Julie Bove wrote:
> "cloud dreamer" <Stop@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
> news:13l0ob17tckdhe5@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> 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.
>
>
Is there a reliable test for food allergies? I imagine there is for
shellfish (my niece was positive for that) but everything I've read said
elimination diet was the only real test for a milk allergy. Is that the
case or is there a test I can ask for?
Thanks!
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