Comments on: More Red Cheeks & Testing Results

By: Cassie

Cassie — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:33:29 +0000

My 1.5 yr old son has the same, red and very chapped and scaly cheeks. He has dry skin on his arms, legs, elbows, but nothing like the scales and redness on his cheeks and sometimes chin. I have celiac disease and he has the two genes that are associated with it but they are not active at this time. The blood test came out negative at this point. They want to see a malnourished, failure to thrive child before they call him celiac, although they finally did the test after I forced them. Then, I saw an allergist who performed the basic food allergy tests and he wasn't allergic to milk, wheat, peanuts, all the regular that they test for. I hate to continue going to Dr.s, next maybe a dermatologist? But I also hate to put him gluten free if it's not that! I just want to know for certain. Any ideas, suggestions, or hints about dealing with the diagnosis and doctors would be of much help. I am really at my whits end!!

Thanks,
Cassie
cassie_lynn@msn.com

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:52:59 +0000

Just wondering if eliminating cane sugar has helped your son's cheeks? I have three sons, each with his own particular combination of food allergies & sensitivities, and I'm trying to get more information about the ALCAT. None of our doctors have even heard of it, and I am reluctant to try to have it done online (how do you know if these people are reliable?). It seems like the ALCAT can be the answer to the allergic family's prayers, but the high cost has made me reluctant to jump in with both feet. Would you say it worked for you and your son? And on another note, do you have any other allergic family members, and how do you handle cooking for people with different sensitivities? Thanks for your help!

By: Our Family Is His

Our Family Is His — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:13:00 +0000

Oh my!!!! THIS IS MY SON! I keep telling people it’s something he’s eating and I keep hearing “oh, he’s just hot”. Hello, it was 6 degrees last week. How is the child hot? Finally my Mom watched it happen with bananas the day after Christmas. He ate them, wham, here came the cheeks. Though, this time the red also started blotching his face. We never knew he had a banana issue until the 26th. But he seems to do it a lot. And it has that rougher appearance as well. I am going to read, with more care, your post again and gleen any new information I don’t have. But I just wanted to say, my son’s pictures would look just like yours if we compared cheeks.

By: Emmy

Emmy — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 20:37:00 +0000

I just made this comment on an older post and was not sure if you are checking older posts. Sorry for the repeat comment but I am a new mother to a son and am already so paranoid about all of this stuff. Here was my comment:

Hello just came across your blog because I googled babies and red cheeks. I have a 4 month old who I breast fed up until recently. He has been on similac sensitive which he does not appear to have a reaction to. However after trying both rice cereal and oatmeal cereal his cheeks turn red and he gets fussy. I am going to stop trying the cereal but how do I know if this is something to be concerned with or not? He has been teething since 3 months but there is an obvious correlation between the cereal and the red cheeks. He also still does not sleep through the night. He slept twice through the night around Thanksgiving and then continued to be up once and now he is getting up several times again! I guess I am wondering what your child was like at 4 months? Am I being paranoid or could he have a gluten/allergy problem too?

By: Cannon and Kassie

Cannon and Kassie — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 19:29:00 +0000

Oh man Kirstin, I know you will make the best of it. You are SO dedicated, I really admire you! I hope that you guys can come by tomorrow : )