Re: Re: GERD/allergies & SCD/Debbi

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Actually, that post made no sense since I was writing then editing.

I made soup with butternut squash, meatballs and lima beans. Also has some

onions. Everything except the BS I'm used to eating without a problem.

Had terrible gut pains even though it was cooked for a long time. I took

out most of the squash--not all. I thought I'd try to eat small amounts.

There is no way to get all the squash out once it's cooked that long. Since

then, I've had itching, skin breaking out and the burning--awful burning in

the gut and burning as I ate/swallowed it. I didn't know a person could be

allergic or intolerant to one thing (food) like that or at least something

like *a squash*.

I've only had the BSquash a few times on this diet (bad reaction every

time). Never ate it that I can recall before this so that is what I mean by

the information you posted being timely.

One big learning trip on this--thanks, Guess I'll just avoid the whole

pumpkin/winter squash this year. Sorry, TMI :-).

Debbie 38 crohn's

pentasa

scd 1/07

>

> That seems to be our experience! I would try a new food once and look

> for a possible reaction up to 4 days later before trying it again.

>

> -

>

> Tex Debl <texdebl@... <texdebl%40gmail.com>> wrote:

> 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 . 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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