So if she's NOT allergic, what the heck was that!?

[Carolyn_mtl]

I just got the call from our allergist, he had the blood test results back, apparently 10 month old dd is not allergic to avocado (he did say it's not 100%, but it's highly unlikely she is allergic).
So, if it wasn't the avocado that caused severe vomiting for 3 hours starting 2ish hours after eating it, and she is otherwise exclusively breastfed, then what the heck caused it?
Im leaning to either she is in fact allergic, and for some reason they didn't see the antibodies in the blood work, or, she is extremely intolerant to avocado.
Ugh, I hate this, I hate not knowing what caused such an awful reaction... Why would a perfectly healthy baby start throwing up, to the point of going listless, needing oxygen from paramedics, spending 3 hours throwing up bile, then returning back to normal as if nothing happened...

[JaneS]

Tested for latex allergy? is avocado in that family?

Testing in infants is notoriously wrong. All allergists worth their salt will tell you there are false negatives in anyone.... ours did and said that observation and history means more than testing. Which blood test was done?

What else does she eat?

[SpottedFoxx]

Allergy testing is hit or miss. Perfect example - my SIL (who's a pediatrician) sent a patient for allergy testing (Rast). It came back with severe allergy to peanuts. The kid had been eating PB&J every day since he was a year and a half and had no issue with it at all.

If your baby reacted after having avocado - I'd just go on the assumption that she has an allergy.

{{{hugs}}}

[lil_miss_understood]

Originally Posted by JaneS

Tested for latex allergy? is avocado in that family?

Testing in infants is notoriously wrong. All allergists worth their salt will tell you there are false negatives in anyone.... ours did and said that observation and history means more than testing. Which blood test was done?

What else does she eat?

I'm not certain it's in the family, but it is considered a latex fruit (along with mango, banana and kiwi... I think I'm missing one).

[kjbrown92]

They say testing under 2 years old isn't very accurate. And it could still be an intolerance (which also can cause vomiting). Whatever it was, I'd definitely keep them out of her diet for a while. Has she reacted when you've eaten it (any type of reaction -- not just vomiting?)?

[changingseasons]

I would ask them to do skin testing, at the very least. DD's first RAST (and second too I think) was negative to everything except a slight positive to peanuts. When she was a little older and we started skin testing, we got positives to all sorts of stuff. Like a pp said, these tests aren't always accurate, and especially for a babe that young.

[rhesp1212]

You asked what else could cause that type of vomiting....here are two things that I thought off right off the top of my head:

Not to sound gross, but what color was her bile that she was throwing up? My son had an episode similar to that, although did not require paramedics, and they were concerned about inesuception (sp?) where the bowel telescopes into itself. It often requires surgery, but sometimes is temporary and they never have a problem again. With that the bile they throw up is a dark green instead of the usual yellowish color.

That said, there is also a condition called FPIES (Food protein induced entercolitis sydrome). This is not an allergy but a very severe intolerance or hypersensativity to a food protein. It can cause lots of vomiting sometimes severe, sometimes severe diarrhea until the culprit is out of their system. It is usually a delayed sort of reaction (as opposed to most ana reactions that occur within 20 minutes of ingestion).

Regardless, I would consider it a reaction of some sort and would avoid the avacadoes, if you know for sure that was the only food she ate that could have caused it.

[Carolyn_mtl]

Thank you all so much!
She is exclusively breastfeed, it was only the 3rd or 4th time trying some avocado (as her 1st food), and she only ate a teaspoon or less (not interested, no reactions 1st and 2nd time). Its been about a month since the incident, and hasn't had any other foods.
The dr did a skin test for banana but didn't want to induce a severe reaction doing one for avocado (he said the story sounded like an allergy to avocado). So we went with the RAST. He's asking us to come back in November, when she will be 14 months, to do a skin test for avocado. (He did say the blood test wasn't 100% accurate, and to avoid avocados).
I've been pretty scared to try any other foods, but I think we will soon. Dr. said to avoid bananas and chestnuts. I keep hearing about mangos, kiwi and peaches??? So we will be avoiding those as well.

[xeniphia]

I wanted to say FPIES as well, my 10 month old has FPIES reactions to Dairy, Soy, all nuts, and less extremely to bananas. His Diary, Soy, and Nut reactions are so severe that he reacts when I eat them and nurse him. He has a lower digestive reaction resulting in severe acid reflux and then diarrhea. He saw an allergist this past Friday who diagnosed it as FPIES after doing skin tests which were all negative. We haven't tried avocado as I'm allergic.

For a brief summary of FPIES I like this http://www.kidswithfoodallergies.org...spre.php?id=99 Good luck and here's hoping that she doesn't react to anything else!

[angelachristin]

Holy crap! I am so glad I found this thread! I was searching for an explanation of what happened to my 10 month old DD on Wednesday. she was perfectly fine, then at 11 am she had some pumpkin pancake that I made for my 3-year-old. By 1:30, she had projectile vomited twice and had begun vomiting bile, by 2:30 we were in the ER because she was unresponsive, white as a ghost, clammy, with bluish-white lips. She was rushed back and put on IV fluids and Zofran immediately. the vomiting stopped and the diarrhea began. She was admitted to the hospital for 2 days for IV fluids and observation. FPIES! I didn't even know this existed. They were convinced she had rotavirus but I knew it was the pancake. Stool test for rota came back negative. I am so happy to have found an answer!