy farm gate)
No. Your child will also respond allergic to proteins in unpasteurized milk. In pasteurization milk is warmed up in a short time. It kills any harmful bacteria in the milk and affects only a small fraction of the proteins.

Organic milk?
No. The proteins are similar in organic milk and plain milk. Your child will also respond allergic to proteins in organic milk.

Milk from other animals?
No. The proteins in cow, sheep and goat milk, etc. are similar. When your child is allergic to cow’s milk, it will also respond allergic to proteins in the milk of example, goat, sheep and horses.

Soy Drink?
No and yes. Soy Drink does not contain as many nutrients as infant formula. Soya Drink can not replace infant formula for children under 2 years. Soy Drink may be included in cooking from the age of 1.

Always read the declaration, so you are sure that there is soybean milk in the drink.

Rice milk, oats and coconut milk drink?
Rice milk and oat drink and coconut milk does not contain many nutrients, compared with the infant formula and can not be used in stead of infant formula. Coconut milk contains much of it unhealthy saturated fat. Therefore, these products are not to be used as a substitute for the milk, the child should have to drink, or as a substitute for milk in the child’s porridge or moss. They can be used to a lesser extent in cooking, for example, in conjunction cooked dishes or sauce.

Always read the declaration, so you are sure that there is no milk in rice and oats drink or in coconut milk.

Porridge Powder?
No and yes. Many gruel and porridge powders contain milk and milk proteins. But there are also some without milk and milk proteins, which can add high-hydrolyzed formula or breast milk. Read the declaration.

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