I was born with eczema. Had it so bad, from head to toe, the doctors tried everything to help me. I would wake up in the morning with my legs scabbed together from me digging in my sleep. My g-ma would have to carry me to the bath to soak until it softened and I could open my legs. I was told most children that have eczema usually grow out of it. Well, I never grew completely out of it, but around 12 or 13 it did clear up. Now I only have a spot here and there IF I am around something I am allergic to. (cats, dogs, mold, fresh cut grass, pizza, chocolate, ect ect) If she is still suffering from this she could be allergic to something in the home, something she eats, or even a pet. I hope this helps your little girly.
]]>Thanks! I go back to my GI in January so will probably bring this up to her and see what she thinks. I’m also hoping this will be enough time to see if symptoms resurface, suggesting there may be other problem foods as well.
]]>I’m glad your elimination technique is working for you. Part of the reason is that your symptoms clear up so quickly – lucky you!
White vinegar is different from other types of vinegar, since it is distilled, or manufactured directly without fermentation, so that might be different from wine vinegar etc. As for the rest of your questions, time will tell. And the problem may go away after several years, you’ll have to wait and see.
Good luck!
]]>The idea is not to for ever live on a restricted diet of just the usually allergy free foods. In fact, this would likely lead to becoming allergic to them eventually.
The idea is to start off by eliminating potential allergens and seeing if you feel better, then reintroduce foods and see if they are ok for you or not.
It is true that yeast can be in a lot of foods, but there is still plenty of other foods to choose from!
]]>I guess it’s not impossible if you eat the same safe foods everyday. Though I worry it would be tough to get all the nutrients you need if you ate just a few foods day after day. If you wanted to expand upon your non-common-allergy-foods diet, it seems like you’d be destined for failure. For example, I’m just reading about yeast alone and there are so many foods that yeast could be in that most would have no idea about. Yeast is listed as being in some fruit skins (grapes, plums, and ?). Is it in the skin of blueberries? If so and you eat blueberries, you could potentially “cheat” the test and have no idea you did.
It seems that Soylent Green would be great for food-allergy testing.
]]>What do you mean by impossible? I’ve done it and it worked fine. Why do you find this impossible?
If you’ve been living with allergies for a long time, you may not know what all of your symptoms are now, but you sure will when they disappear, don’t worry about that, believe me! You’ll get used to the new normal and you’ll realize how un-normal the old ‘normal’ really was.
]]>Could you be allergic to coconut oil. It is in almost all shampoos.
Switch to baking soda and vinegar.