Is This Your Child?: Discovering and Treating Unrecognized Allergies

by Doris J. Rapp

Offers information for parents on the physical and emotional problems brought on by unrecognized allergies, providing instructions on maintaining a healthy, comfortable, drug-free child

Genres: Health

626 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1991

Reviews

[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book!! It is the book that helped us realize that the kids had allergies. It was very insightful on what to look for in allergic reactions and not just the typical reactions. Very interesting and informative.

[Darcy Williams · Rating 5 out of 5]

I found this book extremely helpful when our youngest child would go from speaking clearly to not understandable from day to day and I couldn't figure out what was going on.
Our pediatrician had told us 'kids develop at different rates' and though I trusted her (we have 3 older children as well) I knew that it was not a developmental issue when one day she would sound completely fine. A child doesn't learn to speak clearly and then regress completely every other day or a week at a time.

This book, as well as "What's Eating Your Child?" helped me to identify a reaction to both the casein protein found in dairy as well as gluten. On days when she received too much gluten and dairy our daughter was virtually not understandable. Once we removed both from her diet things improved both in her demeanor (no more screaming fits and sinus issues/headaches) and in pronunciation. Now-at more than a year and a half after we discovered this, she can have limited amounts of both, but when she becomes a little too irritable and has trouble articulating, we know we need to pull way back with both.

I HIGHLY recommend both books if you suspect something like this but don't know what the problem is. It takes some testing at home (which I recommend over going through office testing....you don't need to wait to see if it works. You can try a rotation diet or just cut one thing out at a time. For instance, when we cut out dairy...just ONE meal without the dairy was such a drastic change in behavior and speech I almost didn't try eliminating the gluten. I am glad I did both, though. We ended up realizing that our youngest son and myself react to both, as well and we have both felt much better limiting ourselves.).

[Kendra · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent book. An interesting perspective on food allergies. And not the obvious...the more subtle. A lot of people would benefit from this information, children and adults alike. I'm hoping Ryan can be helped by this.