Here's some background:
DD has a slight bit of excema and is blonde and fair and seems to have some slight allergy to milk. I assume this because when we limit dairy, her excema is not so profound. Still, she only has it on the back of her thighs and no where else.
This is the problem:
Yesterday we went out to eat with my father. DD had some of my green salad with vinaigrette dressing and a roll and some northern bean soup. I've never seen her have a reaction to any of these things before. In fact, the only thing I've ever seen her react to is dairy, and only the excema came of it. She has eaten all sorts of foods and never has this happened.
She went home with my dad as she was staying the night with him. He called me a half hour later to tell me that she seems to be getting red splotches on her face and arms. I had no idea what to think of it, but since he lives almost an hour away, I told him to just keep an eye on it and call back if it worsens.
He called at 1 am to tell me that she awoke crying because it itched and spread almost allover her torso. He said she was asleep again, but that he thought they were hives and was a little freaked. He brought her home in the morning, and she still has spots all over, but not as many. Here are some pictures.
My questions are these:
Are these hives? Is this an allergic reaction to something? What could have caused this? If it was allergies, how can I possibly find out what they are? Should I go back to the restaurant and ask for ingredients? Should I consider something other than food, and if so, what?
I sure hope you guys can give me some ideas. I may make an appt for the ped is it isn't cleared up tomorrow. I put her callendula ointment on it, just to see if it does anything. So any ideas would be helpful.
TIA!
DD has a slight bit of excema and is blonde and fair and seems to have some slight allergy to milk. I assume this because when we limit dairy, her excema is not so profound. Still, she only has it on the back of her thighs and no where else.
This is the problem:
Yesterday we went out to eat with my father. DD had some of my green salad with vinaigrette dressing and a roll and some northern bean soup. I've never seen her have a reaction to any of these things before. In fact, the only thing I've ever seen her react to is dairy, and only the excema came of it. She has eaten all sorts of foods and never has this happened.
She went home with my dad as she was staying the night with him. He called me a half hour later to tell me that she seems to be getting red splotches on her face and arms. I had no idea what to think of it, but since he lives almost an hour away, I told him to just keep an eye on it and call back if it worsens.
He called at 1 am to tell me that she awoke crying because it itched and spread almost allover her torso. He said she was asleep again, but that he thought they were hives and was a little freaked. He brought her home in the morning, and she still has spots all over, but not as many. Here are some pictures.
My questions are these:
Are these hives? Is this an allergic reaction to something? What could have caused this? If it was allergies, how can I possibly find out what they are? Should I go back to the restaurant and ask for ingredients? Should I consider something other than food, and if so, what?
I sure hope you guys can give me some ideas. I may make an appt for the ped is it isn't cleared up tomorrow. I put her callendula ointment on it, just to see if it does anything. So any ideas would be helpful.
TIA!
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Not when it's also used for a million other things like anti-anxiety and "may work by acting drectly on certain parts of the brain." 
:, it states that 10% of dairy allergic kids are allergic to beef
