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Remission is the final TIP™ phase, this is when your child reaches food freedom!

Once you have reached Remission, your child can eat like a non-allergic person. We do require annual visits so we can continue to monitor your child’s system and adjust their maintenance plan as needed.

Tips for Success

Congratulations!

You did the hard work to get here, now we would like to share some practical tips from our remission patients to help your child’s body respond best in the long run.
 
Try something new
Eat a variety of foods and products containing previous allergens. Do not strictly limit it to your maintenance foods. It is important to have micro exposures (less than 1/8th of a tsp) and macro exposures multiple times per week.
 
Go out to eat
Eat out at restaurants that serve your child’s allergens that you had previously avoided due to food allergies. We want you to have new experiences and make memories now that you are in remission. As a bonus, cross contamination to macro amounts of the allergen help build long term tolerance!

 

Play with your food
Encourage your child to handle or touch their food allergens. For example, include them in baking, cooking, helping to prepare doses, art projects, or whatever else would allow them to touch these foods. Continue to ensure they do not rub their eye during this time.

 

Add it to your grocery cart or pantry
We have provided you with a grocery list containing different foods you can now eat freely. We encourage you to purchase some or all of these items and enjoy! Take the time to find the ones your children like best and actually want to reach for during snack time. Including allergens in your home and pantry will allow your child to naturally integrate the necessary expo-sores of the allergens into their diet while limiting nagging!

 

Stop reading food labels
Stop reading labels for allergenic purposes. We know this goes against what you have been doing for years before and during TIP™, but you no longer need to check ingredient lists for allergens. Welcome to food freedom!

What's Next?

Early Remission

Early Remission is considered the first 6 months of Remission. In early Remission it is still important to be mindful of symptoms as we start to vary protein exposures. If you are noticing any breakthrough symptoms, please reach out to our providers at TIPhelp@tpirc.org for support during this transition. We are here to support you and your child if they get off course. Reach out and let us know so we can help get you back on track. We will see you again one year after reaching Remission for your annual Remission visit checkup!

Annual Remission

Why do I need an annual Remission visit?
Like all other medical conditions, it is important to have annual checkups to ensure that your child’s tolerance levels are on the right track. These visits ensure that all of your hard work, time, and investment into food freedom lasts a lifetime. If consuming your child’s prior allergen weekly is going well, there is a good chance we can space out your dose intervals to every two weeks and beyond once their body is ready. For those who have struggled, the good news is that we are here to get you back on track. We are in this together!

 

When do I need to follow up?
Generally, if you child is tolerating their foods well, every year is a good rule of thumb. If there are other new developments during the year, please don’t wait! Reach out to us at TIPhelp@tpirc.org.

 

How does the Remission process work?
We will help guide your Remission years. One of our tools to assess how your child is doing is a simple questionnaire. This is followed by a skin prick test and a blood test to ensure your child’s system is still responding how we want it to and that they are still safe. Based on the evaluation, you may have further challenges or only changes in your maintenance plan. Patients that are not recommended to complete any further challenges can choose between a clinic visit or a tele-medicine call.

 

What if my child doesn’t consume their allergens?
Once in remission, it is still important for your child to continue consuming their dosing/allergens, since we want them to maintain their state of immune unresponsiveness. If your child isn’t consuming their allergens, please email TIPhelp@tpirc.org so we can help your child stay safe.

 

What if I still have more questions about Remission?
Please reach out to our Remission Coordinator at remission@tpirc.org.