Aubrey Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Ok, so if dh is allergic to milk but doesn't read labels in order to avoid things like whey, he's either ok w/ it, or we're not associating the symptoms w/ the cause. What would the symptoms be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ria Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 I think the symptoms can vary wildly. I know someone whose child is so terribly allergic that he breaks out in hives and can go into anaphylactic shock if milk even touches his skin. Obviously, that's an extreme reaction. Ria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vansolkema1996 Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 I agree with Ria. I don't know alot about Milk Allergy but my 1YO DD breaks out in hives if she drinks milk has anything with Milk in it But I can make MAc and cheese with rice milk and it doesn't seem to bother her. ( she doesn't cry any more than normal, no hives, and her ezema doesn't get any worse when she eats the mac and cheese.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 My dd has been allergic to milk since she was born. She would scream and scream and scream if I drank milk. I almost gave up nursing before we figured out it was milk. Poor baby gets a terrible stomach ache that peaks about 6 hours after she eats it but it lasts for for up to two days and ends - well with undigested yuckiness - she just cannot digest milk protein. She can have cream and she can have lactose, but not milk protein. She can happily drink cow's milk or straight cream. There is a big variety of symptoms. My doctor warned that she is likely to get worse symptoms as she gets older since she didn't outgrow it. What part of the milk is your dh allergic to? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keptwoman Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 DD gets excema and a very runny nose which then ends up with a strep infection up her nose and spreading to her excema. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom2boys Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Ok, so if dh is allergic to milk but doesn't read labels in order to avoid things like whey, he's either ok w/ it, or we're not associating the symptoms w/ the cause. What would the symptoms be? Why do you think he is allergic? Was he diagnosed with a milk allergy by a doctor? If so, at what age? You can outgrow food allergies. Maybe he is no longer allergic. My ds7 has a life-threatening milk allergy. If he accidentally ingests something with even a trace of milk, his mouth gets itchy and he breaks out in hives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted January 24, 2009 Author Share Posted January 24, 2009 Why do you think he is allergic? Was he diagnosed with a milk allergy by a doctor? If so, at what age? You can outgrow food allergies. Maybe he is no longer allergic. My ds7 has a life-threatening milk allergy. If he accidentally ingests something with even a trace of milk, his mouth gets itchy and he breaks out in hives. Nope. He has things w/ milk occasionally. More when we were first married & he'd claim that "a little ice cream" wouldn't kill him. He's asthmatic, & milk closes up his airways. A scoop of ice cream will keep him home from work the next day, that's how bad his breathing gets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted January 24, 2009 Author Share Posted January 24, 2009 What part of the milk is your dh allergic to? Ummm...I don't even understand your question. All of his allergies were just sort-of a package deal when we got married. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetbaby Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 My dd is allergic to Milk also along with many other things. If something has milk in it, she develops eczema. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted January 24, 2009 Author Share Posted January 24, 2009 My dd is allergic to Milk also along with many other things. If something has milk in it, she develops eczema. You know, other than that it's a skin condition, I don't really know what eczema is. Dh definitely has something going on w/ his skin, though. I never thought anything of it because...well...I guess I thought it was a version of normal? But maybe it's eczema? Maybe it's indicative of too much milk in other things he's eating? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karen in CO Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Ummm...I don't even understand your question. All of his allergies were just sort-of a package deal when we got married. Some people say they are allergic to milk when they really mean they are lactose intolerant or they can't digest the milk sugars. Lactose is in all milk even goat milks. Someone with lactose intolerance will have stomach "issues" withing 30 minutes of ingesting milk and it will get worse if they ingest more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Are you asking what other symptoms your dh might be experiencing that could be caused by milk allergy, but that you don't recognize as such because they are not the severe breathing problem? If so, here are some symptoms experienced by the many people I know who are allergic to dairy: hives, lowered immune response, headaches, vomiting and/or digestive upset (varies by individual from mild gas to severe diarrhea), lack of focus, sinus drainage, emotional upset (increased stress/anxiety/anger), and irrational behavior. I know some people who can have a little and seem fine, as long as it's rare. Others will become terribly ill or have other reactions almost immediately. Most are in between. I do think it significantly affects the immune system in my own dc if they have dairy, so I'm careful that they don't eat ice cream - between the dairy and the sugar, they are almost guaranteed to be sick the next day. Does that help? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted January 24, 2009 Author Share Posted January 24, 2009 Some people say they are allergic to milk when they really mean they are lactose intolerant or they can't digest the milk sugars. Lactose is in all milk even goat milks. Someone with lactose intolerance will have stomach "issues" withing 30 minutes of ingesting milk and it will get worse if they ingest more. Oh, I see. Yeah, a lot of people think I mean lactose intolerant when I say he's allergic. But it's really allergic in this case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted January 24, 2009 Author Share Posted January 24, 2009 Are you asking what other symptoms your dh might be experiencing that could be caused by milk allergy, but that you don't recognize as such because they are not the severe breathing problem? If so, here are some symptoms experienced by the many people I know who are allergic to dairy: hives, lowered immune response, headaches, vomiting and/or digestive upset (varies by individual from mild gas to severe diarrhea), lack of focus, sinus drainage, emotional upset (increased stress/anxiety/anger), and irrational behavior. I know some people who can have a little and seem fine, as long as it's rare. Others will become terribly ill or have other reactions almost immediately. Most are in between. I do think it significantly affects the immune system in my own dc if they have dairy, so I'm careful that they don't eat ice cream - between the dairy and the sugar, they are almost guaranteed to be sick the next day. Does that help? Yup. That helps a lot. I can't say for sure, but I'd bet dh could check off almost everything on that list. I would never have guessed to trace it all back to milk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmy Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 If ingesting milk gives your dh difficulty breathing - as in an asthma type reaction - then IMO he should not have milk *ever*. In any form. His reaction to milk in a baked good might be less significant but in time it could become equally severe. Also - milk consumption in a lesser form might be the cause of his skin condition - it might not be bad enough to cause a breathing problem, but it might be bad enough to cause eczema. My youngest son has a life threatening allergy to milk - he had an anaphylactic reaction to a tablespoon of yogurt when he was 10 months old - and I take milk allergies very seriously! Lastly - IMO anyone having an allergic reaction that limit breathing needs an epi-pen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keptwoman Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 You know, other than that it's a skin condition, I don't really know what eczema is. Dh definitely has something going on w/ his skin, though. I never thought anything of it because...well...I guess I thought it was a version of normal? But maybe it's eczema? Maybe it's indicative of too much milk in other things he's eating? Excema is like dry flakey skin. Sometimes it's red and sore or a bit weepy. For DD she has never been officially diagnosed but she can have a very little dairy. Trouble is that dairy is in your system for quite a long time so you can't just look at what you have today because it's cumulative. DD seems to be able to have a little bit Ok but not too much, and as yet I haven't quite worked out how much too much is. We use goats milk instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamnkats Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 Things that I took for "normal" in my life went away after removing dairy. Unfortunately, it took 47 years before I realized dairy was the culprit. I also found that my "allergy" (it has never been diagnosed) got worse as I got older. All my life I have hated milk. When I was a kid I LOVED powdered milk because it didn't "stick in my throat" the way whole milk did, but you know how it was, you simply couldn't say "no" to drinking milk back then. I have always had excema all over my back and chest and ocassionally creeping up my neck to my scalp. Last year it turned into hives after eating dairy. It took a few months for the dairy to clear my system and now that my body is clean I will react with hives on my shoulders and upper arms after eating dairy. Things that I thought were normal which disappeared after removing dairy. 1) My IBS (diagnosed), 2) my excema. I never knew skin could be SOFT!, 3) my constant diarrhea. I thought everyone had very very loose stools to diarrhea constantly. Who knew it was normal to be normal? Like I said, it took MONTHS to get all the dairy out of my system and I will react (excema and hives) to trace amounts in anything. So label reading is important. We eat little to no processed food though and I am not much into condiments (except salsas - look where we live :)) so that's not a problem either. Even orange juice is freshly made - just the way life is down here. I hope your husband gets to know life without dairy. I do ocassionally miss it and will try some dairy (like twice a year) but other than that I'm very happy to lose all my symptoms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted January 24, 2009 Author Share Posted January 24, 2009 I hope your husband gets to know life without dairy. I do ocassionally miss it and will try some dairy (like twice a year) but other than that I'm very happy to lose all my symptoms. I really appreciate this whole conversation. We've never really read labels (well, except to avoid msg). He's kind-of freaked out now, thinking I'm going to overhaul our whole diet, but I figure we could at least try some baby steps. Because technically, he's allergic to wheat, too. It just wasn't as bad of an allergy & his mom's attitude was WHEAT'S IN EVERYTHING!! But gosh. No wonder he never feels great. I mean, he hardly ever complains, but you can tell, kwim? Thanks, ladies! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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