> A former La Leche League Leader in my community had similar symptoms in her child. Eliminating dairy wasn't enough. She had to stay away from all beef/beef related products as well to avoid the bovine protein.
Cindy Garrison BS IBCLC
>
>
> Subject: Infant Allergy Testing . . .
> Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 13:42:14 EDT
> From: "Kerri Smith, BC, Canada" <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Hi everyone,
> A Mama in our LLL group has three little boys. The older two both have
> severe allergies, and the oldest was nursed until he was five because he could
> basically eat nothing else. Now her baby is a year old and has been having
> some kind of gastric bleeding (blood in stools) for several months. She cut out
> dairy, and it made no difference so she added it back in.
> The foods this family can eat are very limited already. The father is a
> vegetarian, the older boy is allergic to dairy and soy, and the middle boy is
> allergic to eggs and nuts. She homeschools because they are anaphylactic. (I
> suggested celiac, as my son had similar symptoms. They said they don't need
> to test this babe for celiac disease because he's not losing weight, although
> he's also not gaining. My son and nephew both weren't diagnosed until they
> were older toddlers, but the symptoms started at this age with blood in stool
> and fussiness with food and no weight gain. It just seems to be a simple
> thing to test, as wheat and other grains are a big part of the Mother's diet,
> considering all the other restrictions.)
> Anyway, the specialists at BC Children's Hospital told her that the only
> thing they can do is wean the baby, put him on a hypo-allergenic "formula" and
> admit him to the hospital for 2-3 weeks of intensive testing. This just does
> not make sense to me! Are there other ways to determine what's going on?
> She just had high hopes for this appointment and came away with no new
> information or encouragement. She refused to wean the baby, saying she'll just keep
> doing what she's doing until he's older. It doesn't make sense when we know
> how susceptible this babe is to food allergies, and how protective mother's
> milk is in these cases, to take him off the breast. There is no way this
> family can afford the $800/month for this formula anyway.
> Where else can we learn more about things like this? Are there any
> specialists who deal in similar allergies in infants?
> Kerri Smith
> Chilliwack, BC,, Canada
> Adoptive Nursing Mama to Cole and Adam
> La Leche League Leader
> Community Services Birth Companion
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