A couple of friends are planning a trip to Thailand, but they are a little bit concerned of their 3,5 year old son who is alergic (or is that intolerant?) to milk, soy and wheat. does anyone have any experince with that here in Thailand? I guess wheat is not the big problem here but soy and milk... It is supposed to be "food cards" online but I didn't find any.

Seaserpent

Seaserpent, Beer Monkey may be able to help you with that. I note he has a youngster and has been coming to LOS/Udon for some years. So he may have useful knowledge of baby milks etc?

sorry seaserpant i now nothing about intolerent food stuff, my little one seems to be eating everything.
if you are looking for milk formula thats lactose free(but it might be soy based), that is available, but seeing as he is 5 i doubt if he drinks that.
Thats all i know.

I don't know if you will find this helpfull, but I have 4 year old who is allergic to peanuts and nut derivatives. Last year we discovered that he's also allergic to Soy. Not so much milk, but he's also not a good eater. So we supplement his diet with Pediasure which is only available in powder form in Udon (however, Pediasure does contain milk proteins). There are variety of Thai brand supplements but don't know if they contain milk proteins or not. I'm not in Thailand now will be next week and if I remember to I'll have look at what's available and post it here.

Someone posted this link before on another thread:

http://www.allergy-clinic.co.uk/food_al ... public.htm

Thanks guys, It did not really help me out. I think my friends biggest problem will be then ordering food, and trying to find out or explain to a waiter/waitress that the little fellow is intolerant.....

but any information is appreciated.

Almost three years ago, a co-worker's daughter was going to Thailand for the first time in her life, and all by herself. She had a peanut allergy so severe that contact even with any oil would possibly kill her. So in her worry, my co-worker asked if I could possibly have some sort of solution for her.

All I did was let the Canadian Embassy in Singapore know about the situation, and one of them provided a written (in Thai script) alert that this young woman could carry with her and show to anyone involved in food preparation for her. It was E-mailed to us, and the young woman evidently had it laminated or something.

She had a fabulous time, by all reports, E-mailing her mother a travelogue every now-and-then. The only malady she ever experienced was the Thai equivalent of "Montezuma's revenge."

Thanks Garnet, it looks like a good solution....