reflux – K12Allergies https://k12allergies.com Your food allergy story can make a difference! Wed, 22 Mar 2023 18:30:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://k12allergies.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Screen-Shot-2020-05-28-at-9.34.06-AM-32x32.png reflux – K12Allergies https://k12allergies.com 32 32 Katie (@Katiehollcreative – 9 years old) https://k12allergies.com/katie-katiehollcreative-9-years-old/ Mon, 06 Mar 2023 18:28:00 +0000 https://k12allergies.com/?p=2069 Our first experience with food allergies was when our oldest, now nine, had her first reaction at 6 months old at daycare. There were certainly symptoms she experienced prior that could have alerted us to food allergies, such as eczema and excessive spitting up after eating, but it was initially always diagnosed as reflux until she had formula mixed with her oatmeal. That’s when we had her tested and found out she was allergic to milk, egg, peanut, and tree nuts. Fast forward, all three of our children have multiple food allergies, some anaphylactic. Between the three, we manage milk, egg, peanut, tree nuts, and shrimp. We’ve done some oral challenges and have been able to cross some off, but each has epipens and also our oldest two have asthma.

We didn’t get a lot of information from our allergist apart from “avoid these foods” so it was a big learning curve navigating this new lifestyle. I found lots of useful information on the Food Allergy Research and Education’s (FARE) site and after a few years, found some great Facebook groups to connect and learn from others in the community. Other useful sites were FAACT and Allergic Living. I also wrote a children’s book about multiple food allergies to help educate and bring more awareness to the community in general.

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