ALLERGY Or No Allergy

Doctors annoy me sometimes!

Her tonsils are large because she has an allergy! Removing them would be solving the symptom, not the problem.

Sometimes allergy testing turns out negative, or kids can be allergic to things that aren't tested for. The best thing you can do is do an elimination diet and see if you can discover what it is for yourself. Doctors just want to prescribe meds and do surgeries. If she's allergic to a food (like dairy) then removing it from her diet will ease the symptoms. Give at least 4 days of not having that food to see if there is an improvement (it takes 4 days for the food to leave her system) and keep a log.

Also, try putting a good quality air cleaner in her room. I used to wake up with a runny nose all my life. Finally, at the age of 30 it was suggested I get an air cleaner and put casings over my mattress. That helped! The casings kept the dust mites out (nothing you can do about dust mites) and the air cleaner kept the air free of allergens. I suggest a Honeywell air cleaner because you don't have to replace the filters every few months. Just vaccuum it off. You can get a Honeywell at Target or Walmart. I'm sure your home is sanitized, but there are some allergens you can do nothing about.

I agree strongly with food being a possible culprit. As another mom suggested, an elimination diet may help discern the precise problem food(s).

Traditional allergy testing won't always catch these (didn't for us).

My daughter had this same thing and it drove me bananas! I was told that anything under the age of 6 or 7 for allergy tests can come out false negative/inaccurate and would be considered too young for allergy testing (unless you discover your child has anaphylactic reactions or hives to something). We took her to a naturopathic pediatrician and they had us change her diet. She would have the runny nose and a slight cough for months and some excema. She was not full blown allergic to dairy or gluten but we discovered she is sensitive to both and found out it is very common in toddlers and children. We had her on a dairy free and gluten free diet for 3 months and sure enough the runny nose stopped within a week as well as the cough and the excema cleared w/in 3 weeks and never came back. We slowly re-introduced dairy and gluten but really keep them to a minimum in her diet and she has not had any of the symptoms since and it has been over a year (she will be 4 this June). If you have a gut feling something isn't right ans suspect an allergy you are more than likely correct. It sounds like an allergy could be suspect but the tonsil thing throws me off...I am not so familiar with that but a second opinion couldn't hurt. Hope you figure it out! Keep us posted.

I would get a 2nd opinion.... before doing something like surgery.

Her tests, have been negative.

Do you have pets?
Fruit trees around the house? Anything flowering?
Dust from a construction site nearby?
Use down pillows of comforters?
Dust?
Carpeting?

I... have had, since childhood, runny nose/itchy eyes/itchy throat/watery eyes... nothing extreme, but I get it when the wind direction changes or the weather changes or just from anything blowing around in the wind etc.
Sure, allergy of some kind... but to me, I just have a sensitivity to certain things. I am not "allergic" to anything per say... but my system is just more sensitive. But the only thing I am allergic to formally, is cats/dander.

Other than that... I'm fine. But every day, mostly in the mornings, I have a runny nose.
I don't use daily meds, to "stop" it. It really doesn't bother me... but when it does act up and is more pronounced, I just use over the counter Claritin. As a child, I used nothing.
Again, my condition is not extreme. But as I got older, I have come to know what irritates my system more.

I would, for your child, get a 2nd opinion.

All the best,
Susan

Allergies can develop at any time. And they can come and go. Tonsils/adenoids can become infected and be a problem. Or they can just get large for no particular reason and become and obstruction causing trouble with snoreing, eating and swallowing. Sinuses can have other problems besides tonsils/adenoids - polyps, deviated septum, etc. I think any dr will tell you they'll have to deal with problems one at a time (if there are more than one), and right now the tonsils / adenoids seem to be the culprit. Certainly seek other opinions. Some people like to keep them from being removed, but I've never heard of anyone suffering adverse reactions from taking them out. (I have heard it is more serious to have them out as an adult.) My son had his out when he turned 4 yrs old and he could breathe so much better while sleeping once they were out. I had mine out when I was 5 yr old. When I was 28 I ended up having some very narrow sinus passages, so I had surgery to trim my turbinates and fix my deviated septum, and I've been breathing very nicely every since. A lot can change with sinuses as children grow.

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