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Boy, 6, With Rare Allergy Can Eat Only Deer Meat

Posted: January 23rd, 2008, 9:46 am
by Rocketfan
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A 6-year-old Plainville, Conn., boy is suffering from a rare food allergy and deer meat is the only solid protein the boy can stomach, according to his family.

Timmy Armstrong has eosinophilic esophagitis, a condition in which food allergies trigger an intense inflammation of the esophagus, according to a report from WTNH News Channel 8.


At the bottom there is a really interesting statement:
the disorder has become widespread in the last 10 to 15 years and that doctors are seeing an average of two new cases a week.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,324793,00.html

Posted: January 23rd, 2008, 10:36 am
by RagingTireFire
Come sit in my back yard, boy. I can feed you well into your teens.

(Freakin' rats with hooves.)

Posted: January 23rd, 2008, 10:55 am
by Realist
It's funny in some regard, but man I feel sorry for this kid. I can't eat wheat or any wheat byproduct, and its horrible not being able to eat pizza, drink beer, have a sandwhich, etc. Only deer meat, wow.

Posted: January 23rd, 2008, 11:54 am
by PAmedic
No doubt this kid is either related to Ted Nugent or MALLET

Posted: January 23rd, 2008, 12:09 pm
by LUconn
I was wondering if his last name was Mallet. But then I saw that he lived in Connecticut and not in a bunker located in some remote field.

Posted: January 23rd, 2008, 12:19 pm
by ATrain
Hopefully the Game Warden gave this family some kind of special hunting permit...

Posted: January 23rd, 2008, 12:22 pm
by ATrain

Posted: January 23rd, 2008, 12:51 pm
by Rocketfan
RagingTireFire wrote:Come sit in my back yard, boy. I can feed you well into your teens.

(Freakin' rats with hooves.)
Depending on where you live, im sure a few people might be willing to help you with that problem.

Posted: January 23rd, 2008, 1:25 pm
by JDUB
if your in NC or VA near where I am, I'll kill them for you.

Posted: January 23rd, 2008, 1:48 pm
by blwall1416
The Maker's Diet = digestion problems fixed.

Posted: January 23rd, 2008, 1:52 pm
by scuzdriver
JDUB wrote:if your in NC or VA near where I am, I'll kill them for you.
Those things in the south aren't any bigger than small dogs. Come to CO for a real sized one. :roll:

Posted: January 23rd, 2008, 2:27 pm
by Cider Jim
Too bad the boy doesn't live in WV: the state probably has more deer than people.

Posted: January 23rd, 2008, 3:31 pm
by JDUB
i'd love to go hunting in CO.

wv has a lot of deer, but so does nc. especially the area where I live.

Posted: January 23rd, 2008, 5:52 pm
by kel varson
blwall1416 wrote:The Maker's Diet = digestion problems fixed.

I've read that book. Its good stuff.

Posted: January 24th, 2008, 1:28 am
by FlamingChick
Wow that's tough...At least you can prepare deer meat a couple different ways if the kid REALLY wants some meat (burger, bbq, roast, etc). My godson is allergic to poultry, which I thought was bad, but this kid has got it worse :(