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She gets an itchy throat and
She gets an itchy throat and starts to cough. After giving her zyrtec it settles down.
It's really hard to say what
It's really hard to say what this could be. Your daughter could be developing new allergies OR the items could have been made in facilities with peanuts in them.
It's also possible that soy is an issue for her. Soy is a legume like peanut and related to peanut. The items you mentioned are sure to have soy in them.
You can do a few things.
1. Call the companies to find out about peanuts in the facilities and cross contamination.
2. Keep a food diary of all her reactions and what she's eating when she reacts and see if there is a common ingredient.
3. Make an appointment with the allergist for additional testing.
Please make sure to keep an EpiPen on hand at all times just in case one of these reactions gets more severe.
Hope that helps!
Ruth
Thankyou for your reply. Yes
Thankyou for your reply. Yes both have Textured Soy Protein and 322- soy. She can eat soy yoghurt though no problems. We have an appt next week with the allergist. We also have an epi pen with her at all times eg school and home and away etc.
I agree with the above. So
I agree with the above. So sorry for your daughter.
Just throwing this out there as well...some soy allergic people, can eat soy lecithin just fine and not tolerate "soy" itself. Didn't know if your yogurt had that in it?
G/L at the allergist.
-Gina
Either the problem is that
Either the problem is that the products are manufactured in a plant that makes items with peanuts. But here's something else, a lot of the products you describe are made with wheat. I developed a wheat allergy last year and I would have an asthma attack every time I would eat the very things you have mentioned.
Try this: Eliminate anything with wheat in it by trying a gluten free diet for one-two weeks. Make sure to talk with the doctor that you are trying this. If the symptoms go away but come back on reintroduction, your child may have either an allergy to wheat or a gluten intolerance that is hopefully early stage enough to reverse the negative effects by going on a gluten free diet.
You have to play detective on some of this.