for those looking for allergy as a trigger

[dut]

Hi - I just thought it worth mentioning for those looking for triggers for whom allergy may be 1 of them (our dd has had PANDAS flares in response to allergic reactions to foods in addition to infection)...

 

Our dd8 has known, fairly severe, food allergies to cashews and pistachios. She also gets smaller reactions at times that we have, until now no,t been able to pinpoint due to seemingly conflicting responses.

 

When she would have these reactions the only common denominator in all the foods was corn or a corn product. However, when she had corn kernels or whole corn at home, no reaction. Doing some reading on the subject, I think we've discovered that she is allergic to genetcially engineered corn but not nonGMO. We buy organic for home but somewhere around 70% of non organic corn is genetically engineered.

 

Supposedly, it is increasingly common for people to be showing signs of allergy to GMOs but not the nonGMO.

 

I just thought it worth mentioning, as it really had us stumped for a while. Allergies aren't her big triggers but we're happy to lower her immune system provocations.

 

thanks

[MomWithOCDSon]

Thanks, dut. Interesting. DS had some food allergies (strawberries) when he was younger, but seems to have moved beyond now, though it's hard to know what might be contributing to the "allergic load" overall.

[mar]

Yes I feel that food allergies or sensitivities could make a difference. dd is allergic/sensitive to too many things to list and dd has some too. Sugar is not welcome in our house. It makes them go insane. Not sure if this is due to pandas. But other kids can handle it but not my dd. You really do have to try different things and I know some things that affect them bad. It trial and error. If you keep testing and trying you can eventually find it. I kept a journal for several years which was very helpful in the beginning. I was able to look back and see the correlation.

Mar