1. Q. Does she just have food allergies?
A. Yes, she has food allergies. But not 'just' food allergies. Common allergies as we know them affect the respiratory system. FPIES affects the gastrointestinal system.
2. Q. What can she eat?
A. At this time she is on a liquid diet (prescription medical grade amino acid based formula). She has two safe foods - peaches and nectarines.
3. Q. What can she not eat?
A. Anything other than her prescription formula and plain peaches or nectarines.
4. Q. Will she 'outgrow' it?
A. Technically no, since FPIES is a Tcell response. Cells in her blood respond incorrectly to foods and those cells take an average of 18 months to die off. After those 18 months, when she is exposed to that food again, her body may choose not to react and that food would have become suddenly safe.
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