Egg White Allergy

[nicolemarie]

We have a son that was adopted at 3 months old. He received one vaccine at birth and a ton of vaccines at 2 months old.

Allergy testing just came back. He is negative for allergies to soy, dairy, peanuts, dust, mold, cats, egg yolk, corn & fish. The only allergy was a slight positive for Egg Whites. Could this be vaccine/immune related?

Pictures here...

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So here's the history...

It started on his head (cradle cap) and spread to his forehead, down his face, then down his neck and finally the trunk of his body. His legs are not affected and his arms are mild. It has slowly gotten worse over the course of 2.5 months. His hair is falling out. It starts out as bumps and turns into raised, scaly, red patches. It oozes in some of the worse areas.

[Marnica]

It could be vaccine related, but perhaps it isn't either. It is def enough reason to not get any more vaxes however!

[k9sarchik]

Looks like eczema to me. Did you do a RAST test for the allergies?
Sometimes you get false positives and false negatives.

If your DS is predisposed to allergies its not wise to keep vaxing at this point.
You might also want to check into the allergy forums and look in ways to control and prevent the eczema.

[luminesce]

It looks like eczema to me too.

Was the allergy test skin prick or blood? Skin pricks tend toward false positives. Blood tests tend more toward false negatives (but if a blood test does show an allergy, it is most likely accurate.)

ETA: I don't think hair loss is that uncommon. It is a hormonal thing related to birth. Our son lost much of his too; it just wasn't as noticeable because it wasn't long to begin with.