FoodAllergyConnection.org
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Food Allergy Connection-If We Can't Help, We'll Find Someone Who Can.
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My name is Denise Lewis, and my husband, Ron and I have a 15-year-old son with life-threatening food allergies to peanuts, tree nuts and shellfish, and he also has asthma. After two years of not knowing what was happening and not receiving a diagnosis or education about our son's conditions, we finally got the diagnosis of Asthma when he was 2-1/2. He'd been hospitalized twice by then and had also had 4 anaphylactic reactions to what we were fairly sure were peanuts.
The pediatrician never acknowledged the possibility of food allergies, but sent us to a Board Certified Allergy and Asthma Specialist for diagnosis and treatment of his asthma. Even the allergist was skeptical about the food allergy since his skin test turned out negative to every food they tested him for. However, the allergist admitted that what I was describing sounded like the symptoms of anaphylaxis, so he prescribed an EpiPen, Jr. A food challenge was eventually done that confirmed his diagnosis of peanut allergy (I wouldn't recommend trying a food challenge - scary!)
I've been a volunteer for the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA), Greater Kansas City Chapter, since 1993. In 1995 I co-founded the PLAY Group (Play and Learn with Asthmatic and Allergic Youth) with my good friend, Christy Renner, who has a daughter with life-threatening milk allergy.
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