03/08/2024
💥 NEW blog post on WebMD! 💥
Have you ever had others compare your/your child’s food allergy management to someone else they know?
Have you ever been witness to online or social media battles of two different ways to manage food allergy?
Could differing sides be in fact different, yet also both be right? Absolutely! Let’s talk about it…
“The Comparison Trap: No Two Food Allergy Individuals Are the Same”
An excerpt:
“There Is No One-Size-Fits-All Approach
Take this already confusing situation and add in other genetic as well as existing conditions such as autism, asthma, diabetes, or even eczema. In addition to food allergies, the health landscape for each food-allergic individual is very subjective and not a one-size-fits-all diagnosis, nor can the approach to management be anything other than unique. Combine this with additional personalized factors that inevitably vary from person to person in everything from social to economic, and everything in between.
These very real, very factual differences will create varying choices in relation to food allergy management, including but not limited to:
*Keeping food allergens in the home vs. not
*Participating in food allergy therapy treatments vs. not
*Sitting at a food allergy-designated table at school vs. not
*Consuming foods labeled with “may contains” vs. not”…
Read this blog post in its entirety online anytime: https://wb.md/43heRLS
Catch up on my past blog posts on WebMD and you can also scroll down on this same page to sign-up for email alerts on new WebMD food allergy blog posts: https://wb.md/45SGLxf
💥 NEW blog post on WebMD! 💥
Have you ever had others compare your/your child’s food allergy management to someone else they know?
Have you ever been witness to online or social media battles of two different ways to manage food allergy?
Could differing sides be in fact different, yet also both be right? Absolutely! Let’s talk about it…
“The Comparison Trap: No Two Food Allergy Individuals Are the Same”
An excerpt:
“There Is No One-Size-Fits-All Approach
Take this already confusing situation and add in other genetic as well as existing conditions such as autism, asthma, diabetes, or even eczema. In addition to food allergies, the health landscape for each food-allergic individual is very subjective and not a one-size-fits-all diagnosis, nor can the approach to management be anything other than unique. Combine this with additional personalized factors that inevitably vary from person to person in everything from social to economic, and everything in between.
These very real, very factual differences will create varying choices in relation to food allergy management, including but not limited to:
*Keeping food allergens in the home vs. not
*Participating in food allergy therapy treatments vs. not
*Sitting at a food allergy-designated table at school vs. not
*Consuming foods labeled with “may contains” vs. not”…
Read this blog post in its entirety online anytime: https://wb.md/43heRLS
Catch up on my past blog posts on WebMD and you can also scroll down on this same page to sign-up for email alerts on new WebMD food allergy blog posts: https://wb.md/45SGLxf
