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Default Food Allergies?

Andy wrote:
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> Probably asked before but...
>
> I was thinking food and was reminded of my 1st cousin who was allergic to
> milk since birth until detected 3 years old. They just gave him pain killers.
>
> He grew up in his teens a skinny kid but mushroomed to 300+ lbs. last time I
> saw him.
>
> I'm not allergic to any foods. Maybe I'm developing lactose intolerance. Gout
> aside, I'm pretty food tolerant.
>
> Got food allergies? Got over food allergies? Since/At what age?
>
> Andy


As a baby/toddler, DS was unable to eat eggs. Well, he could, but it
wasn't a very good idea. When he was 4 mos old and received his 2nd
mandatory immunization shot(s), he screamed -- and I mean blood-curdling
screams too, way beyond vigorously crying -- for hours afterwards; he
also ran a slight fever, which is not uncommon after any immunization.
His pediatrician figured there may have been something (eggs?) in that
immunization to which he may have been allergic, so the pertussis
component was omitted from his subsequent immunizations for quite a few
years since it was egg-based.

Fast forward a few months when DS was started on solid foods. If I fed
him eggs (scrambled, whatever), he'd get a 'mottled' complexion on his
face & skin. So, for a few years, eggs were out of his diet. Luckily,
he grew out of that slight(?) food allergy by the time he started
elementary school (whew!!!!). Now as a grown adult, he eats anything
and everything that's put before him on a plate, unlike his picky parent
(me)!

Sky

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