undiagnosed/ignored food allergies

[greendelight]

What are the effects of an undiagnosed or ignored food allergy? Both short-term and long-term.

[3boysforme]

My wheat allergy was diagnosed 18 years ago but ignored by mother. I figured out earlier this year that I cannot have wheat


Long term issues:

Itchy, dry, scaly, skin
Chronic constipation or diarrhea
Stomach cramps
Muscle aches
Joint pain
Heavy black bags under eyes
Chronic migraines, two or three per week
Bloat
Hair loss
Itchy scalp


Not sure about short term :think

[greendelight]

:think

That's a lot of issues!

I was thinking along the lines of untreated allergies may lead to conditions which will worsen over time or cause something else entirely (like cancer).

Mainly because I'm not having any real symptoms and am tempted just to forget I was ever told I was allergic to anything...but I also don't want to be doing some irrevocable damage either.

[Katigre]

It can lead to further auto-immune reactions.

[Damselfly]

For my son it meant dental issues and delayed growth. It meant daily rages, some self-harming and negative self-talk. It meant social anxiety which coupled with his rages meant he ended up with delayed social skills.

[hey mommy]

:cup i need to get myself and the boys tested.


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[sweetpeasmommy]

We didn't realize C was allergic to anything until he was allergic to nearly everything. It wreaked havoc on his poor immune system.

[Macky]

Depends what the allergy is. You can simply grow out of some allergies.

DD1 is allergic to peaches, apples and dates. The allergist who tested her said that judging by the degree of the reactions, she may grow out of the apple allergy (which we're seeing already), but likely not the peach allergy. (ETA: There's not a way to test for the date allergy when we don't have access to fresh, properly ripened dates here; we're having to go by observation on that one.)

If you're not seeing symptoms anymore, I'd get re-tested.