"cloud dreamer" <Stop@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> I've read through a few posts here but can't really find an answer to my
> question about milk allergy. I'm in my early 40s and was recently
> diagnosed with most basic indoor and outdoor allergies (except pets). I
> told the allergist that I tend to develop pain in my hands, forearms,
> elbows and (when it gets bad) my ankles after I consume dairy products.
> His answer was that only 2 percent of the population have dairy
allergies
> and said no more.
>
> I developed the other allergies in the last four years and never had a
> problem with dust, pollen, mold or dairy before then. I've been trying
an
> elimination diet since July and have found some relief when the milk is
> 100% eliminated. I don't think it's lactose intolerance because I
recently
> introduced lactose free milk as my only milk source and the pain
returned.
>
> I'm just curious if it's possible to develop a milk allergy at this
> age...or is there another possible explanation.
It's possible to develop an allergy at any time or for it to go unnoticed.
My food allergies were diagnosed at age 46, although it was said as a baby
I
had a milk allergy.
I threw up any and all milk they gave me.
Then as a toddler, they started giving me milk again. Why? I don't know.
I had near constant stomach troubles. I can remember looking at people
who
were smiling and getting angry. I would think... How can they be smiling
when they are in such pain? I thought everyone always had stomach pains.
My diagnosis came about after my daughter and then my mom were diagnosed
with food allergies. I am allergic to dairy, eggs and almonds.
I can't believe how much better I feel now. I used to go through tons of
Immodium. There were days I couldn't leave the house because it was so
bad.
I also had chronic ear, nose and throat infections. No more! Have had
only
one sinus infection and that was following a cold.
All my life I'd been told I had allergies. No Dr. ever suggest testing
for
food allergies. I was told by one Dr. I had lactose intolerance. This
was
back before they had lactose free milk. I stopped drinking milk. Felt
some
better. I still ate cheese. It never occurred to me that cheese could be
causing my problems.
In the case of my daughter, they would tell me her chronic infections were
caused by allergies. They would tell me she didn't have food allergies,
yet
they never tested her for them. And they kept giving her more and more
allergy meds. I was sooo happy when I finally found a Dr. who listened to
me and tested her for the food allergies. I went back to him for my own
allergies.
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