My son was detected with severe allergies in the 7 th month. The skin
test came postive to almost all the items except wheat and fish. He was
allergic to milk, soy, treenuts, egg white, barley. The allergist gave us
Zyrtec, but  it didn't really work. i agree  with Mark  the 'nothing diet'
was what actually stopped the itchiness for my son. We started him with only
rice and breastfeeding for some weeks. and then slowly added vegatables.
Vegies that worked  for him intially were carrot, Spinach, potato. Almost
seemed like the ones without any seeds.   Later started giving , but
removed central seed area when cooking squash and gourds.



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> We never found Zyrtec to be effective. The only thing we found to be of
any help, medicinally, was Vistaril, a more potent formulation of
Hydroxyzine.
>
> But no medicinal relief held a candle to the relief Josh got through a
complete overhawl of his diet and environment. We tried piecemeal (!)
elimination diets, but really had to go the "nothing diet" route and build
up from a nearly empty diet to one where he remained (relatively)
asymptomatic yet got some nutrition. We also did a number on our house,
cleaning out pets :-(, dust, getting rid of upholstery, carpets, drapes, ...
>
> It paid off bigtime. We got sleep, and Josh did, too. He's about 12 years
older now. Still somewhat itchy; still highly allergic. Now only takes
Allegra and asthma meds. But really did thrive when figured out what he can
eat that doesn't make him itchy.
>
> Mark
> > We hear a lot about Hunter, but, as he's just a few
> > months younger than my dairy, peanut/treenut, dust
> > allergic son, I'm generally interested in how Nancy
> > deals with him and also in the advice everyone has for
> > her.  When I lie awake at night with my 19 month old
> > who won't stop tearing holes in his arms and legs b/c
> > he itches (regardless of Zyrtec, steroid cream, Elidel,
> > Aquaphor & my best efforts at allergen avoidance), if I
> > happen to think of Nancy, I console myself with the
> > thought that there are other people out there dealing
> > with these issues, whose children have actually gotten
> > older, that the night won't last forever.
> >
> > And if my inbox is too full, I hit delete.
> >
> > I have little confidence in my allergist or our GP, but
> > don't have a lot of options and don't know where to
> > turn.  I did some research on eastern medicine and
> > didn't find anything conclusive enough to jump out of
> > my expensive health plan and try anything even more
> > expensive (b/c not covered).  And I wish there were
> > more Double Rainbow Soy Dream options...
> >
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