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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Children don't get a dirty younger any more. My mom and dad kept things super clean for me and I have the most allergies. Also, kids would just die younger (choke to death) or have low level allergies their whole lives and no one would care. I'm allergic to both wheat and dairy, they cause digestive issues and eczema for me, that I've had since the age of 3. Stoped eating them at 40 and the issues stopped. No one had ever thought to check.[/quote]

But are digestive issues and eczema really allergies or are they intolerance? I would consider those to be an intolerance not a true allergic response.  Not referring to PP, but intolerances are often incorrectly called allergies.  But true allergies are on the rise as well, no doubt.  [/quote]

Eczema is often a symptom of “true” allergies. And our allergist at Hopkins told us not to dismiss digestive issues as not allergies- they may not be IgE mediated but they could still be an allergic response.

My older child has tons of food allergies, though we have no family history. Younger child only has mild ones (no Epi pen required) and was part of a sibling study at JHU to figure out why allergies happen.

There is emerging research on the role of folic acid during pregnancy.  It was new when my first child was born, and for my second child I made sure my prenatal only had folate, not folic acid (which is slightly different but serves the same purpose as folate).

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