Dark circles under his eyes
My son has been on the diet for a few months. We have discovered thathe is very sensative to many things. Recently I have noticed that hehas dark circles under his eyes and this seems to be getting worst. Iread in a post last night that this indicates an allergy. Haveothers discovered this? Could it also mean a deficiency of somenutrient? He use to eat a lot of fruit, but because of sensativitiesto phenols, he only eats a small amount of a few items. He does nottolerate multivitamins well and tends to get hyper, although I havebegun giving it too him again because of my concern.
If this is an allergy, would an allergy test show what he is allergictoo, or does this fall under the confusing category of foodsensativity. He is eating enough, and does get veggies and variety,although not as much as before the diet. I think his color looks paletoo. I’m concerned. Any advice?
This post tagged as: multivitamin, vitamins, phenol
Alpha Fuentas said,
Wrote on December 9, 2006 @ 11:15 am
My son had really dark circles under his eyes. We started the gfcfdiet and his supplements the same week. We have stopped hissupplements (never the diet) here or there when we noticed he hadproblems tolerating something or when we need him off of them for anytesting (blood, urine, etc). When he’s off his supplements, the darkcircles/pale skin come back, even after just a couple days. We havenoticed that as long as we have him on his Zinc, Super Nu Thera, andprobiotic that the dark circles stay away. (I think it’s mostly thezinc and super nu thera). His other supplements don’t affect hiscoloring.
Melisa Schumpert said,
Wrote on December 10, 2006 @ 1:12 am
Commonly associated with phenol intolerance or other food intolerances
http://www.danasview.net/phenol.htm
Yes
He use to eat a lot of fruit, but because of sensativities
The vitamins can definitely be causing the dark circles. Try givingthe vitamins with No-Fenol enzyme, see if that helps
http://www.houstonni.com/
Phenol intolerance does not show up on any of the currently-availabletests.
Pale skin can be caused by a number of things. You might try givingan amino acid multi.
Cathy Neuser said,
Wrote on December 11, 2006 @ 11:57 pm
My son has always had not dark circles, but purple coloring under hiseyes. I’ve always been concerned about it. He is also much morepale than anyone in our family. Doesn’t seem to just be his naturalcolor, but pale. He has been on the diet and supplements since julyand it has not changed. He is gf/cf and we haven’t been trying tokeep out any phenols. I would really like to know if he is sensitiveor intolerant to other foods besides gluten and casein.
Wesley Marske said,
Wrote on December 12, 2006 @ 4:16 am
Hi, the best way to see if he has a problem with any kinds of foods is to keep adaily diary. Here is my format. 4 columns, 2 narrow and 2 wide. Titled: time,supplement, food/beverage/activity, behaviour/symptoms. Use one page per day. After a week or so, you can go back and see trends. Some reactions can takeplace in as little as 1/2 hr. some will take up to a couple of days. Everychild seems to be different and the challenge to us parents is to figure outwhich combination works best for our child.Hope this helps.
Florentino Birchler said,
Wrote on December 13, 2006 @ 4:16 pm
An IgG food panel blood test would show you lots.. As far as whatyour child is allergic to. It helped us a lot. We wouldn’t haveknown without having that test done. I noticed that when my son eatssomething that he’s allergic to, his eyes get all red and watery.But when he’s eating what he can tolerate, no red watery, purpleunder eyes.
Dorsey Sicinski said,
Wrote on December 15, 2006 @ 8:16 am
I didn’t know that dark circles under the eyes meant allergies,otherwise I would have had my son tested at 1 instead of the past couplemonths at 7. The dr. did stick tests and the IgG. Between the both ofthem we have environmental allergies and lots and lots of foodallergies. We have started restricting almost everything the past week1/2 and have seen a reduction in black on the eyes. We are waiting forthe allergy shots and hope that once we get those going, more of thedark will decrease. My son is also allergic and sensitive to foods thatI didn’t know people could be allergic to. It wouldn’t hurt to test himand you will get a better idea of where you stand.
Winfred Berno said,
Wrote on December 15, 2006 @ 4:27 pm
I strongly recommend yo find a doctor that can administer a properblood test to determine food intolerances. Prick testing is largelyinadequate and most allergist are just going through the motions toget you on a mulitple year shot regime. That’s how they make money. Iwas given the SAME diagnosis, and the allergist throew a BAG of pillsamples at me and I stared at her and said, “I’m gonna think aboutit..” (which was code for “Uh… No way am I takin gshots and pills.Th ehuman body can cure itself if I take care of it right” And it wasthat day I went to the library and started educating myself aboutbrain allergies, food allergies, intolerances and the environment. Idon’t take ANY medicine myself. I determined my food intollerances,removed the environmental hazards I could control and within a monthI was doing so well I didn’t even need a tissue.
A blood test panel can determine emerging allergies too. My son hadan E95 panel and it was terrrific. Then do an assessment of allmanmade chemicals, processed foods and personal care items you as afamily use, not just the ones he uses. Exposure is exposure an dit isobvious these children are sensitive. Some more than others. Considerthe total lifestyle and environment. Carpeting, mites, mold, VOCpaints, cleaners, laundry detergents, synthetic clothing, cotton (hasextrememly high pesticide residues and coloring agents), beds(containing flame retardent agent formaldehyde), pesticides,herbicides in the food and in your yard…. The list goes on and on…
When I counsel parents on the nutritional aspect of treatment optionsI tell them, “This is the critical first step, but you have so muchmore you can tke control of that is affecting your child’s neurology.Why not clean up his envirnoment as much as humaly possible and THENsee where you are at. You most likely will find you don’t need nearlyas extensive of therapies, or at least will shorten the duration ofthem. An dwho needs to throw away money?” My son’s diet AND clearerenvironment have made significant improvements.