Age: 0.33
Sex: F
Vaccine: DTAP, HBHEPB, IPV
Symptoms: Hypersensitivity, Lethargy, Milk allergy, Mucous stools, Nasal congestion
Clinical narrative: Patient received her 4 month shots on a Wednesday.  Less than 2 days later, Friday morning, she had an extremely odd and foul smelling stool with mucous in it.  She started intermittently throwing up her milk-based formula and I was constantly refeeding her.  Some of her stools were fairly okay and others were liquid and extra foul smelling.  A few days later, we started her on soy formula and she kept it down and her stools became more normal again.  At 6 months old, on her second day of rice cereal, she threw it up right after eating it.  She was constantly throwing up rice cereal and other solids, even carrots.  At nine months, we added chicken and beef.  Her throwing up was often and refeeding her was often, also.  Her stools were again intermittently between okay and liquid with extreme foul smelling.  At 11 months, my friend saw her throw up rice cereal after eating it, and she said it was not normal.  She weighed less at 11 months than at eight months, but her old doctor was not too concerned.  He thought I was a hypochondriac.  At 15 months, patient's dad gave her oatmeal with peanut butter in it, which she threw up immediately.  But then became lethargic and swollen eyes and excessive congestion.  I didn't know the oatmeal had peanut butter in it, so we told the Urgent Care doctor (on Sunday) it might have been our new dog.  Later that evening, my husband told me about the peanut butter and then we knew.  A couple of weeks later, he accidentally gave her a little ice cream chocolate shell with peanuts in it.  It was late at night so when she threw up, we decided to not see the doctor and gave her Benadryl and watched her during the night. Dad never did that again!  And we got rid of all peanut butter in the house!  I switched pediatricians to Dr. because my other doctor refused to refer her to an allergist because he said there were too many false positivies at her age, 15 months old, and I could tell he thought I was a hypochondriac.  Dr. immediately gave me an Epipen Jr. and when I asked to be referred to an allergist, she told me about false positives but made the referral after I asked her to.  Wonderful!  After Dr. did the testing, June 18, 2001, about 18 months, I was so relieved to find out she was allergic to most meats, which I didn't know and also to peanuts and milk, which I did know.  Also, garlic, mustard, rice, etc.  We changed her diet to salmon, oatmeal, etc. and she stopped throwing up!  Her stools were still odd at times, so Dr. did some blood testing, which showed that the pea soup we were constantly giving her was a significant allergy, in addition to cats, etc.  We took her off the pea soup and her stools became consistently normal.  At 4 years old, Dr. tested patient again and she was able to have chicken.  But she still prefers tuna and salmon!  She also had outgrown her rice allergy and now is able to eat Spanish rice!  She likes that.  Her usual diet includes tuna, salmon, pinto and black beans, cheerios, sesame seeds, orange juice with calcium, fruits and vegetables, and homemade pancakes using soy milk instead of cows milk and bananas instead of eggs, Spanish rice, etc.  We carry an Epipen with us at all times and Benadryl.  Recently Dr. tested her again for allergies, and said her bottom eye lid was red, so he prescribed Zyrtec.  She was tested at 7 years old.  She is still allergic to peanuts, dairy, eggs, beef, pork, etc. 11/16/07-records received from allergist office-DOS 5/17/07-seen for problems with food sensitivity. Per parent child is allergic to peanuts. In February 2001 ingested peanut butter and had a fairly severe reaction with instant vomiting, swelling of her eyes and rhinitis and chest congestion. Allergy testing confirmed allergy to peanut and others including milk. 7/24/01 after starting on milk experienced rhinorrhea and foul smelling diarrhea. Permanent avoidance of beef, peanut other nuts, mustard and garlic. 1/30/03-developed allergic rhinitis and has developed a sensitivity to cats. 7/12/07-Reactivity to eggs, milk, peanuts and garlic on skin test.  Per 60 day follow up: She is still severely allergic to peanuts and very allergic to eggs, dairy, garlic, carrots and pork. she outgrow allergies to chicken, beef and rice-yes, she was allergic to rice. Her grandpa and I get congestion from a lot of dairy but nothing like her symptoms. Her grandma and uncle get diarrhea from too much citric acid, bananas & apples, but nothing like what happens to her when she ingested peanut butter or milk products. I believe the vaccines combined with family history caused. Annual Follow-up Information 12-DEC-2008: She is still severely allergic to peanuts, very allergic to cows milk, garlic, mustard, eggs, nuts, etc. She did recover from chicken and rice though. In 1984, 10 shots given. Now 36 recommended. I thought vaccines were safe before my daughter. Too many vaccines! Too soon! Too many toxins! Vaccines should not be One Size Fits All! Especially if a couple of mild allergies are in family history. The CDC never met a vaccine it didn't like!