Re: Food allergy improvement

[Guest guest]

You might want to do the peanut challenge in the allergist office.

The fruits you mentioned are part of the oral allergy syndrome with tree

pollens that are close to those fruits. Google 'oral allergy syndrome " and

it should give you lots of info. Typically these are not anaphylactic,

though it can be hard to tell due to the extensive itching they can cause -

BTDT too often until we figured it out. My daughter can't eat apples,

carrots or celery right now due to the same issue.

A peanut allergy is risky to challenge on your own. My daughter has a peanut

allergy and we were about to challenge it in the office as she had outgrown

all of her other food allergies (though not tree and grass pollens as

exhibited by the itchy mouth.) Unfortunately she reacted to an accidental

exposure and reacted with anaphylaxis, so we now avoid peanuts and carry

epi-pens for her again.

I am allergic to a slew of foods too - egg, cucumber, melons, dairy, soy,

citrus, kiwi, eggplant, and others - as well as the seasonal sensitivities

to apples, pitted fruits, carrots and a couple of others I can't remember. I

do avoid nuts because I have developed other allergies in my 30's and my

risk of developing a nut allergy is higher than most. My tree, grass and

ragweed allergies are very high, though Xolair has made a remarkable

difference. I have eaten apples lately without a problem, but will not risk

the egg as I have had several anaphylactic reactions to it. My allergist

said that the Xolair will likely just buy me time before I have an

anaphylactic reaction to egg, not remove my risk.

Xolair was tested in peanut allergic individuals, so you might want to see

if the studies are available online to review the data. I know it was

decided it wasn't yet safe enough though to use in all peanut allergic

individuals.

B.

From: [mailto: ] On

Behalf Of bisnono

Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 11:04 PM

Subject: [ ] Food allergy improvement

I have hard food allergies since birth (wheat, dairy), however several new

ones have

developed within the past 10 years. Among them: melons, cherries, pitted

fruit, apples,

shellfish and peanuts. These allergies developed after age 18 and got worse

as my allergies to

trees/flowers/grasses increased.

Last week, I ate a whole apple with no reaction. Today I had watermelon with

no reaction.

Am going to try cherries and peaches later this week, and have plans to try

peanut butter

(with an epipen at the ready, of course). I'm on Xolair 2 vials every 2

weeks and just started

in early April. It is an incredible experience to add FRUIT back into my

diet.

For those of you with food allergies that developed in adulthood (other than

say shellfish), it

may not be hopeless. For me, Xolair has meant that I can enjoy fruit that's

been off limits for

the past 10 years fresh from the tree and it's such a treat.

I don't recommend you try this without having an emergency plan ready or

without the OK

from your doc. But depending on the reason for your food allergies, Xolair

can make a real

difference!!

[Guest guest]

I want to chime in on this one. My allergy, and I didn't know it until two

years ago, is to

wheat and gluten. Not celiac. Anyway, the numbers are not anaphylactic, but high

enough.

So, I just got sick to my stomach, itching and loose stools. I have tried to eat

those items

once again since I went on Xolair. Whilie it is nice to know I can get away with

it ever so

often, I look at Xolair as something that prevents illness if I miss something.

I still get

symptoms, albeit not as severe, from my food allergies. And, the way I

understand it is

that Xolair is permission to eat those foods again. Everytime you eat those

foods more IgE

will be produced, and if the eating is continual, then there will not be enough

Xolair to

bind out all the IgE that causes your allergic reactions. The way that it was

explained to

me, is that as an adult these food alergies will be with me for the rest of my

life. Xolair

helps my atopy, but it doesn't allow me to eat those foods again.

>

> I have hard food allergies since birth (wheat, dairy), however several new

ones have

> developed within the past 10 years. Among them: melons, cherries, pitted

fruit, apples,

> shellfish and peanuts. These allergies developed after age 18 and got worse as

my

allergies to

> trees/flowers/grasses increased.

>

> Last week, I ate a whole apple with no reaction. Today I had watermelon with

no

reaction.

> Am going to try cherries and peaches later this week, and have plans to try

peanut butter

> (with an epipen at the ready, of course). I'm on Xolair 2 vials every 2 weeks

and just

started

> in early April. It is an incredible experience to add FRUIT back into my

diet.

>

> For those of you with food allergies that developed in adulthood (other than

say

shellfish), it

> may not be hopeless. For me, Xolair has meant that I can enjoy fruit that's

been off

limits for

> the past 10 years fresh from the tree and it's such a treat.

>

> I don't recommend you try this without having an emergency plan ready or

without the

OK

> from your doc. But depending on the reason for your food allergies, Xolair

can make a

real

> difference!!

>

[Guest guest]

i have an oral allergy to fresh fruits and vegs. that started with apples as a

kid but increased to other fruits and vegs as I got older. I also am allergic

to trees, pollen, grasses, some off the chart. Every now and then I try a

nibble of a fruit to see if I still react, which I do. I just had my 2nd xolair

shot, maybe in a month or two I will also try a fruit(I so love pears and

apples). I'll have my epi pen near bye as well. jean

---- bisnono <bisnono@...> wrote:

> I have hard food allergies since birth (wheat, dairy), however several new

ones have

> developed within the past 10 years. Among them: melons, cherries, pitted

fruit, apples,

> shellfish and peanuts. These allergies developed after age 18 and got worse as

my allergies to

> trees/flowers/grasses increased.

>

> Last week, I ate a whole apple with no reaction. Today I had watermelon with

no reaction.

> Am going to try cherries and peaches later this week, and have plans to try

peanut butter

> (with an epipen at the ready, of course). I'm on Xolair 2 vials every 2 weeks

and just started

> in early April. It is an incredible experience to add FRUIT back into my

diet.

>

> For those of you with food allergies that developed in adulthood (other than

say shellfish), it

> may not be hopeless. For me, Xolair has meant that I can enjoy fruit that's

been off limits for

> the past 10 years fresh from the tree and it's such a treat.

>

> I don't recommend you try this without having an emergency plan ready or

without the OK

> from your doc. But depending on the reason for your food allergies, Xolair

can make a real

> difference!!

>

>