Struggling with Chronic Allergy Symptoms?
Many people battle allergy-like symptoms year-round, despite trying multiple medications that either don’t help or only provide minimal relief. These symptoms can range from persistent nasal congestion, sneezing, and throat clearing to unexpected issues like migraines, dizziness, joint stiffness, bloating, and chronic heartburn. Others experience symptoms such as alternating nasal blockage, dry mouth at night, snoring, drooling on the pillow, repeated sneezing, nasal itching, inner eye itching, throat clearing, deep ear itching, ear ringing, and ear fullness. Some may even struggle with wheezing, coughing, chronic diarrhea, or skin rashes that just don’t seem to go away.
It’s easy to assume that these symptoms are caused by seasonal allergies, but if they persist year-round with little to no relief from medication, the culprit might not be environmental allergens at all. Instead, the cause could be something you eat regularly—something your body has developed a delayed allergic reaction to. You might have even discovered that eliminating a food from your diet helps—but sticking to a strict elimination diet forever can feel impossible. If you’re tired of dealing with persistent symptoms and restrictive diets, it may be time to try delayed food allergy drops.
What Are Delayed Food Allergies?
Unlike immediate allergic reactions, which involve a rapid immune response mediated by antibodies, delayed food allergies develop over time and are triggered by the cellular arm of the immune system. This means that traditional allergy tests—such as blood tests, skin tests, or stool tests—are ineffective at diagnosing them. Instead, the reaction occurs hours or even days after consuming the offending food, making it much harder to pinpoint the cause of your symptoms.
Many people with delayed food allergies have no idea that food is contributing to their chronic symptoms. They may have gone years treating symptoms with antihistamines, nasal sprays, or reflux medications, never realizing that the real issue was something they were eating every day.
How Do You Test for Delayed Food Allergies?
The best way to determine if you have a delayed food allergy is through an elimination diet:
Step 1: Remove the suspected food from your diet for five days and observe whether your symptoms improve.
Step 2: Reintroduce the food for five days and monitor your symptoms.
Step 3: If symptoms return, typically around day three of reintroducing the food, you likely have a delayed allergy to that food.
However, since symptoms are delayed, it can be incredibly frustrating to pinpoint the cause. Most people don’t remember what they ate three days prior, making this process challenging. Additionally, eliminating common trigger foods like dairy, wheat, eggs, or coffee can be difficult and unrealistic for many people.
How Can Delayed Food Allergy Drops Help?
For those who find elimination diets helpful but unsustainable, allergy drops offer a practical and long-term solution. Dr. Shae, an ENT and allergy specialist, developed allergy drops to both test and treat delayed food allergies, offering hope to those struggling with persistent symptoms.
How Do Allergy Drops Work?
Step 1: Use the drops for 5 days, then stop for 5 days to test for a group of foods.
Step 2: If you feel better around day 3 of using the drops and worse around day 3 off the drops, you are positive for that group of delayed food allergies.
Step 3: If positive, you begin taking the drops consistently for 2-3 years—just like respiratory allergy immunotherapy—to help cure your food allergies.
By gradually desensitizing your immune system to the problem foods, these drops can allow you to enjoy foods again without triggering chronic symptoms. Instead of avoiding foods forever, this treatment works to retrain your immune system, making it possible to reintroduce once-problematic foods without reactions.
Ready to Finally Find Relief?
If you’ve been struggling with chronic allergy-like symptoms and medications haven’t helped, it may be time to consider delayed food allergy testing and treatment with drops. Instead of resigning yourself to a lifetime of discomfort or extreme food restrictions, you now have another option. Contact our office today to schedule an evaluation and take the first step toward lasting relief!
