Dairy Allergy

My 2 year old son cannot drink Cows Milk - when he does he comes up in a scratchy red rash, bruises under his eyes, gets clingy and starts to wheeze (When this happens, we administer piriton and an inhaler). The Doctor was no help so we kept a diary of foods eaten and the reaction. We changed his milk to Goats milk and overnight the change was dramatic - the cracks behind his ankles and elbows disappeared, the brusies under his eyes faded and he became brighter and much happier. He can eat butter and yoghurt, but not pure cows milk and chocolate. Hopefully he will grow out of the intolorence. If anyone you know has this reaction, keep a diary and the piriton close ...

If you invite someone with a dairy allergy to supper, they will inevitably give you a long list of things they don't eat. This will usually be something like milk, cheese, cream, butter, yoghurt. This may sound obvious, but you would be surprised how many people find the concept difficult to grasp (my best ever was 'but this is vegetarian cheese'. Doh!). I've done a round-up of all the dairy substitutes you can use at the bottom of this op. If they have a really severe reaction to dairy (allergy rather than intolerance, in technical-speak, but I'll keep using 'allergy' as its what most people understand) then they will also need ...