failsafe checklist

Failsafe is the diet we are trying to see if there are food chemical intolerance in our family.  I got this checklist from this website:
http://failsafediet.wordpress.com/about-food-chemical-intolerance/food-chemical-intolerance-symptoms/

I listed Sam or Ruth's name by their personal symptoms.

Food Chemical Intolerance Symptom Checklist:

• Overt Aspirin Sensitivity, Salicylate Sensitivity
  • Samter’s Triad
  • Reye’s Syndrome

• Babies and Small Children
  • Colic
  • Cries often
  • Grizzly or unhappy: Ruth
  • Won’t feed
  • Hyperactivity
  • Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD): Sam
  • Tantrums
  • Underweight: Sam

• Central Nervous System
  • Agitation
  • Brain fog
  • Confusion
  • Dizziness
  • Dysaesthesia (numbness)
  • Epileptic seizures
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Myalgic Encephalitis (ME), Fibromyalgia (FMS), Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome
  • Hangover feeling
  • Hyperacusis (abnormally acute hearing)
  • Hypersensitivity, hyposensitivity
  • Paraesthesia (pins and needles)
  • Sensory symptoms of multiple sclerosis
  • Symptoms of lupus
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  Sam and Ruth both are occasionally spacey...I guess that could be considered Brain Fog...
  

• Coordination
  • Accident prone: Sam
  • Clumsy: Sam
  • Dyspraxia
  • Poor handwriting: Sam

• Endocrine System
  • Diabetes, Reactive hypoglycaemia, carbohydrate intolerance
  • Inexplicable weight gain or weight loss
  • Poor appetite regulation, always hungry, can’t eat: Sam
  • Premenstrual tension/syndrome (PMT/PMS)
  • Sex hormone imbalances, oestrogen dominance/progesterone deficiency symptoms
  • Symptoms of adrenal fatigue, don’t feel awake until evening
  • Thyroid problems, symptoms of hypothyroid or hyperthyroid
  • Water retention

• Food and Weight Problems
  • Anorexia, bulimia, can’t or won’t eat, appetite regulation problems
  • Chinese restaurant syndrome (MSG reactions)
  • Food cravings
  • Hangovers from food/eating out
  • Hunger after eating
  • Nausea after eating
  • Hypoglycaemia before or after eating
  • Picky eating, hates/loves vegetables/meat/cheese, supertaster
  • Never full or satisfied, grazing: Sam
  • Strange reactions to foods
  • Strong like/dislike of alcohol
  • Constant thirst
  • Salt cravings: Ruth
  • Symptoms worsen after eating, or before eating
  • Tiredness After Eating
  • Weight Gain, Weight Loss

• Gastrointestinal
  • Bloating
  • Coeliac (celiac) disease (in combination with gluten)
  • Colic in babies
  • Colitis
  • Constipation, sluggish bowel (incomplete evacuation): Ruth
  • Diarrhoea (diarrhea), soiling
  • Dysbiosis, either pseudo-dysbiosis or actual dysbiosis
  • Hunger after eating
  • Nausea after eating
  • Indigestion, GERD, gas, acid reflux, stomach ulcers, h. pylori infections
  • Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)
  • Stomach aches
  • Vomiting

• Head, Eyes, Ears, Nose, Throat
  • Allergic shiners (dark circles under eyes)
  • Angioedema (swollen lips, eyes, tongue : Sam  slurred speech...maybe because of swollen tongue?
  • Blurred vision, poor vision
  • Itchy eyes
  • Ear aches, especially chronic ear infections in children: Sam used to
  • Ear, nose and throat infections
  • Catarrh
  • Bad breath (halitosis)
  • Frog in the throat:   Sam
  • Frequent headaches, migraines
  • Frequent nose bleeds
  • Frequent sneezing and nose blowing: Ruth
  • Frequent mouth ulcers
  • Geographic tongue (glossitis)
  • Nasal polyps
  • Nystagmus (involuntary ticcing of the eyes)
  • Otis externa
  • Sinusitis
  • Stuffy, blocked, or runny nose
  • Tinnitus
  • Tonsillitis
  
  

• Heart
  • Angina-type pain
  • Cardiac arrhythmias
  • Heart palpitations
  • Prinzmetal’s angina (salicylate induced variant angina)
  • Pseudo heart attack (feeling of impending doom, chest pressure, pain down arm)
  • Rapid heart beat, tachycardia

• Immune System
  • Autoimmune disorders
  • Arthritis
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), Myalgic Encephalitis (ME), Fibromyalgia (FMS), Post Viral Fatigue Syndrome
  • Depressed immune system, frequent infections
  • Frequent candida, yeast infections
  • Frequent ear infections, ear aches, otis externa
  • Frequent mouth ulcers
  • Frequent skin infections, eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis
  • Frequent urinary tract infections
  • Lupus symptoms
  • Multiple sclerosis symptoms
  • Overactive immune system, frequent/multiple allergies, anaphylaxis

• Memory
  • Can’t concentrate: Sam
  • Disorganised: Sam
  • Easily distracted: Ruth and Sam
  • Forgetful: Sam
  • Impaired memory: Sam
  • Unmotivated
  • Untidy
  • Vague
  • Won’t persevere: Sam

• Moods and Emotions
  • Depression, mood swings, bipolar disorder, manic depression, discontented, unsatisfied, emotional
  • Disruptive, naughty, troublemaking
  • Excessive anger: Ruth
  • Grizzly or unhappy baby, child cries often
  • Irritable, touchy, short fuse, bad temper, snappy: Ruth
  • Morbid imagination, imagining violent scenarios: Sam(mildly)
  • Panic attacks, anxiety: Sam and Ruth
  • Resentful, blaming others: Ruth
  • Unreasonable, demanding: Ruth
  • Self harm
  • Suicidal thoughts, visions, actions

• Musculoskeletal
  • Arthritis
  • Back pain (upper and lower back), chronic back problems
  • Growing pains
  • Low muscle tone: Sam
  • Myalgia (muscle pain)
  • Tics (involuntary movement), tremor

• Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD)
  • Asperger’s Syndrome
  • Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
  • Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), hyperactivity, nervous energy, fidgety: Sam
  • Autism, comorbid autism spectrum disorders
  • Dyscalculia, dyslexia: Sam
  • Dyspraxia
  • Epilepsy, seizures
  • Head banging
  • Learning difficulties: Sam
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD): Ruth
  • Oppositional Defiance Disorder (ODD): Ruth mildly so
  • Picky eating: Ruth
  • Sensory Integration Dysfunction (SID), Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD): Sam and Ruth(undiagnosed in either of them)
  • Speech delay: Sam and Ruth
  • Speech disorders, speech impediments, stuttering: Sam and Ruth
  • Tic disorders, Tourette’s Syndrome

• Skin
  • Angioedema
  • Allergic shiners (dark circles under eyes)
  • Body odour
  • Cradle cap
  • Dermatitis
  • Eczema
  • Flushing
  • Hives
  • Pallor
  • Pruritis (itching)
  • Psoriasis
  • Rashes
  • Rosacea
  • Seborrhea
  • Sweating
  • Urticaria

• Sleep
  • Insomnia
  • Nightmares
  • Night terrors
  • Night waking
  • “Noise” in head
  • Overactive brain
  • Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS)
  • Sleepwalking

• Speech
  • Loud/quiet voice (no volume control): Sam
  • Hard to understand, mumbles, speaks quickly, lazy pronunciation: Sam
  • Repetitive noises: Sam
  • Selective mutism
  • Silly noises
  • Speech delay: Sam and Ruth
  • Stuttering: Ruth mild
  • Talks too much (empty chatter)(Sam and Ruth mildly)

• Vascular and Pulmonary System
  • Arrhythmia
  • Asthma
  • Fast or shallow breathing
  • Feeling cold or hot
  • Headaches, migraines
  • High blood pressure, low blood pressure
  • Reynaud’s Syndrome
  • Rosacea
  • Syncope, fainting, dizziness
  • Varicose veins
  • Vascular spasm
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  and important caveat from the website I got these symptoms from:
  
  Some of these symptoms can be caused by other, unrelated factors. They are not always caused by this set of food chemicals, or even always by food. Sometimes some of these symptoms can be caused by nutritional deficiencies, infections, allergies, other substances in food, or can be caused by physical or emotional stressors. Sometimes they can be caused by an underlying illness, like jaundice, anaemia, or liver or kidney disease or damage, or by genetics.