Ben, my son, is also able to tolerate milk fat and
sugar. But not the proteins..especially casein.
--- Angel Katinsky <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Hi Marla,
>  Actually, it has gotten worse with time. I've
> always been severely allergic,
> but have only started being anaphylactic in the last
> few years. Before that I
> would have severe congestion and coughing, stridor
> (tight throat with squeaky
> breathing) and pain, swelling and stiffness in my
> joints. Most of these
> symptoms are the beginnings of anaphylactic
> responses. But, nothing life
> threatening. I was told it would get worse with
> time, because each exposure
> causes a more severe immune reaction and it would
> take less and less of an
> amount of dairy protein to trigger it. I'm not only
> allergic to casein, but
> also to whey proteins.
> The weird thing is that I'm not lactose intolerant.
> I've never had any type
> of LI response when exposed to dairy (diarrhea,
> bloating, etc.).
> As a side note: After the first few reactions and
> the trying of goat's milk
> (which I reacted the same to), my mother and doctor
> put me on some awful
> concoction they whipped up to use as a formula. I
> ended up drinking this
> until about halfway through grade school and then
> just went milk free. This
> was before they had all the special infant formulas
> in the mainstream markets
> and my mother was unable to breast feed. I used to
> challenge milk, until a
> few years ago when I started having anaphylactic
> responses to it.  Now, I go
> nowhere without at least 2 Epi-Pens (1 just doesn't
> stop the reaction).
> Angel


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