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Eczema Allergies And Asthma
Introducing solids and allergies? What do you think?
I have been very conservative when introducing solids to my kids because of family history of minor allergies, asthma and eczema problems. Started solids at 6 months, delayed dairy, delayed wheat, delayed egg until 12 months, breastfed until 13 months with first and still feeding second at 7 months. The reasoning behind this is that the earlier you are exposed to something the more likely an allergy will develop. However someone I know recently argued with me about this and she raised a valid point. She said that years ago people always introduced solids earlier and yet allergies were very rare, but these days people are delaying solids and certain foods and allergies are becoming increasingly more common. Do you think she has a point? Why do you think this is happening?
You are right to slowly add solids food to your baby's diet and starting with the least allergenic makes for good common sense. Even without a history of family food allergy, most peds recommend holding off on the eggs, nuts, etc until after a year.
It is true that allergy is more common today. There are several theories floating around. As you think about it, keep in mind that allergy is a defect in the immune system whereby harmless,benign proteins are misidentified as evil enemy invaders. IgE is produced, causing the mast cells to gen out histamine and that is where the problems start. That said, here are a couple of theories
First, with the advance of modern science, many people with acute allergies live long enough to reproduce and pass on the genetic defect. Used to be that people with asthma and allergies didn't live very long lives. Few made it to adulthood and the ones that did were urged not to have children. Now, we pop pills, keep on living, and keep on making more allergic people like ourselves. (This is not an indictment against you having kids even though you have allergies,,,,I have terrible allergies and have spawned two marvelous kids with allergies)
Second is that we are actually weakening our immune systems by not giving them enough to do. This relates to how people are crazy for using Lysol and bleach to disinfect everything that a kid touches and that young children no longer spend lots of time playing outside in the "gasp" DIRT! This theory follows a line of thinking that says if you don't give the immune system a chance to develop and have some practice on kicking a little germ butt now and again, then it doesn't develop properly and since it rarely sees a germ it thinks everything is a germ.
Lastly is the theory that our environment is increasingly more toxic and these toxins affect our immune systems. Our food is loaded with additives and toxins, our air has petrochemical by-products and ozone, (but at least we don't burn coal the way we used to), and we fill our house with toxic chemicals. While I personally try not to use toxic cleaners, I do remember that once upon a time, people cleaned with lye soap....now how toxic is that?
In my humble opinion, it is probably a mixture of living longer and reproduction by people that carry the allergy defect and that those people may not be allowed to develop their defective immune systems fully and live their lives eating Velveeta and drinking Yahoo (just kidding). Probably is a mixture of all three though
Food Allergy and Asthma
There have been a lot of studies about food allergy that involves patients having asthma. You can easily see the symptoms after a couple of hours after eating a certain kind of food. Asthma and eczema are associated with atopic patients with allergies in food.
Atopy has three manifestations including asthma. It is an allergy pattern unknown to most patients. It is usually associated with disorders such as hay fever and eczema. Food allergy causes delayed or immediate asthma patterns. The delayed pattern can bring about bronchitis and/or chronic asthma. The immediate reactions are life threatening, dramatic, and sudden that is a consequence of an anaphylactic reaction to food.
Asthma basic ideas, causes, treatment:
- asthma is considered an allergy unless proven otherwise
- allergies come from food sources and airborne
- solve asthma through diet revision and improved air quality
There are three basic choices for the treatment of asthma including removing the cause, treating the symptoms, and altering the patient to tolerate such causes.
Oftentimes, asthma is known as an allergy that's airborne, and food allergy is greatly neglected. Most doctors overlook this fact and despite the improvements with drug therapies, asthma is a leading cause of death. Most of the skin tests conducted to patients with asthma are negative, and the symptoms don’t appear immediately. For some, it can take hours or even days.
How does this happen? If the person eats a type of food that he or she is allergic to, the food allergens are then incorporated into the bloodstream and it triggers the immune mediators' release. These chemicals can cause different symptoms like bronchial muscle constriction; and this is an episode of an asthma attack. You will slowly feel the reduction of airflow in your bronchial tubes. You're already having a noisy and prolonged expiration. This obstructive, inflammatory phase is an important mechanism associated with chronic asthma.
Patients with food allergy are usually given antibiotics over and over again because the infection and allergic symptoms are very similar. But the truth is antibiotics can actually increase your risk of advance allergic reactions. There have been reports about patients with long-standing deterioration after prolonged or repeated antibiotic use. This is one of the reasons why many asthmatic patients are quite hesitant to undergo medication.
Here's good news to asthma sufferers, with a complete revision in your diet, you can remove the chronic symptoms. You must have a broad management plan that includes solving your food allergy, toxicity, airborne allergy, and providing appropriate medication when certain preventive efforts are unsuccessful.
There are specialized doctors that can help you with your diet plan. If your asthma is indeed caused by certain food allergies, your doctor can help you in identifying which foods you're allergic to. Once the foods are identified, your doctor can now recommend a new diet plan that is designed to stay away from certain foods. This may take time and you need to visit your doctor periodically. But the results are quite effective according to come patients.
If you're not that sure, you can do a valuable research online and check if the there are doctors in your place that can help you with your food allergy. You can also ask your friends and co-workers if they know a reputable doctor who can help you out.
Don’t start any treatment or diet without proper diagnosis and approval of your doctor to avoid any complications.
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