Why Treat Allergy Early in a Child’s Life
Parents go above and beyond to make sure their kids are healthy and safe. But, sometimes allergy in children slides through the cracks and is missed as a factor into illness – like skin rashes, infections, stomach issues, ear infections and more. By treating allergy early, it can help prevent a spiral of allergic conditions in the future.
Signs of Allergy
Allergy in infants or young children doesn’t always look like it does in adults – sneezing, itchy eyes, stuffy nose. Whether it’s a food or environmental allergen that causes symptoms, they can appear in different ways in a child, like:
- Eczema or skin rashes
- Recurrent ear infections
- Diarrhea or constipation
To determine if it’s indeed an allergy, allergy testing (either skin or blood) should be done to pinpoint exactly what makes your child sick, and how allergic they are to each identified allergen. Research has found it’s important to test and intervene before the allergies progress in the allergic march.
Reason to Intervene
The biggest reason to intervene early is to prevent future allergic issues. When allergy presents itself in children, it often hangs on throughout the rest of their lives, and changes over time. The allergic march is the idea that allergies progress and change over time – eczema as an infant can turn into allergic asthma, allergic rhinitis, food allergies, and more as a child grows.
By treating the allergy early in a child’s life, the likelihood of them developing other allergic conditions as they grow is reduced. This can help them not only feel better, but it can increase productivity at school, ensure a child is safely included in activities, and can give you peace of mind when you’re away from your child.
Treatment Options
While other allergy treatments may not be suitable for young children, personalized allergy drops following The La Crosse Method™ Protocol are safe and effective for people of all ages – from infants to the elderly. These allergy drops are tailored to each patient to contain tiny amounts of the allergens they are allergic to, based on exam, history, and testing. The doses are small enough to help build tolerance, but not too big to cause unnecessary reactions.
Over time, the body learns to not react to these allergens when exposed, and it causes less symptoms. By getting to the root cause of the allergy, it can halt the allergic march and prevent a child from going on to develop other allergic conditions like asthma, allergic rhinitis, food allergies, and more.
There are clinicians across the country that offer treatment following The La Crosse Method – find one near you to start testing and treatment, and changing life-long health for your child!