sudden exzema AGAIN, is ginger allergy possible?

[425lisamarie]

We battled exzema and had it under control and almost rid all our food sensitivities. Lately DD is getting a little rash on her arms, and sometimes a spot under her neck. I DID buy just the cheaper soy sauce instead of Braggs, grocery budget is just tighter, tryign to make subs here and there. She LOVES teryiaki, and strangely never had a soy allergy despite all the others. I used to just put a tiny pinch of dry ginger but started using quite a bit of fresh. One of her favorite foods is chicken teryiaki and she's eaten it lately and gotten a rash. Ugh. I am frustrated and feeling helpless as we haven't had any issues for a long time. I did get a rotisseirre chicken which I normally don't do. Any ideas? I just DREAD going to the pediatrician because it's a pill or a cream, and I cannot find another ped right now

[mamafish9]

Gluten? Most soy sauce has gluten.

[belove]

Tamari is a wheat free soy sauce..so good.

Go to a naturopath and have an ALCAT panel done. You'll be able to find out what food intolerances your child has. I did this because my baby had bad eczema and it ended up being foods like banans, oranges, spinach,mushrooms,ect..got rid of these food and no more excema.

[fruitfulmomma]

Children can be intolerant or allergic to anything, but given that you gave her soy sauce I am going to second the gluten issue over ginger. Most commercial soy sauces are actually wheat-based.

[425lisamarie]

Well i know it's not gluten, she eats it often and it was negative. I think she somehow had some kind of MSG or spice extract kind of thing in something.

[bigknitwit]

Ugh - it's so frsutrating! I can totally relate right now, given dd's issues. If I were you I'd remove all suspects and see if the eczema goes away. Then I'd challenge them one by one.

[JaneS]

it would be the high salicylates in ginger that would do it for my son.... allergy testing does not reveal food chemical intolerances b/c it's not the immune system reacting.

[425lisamarie]

Originally Posted by JaneS

it would be the high salicylates in ginger that would do it for my son.... allergy testing does not reveal food chemical intolerances b/c it's not the immune system reacting.

I'm really starting to think it's the sals in foods. I need to look further in to this and find the foods to watch for. SHe randomly every so often gets a rash and it's usually something not common (like her past egg, tomato, berry allergy rash) and I can't figure out what food it could be. I don't know so much about the high sal foods

ETA: so if I used to use a tiny pinch of dry ginger, and now I used a lot of fresh, would there be a difference?

[JaneS]

Tomatoes and berries are very high sal. Yes a large amount would mean more food chemicals vs. a smaller amount, bigger reaction.

Food Guide here:
http://salicylatesensitivity.com/about/food-guide/

More about food chemical intolerance here:
http://failsafediet.wordpress.com/

See Salicylate/Amine/Histamine Tribe here:
http://www.mothering.com/discussions....php?t=1101175

[belove]

i forgot to mention, my son tested positive for ginger intolerance w/ his ALCAT.