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FPIES- The Reason We Started Our Path to a Healthier Life

What is it? FPIES is a rare, non IgE mediated food allergy. It’s a T-cell mediated allergy that transpires in the GI tract and is often misdiagnosed or left undiagnosed for a significant period of time because it’s not widely known. I hope that by spreading the word on signs and symptoms, these rare children can get an answer more quickly and on the path to recovery! Symptoms Some babies with FPIES…

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Allergies/ Our History

Finding Answers

Jett was 8 months old. The allergist did some skin prick testing on Jett’s back to see if he tested positive for any IGE mediated food allergies, particularly to the foods we’d tried feeding him already. They all came back negative. I’d done some reading on the internet and found a type of food allergy called “FPIES” so I asked him if he thought it was possible. He said that babies…

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