Eczema flare-up.

[daytripper75]

My little girl has the beginning of an eczema flare-up on her chest, back and legs. I am pretty sure it is a food allergy but I am wondering if it is from something she ate yesterday or from breakfast today.
Is there a set amount of time between being exposed to the allergen and the erruption of the rash? Last nights dinner was allergen free but dh gave her a frozen waffle this morning which contains two known allergens.
My poor baby! Thanks for your help.
Suzy

[wendy1221]

It can be anywhere from a half hour to 5 days after consuming a food. Sorry I can't help more than that.

[mykidsmyworld]

My son has eczema pretty bad so I know what it's like to see that poor baby with that rash, I hope she feels better really soon....
What allergens did the waffle have? Has she ever had that food before?
If you can, try and write down what she had the last few days to see if their could be any other culprit.
With my son, if he eats something that he is allergic to he usually developes eczema within 24 hours.
If she only had that allergen once the rash should subside fairly quickly maybe a week or two.
Evening primrose oil can help with the flare up as well.
Not sure if this helps at all

[Chinese Pistache]

If my dd consumes one of her allergens, it usually takes 3-4 hours to see a reaction. If I eat one of her allergens and then, she bfs, I see it on her skin in less than 12 hours.

[daytripper75]

We discovered last night that it is eggs causing her flare ups for sure. We gave her a slice of cake with a little celebration dinner. The dinner was tacos and didn't contain any allergens but after the cake she broke out.

I want to ask the allergist if there is a threshold for injesting the allergens and breaking out. DD had some egg in the morning in her pancakes and was fine but after the cake with dinner broke out. Anyone here have any ideas about this?

I have so much to learn. Thanks for your help.
Suzy

[Chinese Pistache]

I don't know that I'd rule anything out at this point. It's possible it's the egg, and that it took time to build up in her system so she reacted after the second exposure instead of the first, BUT, there are quite a few other possible allergens in cake. If it was from a mix, it likely contains soy, dairy, corn and wheat products. If it was from scratch, it likely contains all of those except soy. The taco shells (corn or wheat and possibly soy ingredients) could have tipped the balance, too.

My dd has a corn allergy (among others) and she can't have baking powder, vanilla or enriched flour. All of those contain or are processed using corn.

Unless you do an elimination diet, it will be hard to narrow it down.

[cat19]

The dinner was tacos and didn't contain any allergens but after the cake she broke out.

I'm glad you 've identified the eggs, but just wanted to clarify... do you mean none of her known allergens/no common allergens? Or did you mean "nothing that can cause allergic reactions"?

Although most allergic reactions are caused by the common allergens, people can be allergic to virtually anything. My first son reacts to kiwi, my second is allergic to rice. So there is no such thing as an allergen-free meal; I've known people allergic to beef, tomatoes, oats, apples, bananas, cucumbers... pretty much anything you can put in or on your body is an allergen for *someone* somewhere. In addition, most commerical foods can be

I say this because, if you have an allergy-prone kid (and clearly you do), I'd hate for you to limit your suspected allergens based on the idea that some foods couldn't cause a reaction. Certainly some foods (eggs dairy fish shellfish treenuts peanuts sesame corn wheat soy) are more commonly allergic, but others can be problems.

There can be a threshold for reacting for some people but especially in children, most allergists advise that you avoid completely to help your child's system to "forget" and ramp down its reaction, so that the chidl has a better shot at outgrowing the allergy.

Similarly, I'd guess you've heard--but just in case--that kids can develop new allergies over time, so even if your daughter is fine with something now, she could in theory develop a new allergy to it. That's why they have all allergic kids avoid peanuts and treenuts and shellfish until age 3 or 4.

Luck--egg allergy is not fun; my younger son is allergic to egg(among other things).

[daytripper75]

Ah! I meant that there was nothing in the taco meal that she had tested positive for. I suppose she could be allergic to something in the meal that I just didn't know about. Maybe even the seasoning...

I will do some reading up on the elimination diet. It sounds like something I should do for her.

Thanks again!
Suzy

[momadancer]

not enough intestinal flora?

i have had a bumpy rash on my arms my whole life and now my 16 month old does too. we have always coined it as eczema for lack of a better diagnosis. we went to see a holistic md to find out what was causing it. she recommended taking 1/2 tsp powdered acidophilus daily and said it should clear up in 4-6 weeks. we are on week 2 and it is looking much better on both of us. we eat yogurt daily and neither of us have too much candida, we just need extra flora. it is fairly common. they have acidophilus in powder form for young ones or in capsule. it has also, suprisingly, improved both our digestive cycles (which have always been very healthy and regular anyway because we are very veggie). hope this helps.