Daughter-in-Law allergic to celery, carrots, parsley, oregano, questions
By suspenseful
@suspenseful (40192)
Canada
August 18, 2007 11:39am CST
My daughter-in-law is allergic to celery, carrots, anything in the parsley family, oregano, and cilantro. I was wondering whether my grand daughter will inherit the same condition. My son is not allergic to anything. I was also wondering whether my daughter=in=law feeds my granddaughter any food not containing what she is allergic to, whether this will cause my granddaughter, little Katie, to develop the same condition as her mother has.
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@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
20 Aug 07
I don't think the herbs themselves causing people allergy, so feeding and not feeding them to someone is not the problem. people already have this allergy before they even eat anything they are allergic to. I am allergic to dust since I was born, only nobody paid attention to it until I went for allergy test some years ago. It's not a good idea to live in a dusty place, but the dust itself doesn't cause my allergy, it just so happens I have it.
@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
20 Aug 07
That is the same with my daughter-in-law. She was born with it, which makes me wonder, how could someone have an allergy to carrots, celery, parsley, oregano, and cilantro. It would be dangerous, you know, how can she get the proper vitamins and minerals?
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@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
5 Nov 07
I hope it is not the beta carotene she is allergic to. Right now she is on her mother's milk, but she is starting to get teeth and then she'll be on baby food.
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@LittleMel (8742)
• Canada
22 Aug 07
how about including other vegetables or fruit that contains almost the same vitamins in it? or maybe the doctor can suggest you something. Carrots have beta carotene, but there are other fruits and vegetables that contain this too.
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@ravinskye (8237)
• United States
18 Aug 07
her feeding her the food won't cause her to get the allergy, but if she already has the allergy from her mother then she will have a reaction. She could those allergies from her mother but she might not. If the mother has a really bad reaction to those things i would wait till the child is older to test them out and she if she is also allergic. if the mother just gets a rash or something then it might not hurt to try it now and see if the daughter is also allergic.
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@suspenseful (40192)
• Canada
20 Aug 07
Her mother would die if she did not take a shot when she has something with celery in it. Me, my father was allergic to food in the cabbage family, but it did not affect me, but I am allergic to nickel and some chemically based perfumes, but these are topical allergies.
@HomeFlower (987)
• Canada
5 Nov 07
I'm sorry to hear about your daughter in laws allergies and can understand your concern with your granddaughter developing allergies etc...
I have many allergies.
My children seem to have developed "some" reactions to things but only our daughter developed real allergies.
It's possible to become allergic even if both parents appear to have no allergies at all. Some of my allergies result in stomach aches, some become rashes, some affect my ability to breathe - but the bottom line is, not all allergens affect people the same way so if baby Katie does have allergies in the future, it may be treatable or the reaction could be so mild that it's barely noticeable.
Also, our son was allergic to spinach as a baby but was treated and has no reaction at all now.
