Dairy Intolerance

Some of you will already know that I have four children. Well, most of them aren?t really children any more- they range in age from 14-22. I have been unfortunate that three of them have had dairy food allergies. Two very severely and one less so. I suppose that entitles me to consider myself fairly ?clued up? on the subject. Ooh- by the way, and keep this secret as I feel rather too young for this-!! I have two gorgeous grandsons aged 3 and 6 months. Sadly, one of them also seems to have a dairy problem. The thing I have noticed over the years is how much easier it is to cope with now in this diet conscious society. Permit me, if you will to take a ...

Seven years ago, my first child was born, he was perfectly normal when born, with no problems, but when my son went onto formula milk, he was very poorly, he struggled to put on weight, was projectile vomiting constantly, had diohrea, red blotchy skin, eczema and was always catching viruses and getting colds, he also had asthma, and always looked ill and had pale skin, the health profession where I lived just kept saying he is just a sicky baby, and offered me no help or explanation as to what was causing his problems. Then I moved into a new area, and registered with the local doctors. One day my son suddenly had a severe allergic reaction, his skin was red ...

My eldest grandson, now aged 5 was very poorly from the age of six months until he was 2. He was diagnosed with Asthma but, having watched my daughter grow up with this illness, I was not convinced. He had several 'attacks' – he did not wheeze but his breathing was very laboured and his little tummy was going nineteen to the dozen. It was obvious there was something wrong with his lungs and he usually ended up in hospital on a drip and being given antibiotics and steroids. I was horrified that such a young child should be given steroids knowing the effect they had on my daughter when she had a bad Asthma attack but what was the alternative? Well, ...