Allergy Shots and Eczema | Autism PDD

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My son reacts to Wheat and Soy immediately with rashes and his exczema gets worse.  Certain additives and colorings in soaps make it worse as well.  I find avoidance of the triggers work best.

Concernedpa. 

My 2-year old language-delayed daughter had a skin test for allergies from a DAN Allergist and Immunologist today. She reacted to several things. Mold, Pollen, Grass, Cats, etc. The doctor gave her an allergy shot today and said she needs to start having them. Has anyone ever gone through this treatment, or heard of it? I am wondering how truly "alternative" or not this treatment is. Allergy shots are common for severely allergic kids with asthma, but she's not severely allergic, and her doctor is a DAN doctor, so I wonder how shaky versus solid the medical ground is for using these treatments to treat her brain symptoms.

A word about her eczema and ear infections in the first year of her life, though. The Doctor told me that eczema is very, very common in kids with a wide range of problems- from autism to learning disabilities and AD/HD.The Doctor also told me that ear infections are associated with milk allergies. My angel had severe eczema from eight months (around the time foods began to be introduced and she stopped nursing) until 3 months ago when I removed cow's milk from her diet. I removed cow's milk from her diet and replace it with organic rice milk fortified with calcium and B vitamins. I also started supplementing with Omega-3, 6 and 9s- which are Fish Oil, Flaxseed Oil, Primrose Oil and Oleic Oil. (I take scissors and cut open the pill and squeeze the oil into her sippy cup of milk at night before she goes to sleep). Her eczema is 95% gone now.

She also reacted to milk, oats, cashews, pork, tuna, yeast, apples, corn, and potatoes. Funny, sausage is her favorite meat and she drinks at least 16 ounces of apple juice a day, and of course potatoes and corn are in about half of what we eat, so it's like she's allergic to the foods she's eaten the most.

I wonder if there are any other kids who've had actual skin allergy reactions to foods like this?

 

Bluebird39171.4721990741I had allergy shots when I was young - over 25 years ago.  I hope they are much improved.  They used to be horribly painful.  I would get one in each arm.  My arms would hurt so bad that I couldn't lift them past my neck.  The pain would last for weeks and then it would be time for more injections!

My son also has eczema.  Eczema shows up in 1 out of 10 children, so it's not exactly uncommon in nonautistic children either.  Milk is often associated with eczema problems, but some foods contain histamines that can also cause flare-ups -- examples are citrus, strawberries, tomatoes (including ketchup).

I'm not really an alternative medicine kind of gal, and I don't know enough about DAN to have an opinion, but I'd be skeptical about the shots.  I wouldn't want my child to develop a fear of doctors.

Good luck making your decision.

MY daughter has allergies that were not serious enough to be asthma.  The allergies have gotten worse and now she has allergy induced asthma and has started allergy shots today.  It was no big deal and she is not sore at all.  If I knew then what I know now I would have done the allergy shots sooner to try to prevent asthma.

I wanted to add that allergy shots should not be given to children under 5.

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The shots are actually for the airborne allergens- the mold, pollen, and grass that she can't get away from in the air. The shots are not for food- we just have to eliminate with food.

The idea is that there's so much chronic inflammation from allergies of all kinds it is affecting her brain development, so all of the allergies need to be controlled. Just wondered if anyone else has airborne allergies that weren't serious enough to be asthma, but a DAN doctor treated with shots anyway.

 

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She's under the recommended age of five- she's two, but the doctor has a brochure in his office that specifically addresses the reasons why he believes it's ok to start with very young kids. Fear of shots is one of the biggest reasons why doctors have that blanket recommendation, but this shot was very quick and didn't seem to bother her afterwards. It didn't seem any worse than her vaccines, and she's already afraid of her doctor from those.

As for her eczema, we know it's caused by a milk allergy because she reacted on the skin test.

 

 


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