Re: Re: GERD/allergies & SCD

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Thanks , that information is timely for me. I think. I made soup

Sunday with butternut squash (a new one for me that I haven't been able to

tolerate the few times I've tried it).

But I have been eating small amounts of it in the soup--took most of it out

when I realized it wasn't carrots <g>. I'm 38 btw, not a kid so my

situation may be different. The only squash I do well with is acorn

*sometimes* and yellow which I grew up eating a ton of...anyway. Do you

think being wary of foods you have never had before (spices too maybe?)

would be good?

Debbie 38 crohn's

pentasa

scd 1/07

>

> Thanks to all the replies. I haven't had any time to individually reply,

> but I did read them all. We saw yet another doctor today and all agree it is

> an extreme kind of a food allergy type of GERD and we need to remove the

> culprit allergen from the diet or it will get much worse. I think the reason

> SCD has triggered it is that a few foods were introduced that she had never

> eaten before on a regular basis (squash comes to mind & others too). So

> healthy or not, we took out foods that were not allergens to her body and

> replaced them with ones that were. After 10 months, it's hard to remember

> which foods were new as of this year as I have gotten so used to this diet

> that I forget what we ate in 2006! We will complete all of the testing and

> hopefully be on our way to recovery. See the article below...

>

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>

> Local Health

>

> Food allergies among children new epidemic in state

> BY JUANA M. GYEK, SUN STAFF WRITER

> --See Image(s) Below--

>

> Published on: October 1, 2006

>

> Is your child vomiting, having chest pain or is unable to swallow food?

>

> He or she may have acid reflux, or a more complicated condition in which

> food allergies are causing swelling in the esophagus.

>

> Food allergies in the gastrointestinal tract have become " a new epidemic

> in the state " among children, said Dr. Fayez Ghishan, director of the

> University of Arizona Steele Children's Research Center.

>

> Eosinophilic esophagitis (EE), swelling and inflammation in the esophagus

> caused by a food allergy, and Eosinophilic gastroenteropathy, inflammation

> and swelling of a larger area extending from the esophagus to the entire

> gastrointestinal tract, are conditions that are becoming more common among

> youths, he said.

>

> Allergens in the air mixing with food and causing allergic reactions can

> be a contributing cause for the increase in EE, Ghishan said.

>

> EE displays a delayed reaction at two to three weeks, unlike better-known

> food allergies that cause more immediate reactions — like swelling of the

> tongue and the throat, difficulty breathing and hives — soon after the food

> is eaten, Ghishan said.

>

> This is why parents and doctors may not immediately think this is an

> allergic reaction but a different problem.

>

> EE is sometimes confused with Gastroesophaheal reflux disease (GERD), a

> condition in which acid and pepsin produced in the stomach come up the

> esophagus and possibly causing inflammation and damage to the lining.

>

> GERD and EE display similar symptoms, so if medication is given for GERD

> and the condition does not improve, doctors and parents should consider EE

> as the possible cause of the child's inability to pass food, Ghishan said.

>

> Ghishan said one theory holds that mothers can prevent food allergies in

> their children by taking probiotics, a healthy bacteria, during pregnancy

> and while breast feeding, which they should do until their child is a year

> old.

>

> Starting next year, doctors will offer the patch test at the Steele

> Children's Research Center to help determine exactly what food allergy a

> patient has, Ghishan said. This test is currently only available in two

> hospitals across the country.

>

> " I am delighted that all the patients from the Southwest (will not) have

> to travel to Cincinnati or Philadelphia to get this test done, so we will be

> doing it at the University of Arizona. That is a major advance for people

> not to travel and spend all this money, " Ghishan said. " It's going to be a

> major advance in taking care of kids in the state of Arizona. "

>

> a M. Gyek can be reached at jgyek (AT) yumasun (DOT) com or 539-6872.

>

> TOP-7 ALLERGEN FOODS

>

> Top 7 foods that can cause allergies in the esophagus or gastrointestinal

> tract

>

> • Cow's milk

> • Soy

> • Eggs

> • Fish

> • Wheat

> • Tree nuts

> • Peanuts

>

> WHAT TO LOOK FOR

>

> Symptoms of food allergies in the esophagus or gastrointestinal tract

> IN BABIES:

> • Vomiting.

> • Refusal to eat.

> • Irritability.

> • Spitting up.

> • Stretching motion to stretch out esophagus to let food pass.

> OLDER CHILDREN:

> • Chest pain.

> • Inability to swallow food.

> IN TEEN AND ADULTS:

> • Chest pain.

> • Difficulty in swallowing.

>

> THE PATCH TEST:

>

> • Foods are chosen based on the patient's diet.

> • Small amounts of pure food are placed in tiny cups.

> • Cups are taped to the skin of the patient.

> • The patches are removed after 48 hours.

> • Doctor views any reactions at 72 hours.

>

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