My son, Morgan, is now 17 years old and has a long time to process feeling 'different' from his peers. He frequently hears from other children with food allergies who ask him questions like "Do You Get Tired of Being Different?" ...
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Many of you probably saw the blog post by a young Washington state woman titled, "How I was Kicked Out of College Because of My Allergy." I was horrified and confused how this situation had occurred, especially after the young lady contacted the Disability Services Office of her ...
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Kelly Rudnicki is the author of the The Food Allergy Mama’s Easy, Fast Family Meals, The Food Allergy Mama’s Baking Book, and Vegan Baking Classics. She’s also the creator of the award-winning blog Food Allergy Mama. Her blog has twice ...
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Having read about yet another tragic death from food allergies last week - a peanut allergic 11 year old boy in Utah - it reminds me of the discussions we had with other food allergy families about how ...
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When my son, Morgan, was little we were constantly trying to figure out what caused his red, weeping eyes. Or his runny nose. Or his bad eczema. Or his hives. It was a daily battle in becoming what I now call ...
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In December of 2005, when my now 17 year old son, Morgan, was just 9 years old, I asked him if he'd be willing to start writing a column for my AllergicChild.com Newsletter. We decided to call it Morgan's Corner. This was before he'd had anaphylaxis ...
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Food Allergies, Eosinophilic Esophagitis (EoE), Autism, Asthma, Celiac Disease and Eczema all have mast cell issues in common. There is a huge need for research into food allergy and its relationship with these other diseases. You have probably heard of most of these diagnoses except for maybe a new diagnosis ...
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Our School District's Food Allergy Task Force wanted to find out what several allergists thought about managing food allergies at school. I sent these three allergists several questions: Daniel F. Soteres, MD MPH is a Board-Certified allergy/immunology ...
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AllergicChild.com is the creation of Robert and Nicole Smith. We are the parents of a severely food allergic teenage son, Morgan, first diagnosed at the age of 9 months old with life threatening allergies to peanuts, tree nuts, sesame, fish and shellfish; and a college-age daughter, Michaela, diagnosed with celiac disease and a mast cell mediated disorder. We’d like to share our experience with you to help you keep your food allergic child safe, healthy and living as close to a ‘normal’ life as possible.
