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Allergies - stomach issues
I was wondering if allergies can cause stomach issues, I know mucus can travel to the throat, chest via airway and cause swelling etc, can the same mucus travel to a person's stomach and cause swelling, discomfort etc....
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To answer your question- NO the same mucus does not travel to the stomach but a similar reaction occurs in the digestive tract.
Ref:http://www.myonlinewellness.com/topic/foodallergies.
Ref:http://www.myonlinewellness.com/topic/foodallergies.
Allergy is a reaction of the immune system.Common food allergens include nuts, fish, and milk.
Allergic reactions involve a special set of cells in the immune system known as mast cells. Mast cells line the respiratory and digestive tracts.
The most common food allergy triggers are the proteins in cow's milk, eggs, nuts, wheat, soy, fish, and shellfish. If you're allergic to one of these foods, you may start to notice symptoms within a few minutes to a few hours of eating it. (If you're severely allergic, you might have a reaction after simply touching or smelling the food.) First you may find that your lips, mouth, and throat are swollen and itchy. You may also become congested or have trouble breathing or develop a rash. As the food moves into your stomach, you might suffer from nausea, vomiting, cramps, or diarrhea.
Allergic reactions involve a special set of cells in the immune system known as mast cells. Mast cells line the respiratory and digestive tracts.
The most common food allergy triggers are the proteins in cow's milk, eggs, nuts, wheat, soy, fish, and shellfish. If you're allergic to one of these foods, you may start to notice symptoms within a few minutes to a few hours of eating it. (If you're severely allergic, you might have a reaction after simply touching or smelling the food.) First you may find that your lips, mouth, and throat are swollen and itchy. You may also become congested or have trouble breathing or develop a rash. As the food moves into your stomach, you might suffer from nausea, vomiting, cramps, or diarrhea.
Example. I need 1 pill per slice of pizza. Someone else might be able to have 1 pill per 3 slices of pizza. I need 4 pills for a glass of milk. I just gave up on milk and stopped drinking it completely.
My intolerance to dairy is too strong for the lactaid or free products. It has to be either the lactaid pills or rice milk. I need to be able to control the level of pills per level of dairy. Too much dairy and not enough pills results is extreme discomfort. Too many pills just results is waste of pills. I usually start off with more than I need and cut back until I feel stomach discomfort. This way I can save money and eat more dairy with out wasting the pills.
Hi Crystal,
Thanks for info. Searched for NalasCrom today, no one has it in stock. I'll try lactaid.
Have you ever tried lactose free dairy products ?? Or lactaid dairy products.
Thanks,
AJ
Thanks for info. Searched for NalasCrom today, no one has it in stock. I'll try lactaid.
Have you ever tried lactose free dairy products ?? Or lactaid dairy products.
Thanks,
AJ
I only take them as needed like if we eat icecream, pizza, ect. I tap the pill with a spoon to turn it in to powder and sprinkle it over my dairy meal. this works more evenly in my stomach.
The pill stops all that since you are able to break down the dairy when you have the sugars needed. Staying away from dairy is kinda hard. I have to read every label on all foods. Some names like Whey (from milk) and butter, all of it is a problem for me, except when I take these pills.
It's a pill that contains the sugars the body stopped making for latose problems. I like this brand because it has fewer non active stuff added to the pill. Among the bloating you described it also can produce gas, irritation, stomach pain,cramping, loose stool.
when I drink a glass of milk, my stomach swells real bad.
You might be starting to become lactose intolerant. This generally happens to about 1/3 of the human population in their teens but can be delayed in to adult hood. If this is your case you can take a pill called lactaid extra. Sold at most supermarkets. Doesn't sound that bad with you so you probably can take fewer pills. That doesn't sound like you are allergic to milk just that your body is starting to stop production of the sugars needed to break down the milk. Normally a human would only be drinking milk from the mother as a child so our bodies do not have to keep making the sugars as an adult. But in todays world we eat what tastes good not what nature meant us to eat.
Allergy is more of a rash or breathing problem, headachs, dizzy... Cramps isolated to the stomach with bloating is more if irritation. This is probably the most common response but there are exceptions. You described a lactose response. If you take a glass of milk with 2 lactaid extra pills that should not happen. You can taper down on the pills to just what you need. I would need 4 pills for a glass of milk.
Research "Lactose Intolerant"
You might be starting to become lactose intolerant. This generally happens to about 1/3 of the human population in their teens but can be delayed in to adult hood. If this is your case you can take a pill called lactaid extra. Sold at most supermarkets. Doesn't sound that bad with you so you probably can take fewer pills. That doesn't sound like you are allergic to milk just that your body is starting to stop production of the sugars needed to break down the milk. Normally a human would only be drinking milk from the mother as a child so our bodies do not have to keep making the sugars as an adult. But in todays world we eat what tastes good not what nature meant us to eat.
Allergy is more of a rash or breathing problem, headachs, dizzy... Cramps isolated to the stomach with bloating is more if irritation. This is probably the most common response but there are exceptions. You described a lactose response. If you take a glass of milk with 2 lactaid extra pills that should not happen. You can taper down on the pills to just what you need. I would need 4 pills for a glass of milk.
Research "Lactose Intolerant"
Hi Crystal,
Thanks for all your help. I've been tested for food allergies, all returned negative. I notice when my allergy/sinus symptoms get bad, so does my digestion, also notice when I drink a glass of milk, my stomach swells real bad.
Wishing you great news on colonscopy.
AJ
Thanks for all your help. I've been tested for food allergies, all returned negative. I notice when my allergy/sinus symptoms get bad, so does my digestion, also notice when I drink a glass of milk, my stomach swells real bad.
Wishing you great news on colonscopy.
AJ
I don't think the mucas it self will cause digestion problems. Talk to your allergist about food testing.
They can test you for food allergies. I recommend blood testing over skin testing for results. I have lots of stomach issues too and have always wondered if it was food. I am going in for a colonosopy next week. I need to wait until I can go off antihistamine to test for the food allergies. I'm doing the big blood test for as many foods and stuff as possible. Thats about 2 weeks away. I have not been able to go longer than 1 day with out my antihistamine which is holding up my food testing. But breathing was more important than testing for foods. :)
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