Sunday, 25 March 2012

  • A 9-Year-Old Boy is Allergic to Food

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    I'm able to eat pretty much anything I want (and often too much of it), but I have friends who are allergic to dairy products or have celiac disease. This is unfortunate since it limits what they can eat, but what if you were allergic to all types of food?

    Joshua, a 9-year-old boy, suffers from eosinophilic esophagitis and cannot eat almost almost any type of food. Even the smell can be dangerous for his health. If he does try to eat, his esophagus (the tube in the body that food passes through to get to the stomach) could close up, preventing him from breathing. The only thing he is able to eat is baby food and the rest of the nutrients Josh needs comes from a formula that he takes through a feeding tube in his stomach. I saw the article on Shine, along with two videos here.

    I cannot begin to imagine the stress that Joshua's parents go through each day to ensure that he doesn't come near food and it's so unfortunate that he can't go to school because of this disease.

    What did you think about Joshua's condition?

Comments (17)

  • Kevin_is_a_pirate@xanga
  • Winter__Raven@xanga

    It makes me wonder where that line should be drawn in "survival of the fittest".

  • firetyger@xanga

    That would be so hard to deal with. I give his parents a ton of props.

  • frostbitpanda@xanga

    This is fantastic! If scientist could find a way to bottle it and sell it as a diet formula, I am sure there will be less fat americans. 

  • billyeats

    That really sucks. This condition is terrible. I can't imagine what him or his parents go through. 

  • Emma

    I'm lucky. I'm not allergic to any food. Poor kid.

  • ngyixiang@xanga

    Yeah, I watched the video on yahoo! That's kind of sad... 

  • Orlei@xanga

    Wow :( This is very tragic...

  • For_Vanitys_Sake@xanga

    omg this made me so sad..... :'( 

  • galliver@xanga

    Reminds me of an Extreme Makeover: Home Edition where the youngest kid had a disorder with his hunger response where he ALWAYS felt hungry, so the family had to be EXTREMELY careful about leaving food out because he would eat until his stomach burst! I almost feel like this is better, since he's not forced to basically be constantly starving, though it still sounds very difficult. :/

  • Trueinnerbeauty@lovelyish

    @galliver@xanga - I suffer from a similar problem, I require medications that all have the side effect of increased appetite, it literally feels like my stomach is trying to eat itself ALL the time no matter how much I eat. If I don't take the medicines I risk dying

  • PocketfulOfDreams@xanga
  • galliver@xanga

    @Trueinnerbeauty@lovelyish - I'm sorry you have to go through that :/ I can't imagine how terrible it would be. 

  • islandgypsygirl@xanga

    oh wow. i canNOT imagine this. :(

  • Kodomo_no_Tsuki@xanga

    @frostbitpanda@xanga - And they could call it anorexia in a bottle!

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