Asthma and Crohn's

[Minxy]

Hi, I was diagnosed with adult onset asthma 4 years ago, a year after my Crohn's symptoms had become much worse. The asthma attacks are triggered mainly by
food allergies, and certain household chemicals and artificial scents.

I was wondering if anyone else has developed asthma due to IBD, and if so is it related to food allergies like mine ?

 

[beth]

T'other way around here: had asthma for years, gradually got worse. Then got Crohn's and part of the controlling with diet stuff laid off milk. Had milk and bam! Asthma bad, very bad. Now I dont have any milk in any form my asthma is sooo much better it's unreal.

 

[Minxy]

That's great Beth

I used to love cheese and icecream but have not eaten any
dairy products, incl milk, since I was in my teens as they caused me to have bad
eczema.

My asthma definitely gets worse if I eat certain foods, but usually I can avoid those. It is not always quite so easy to avoid the environmental triggers, or stress.

 

[kenny]

My situation is similar to Beth's.

As a child I had a problem with asthma to the point it was recommended to my parents that they consider moving to the prairies with drier cleaner air for me. By the early 90's I was put on daily constrictoriods to prevent the ever increasing asthma attacks. I am still on them to this day. But I have found that Immune suppression therapy had greatly reduced my allergic triggers such as dust, dog fur and tree pollens. My GF is sure it is the modified diet and eating things in better moderation that has helped a lot. I never did get a food allergy test done despite the urging of my mother and gf.

 

[beth]

My food allergy tests only came up with a weak reaction to tomatoes.

I'd like to suggest you took yourself off all milk and milk derivatives for a month or two before trying some again, but I know how much that sucks and it isn't always the same for everyone. If you did try it then all milk things are out, including biscuits with whey powder, or milk proteins, etc, not just cheese and milk. I think it's the proteins that set me off not lactose, but I wouldn't be surprised with that too.