[annakiss]

I did a search (several, actually) and couldn't find the precise answer...

My son, age 14 months, has little bumps on his left cheek and upper shoulder/arm. They are barely visible, seem like little whiteheads, sorta, and don't seem to bother him. He has no other symptoms of allergies or problems and there's no topical cause that I can see. They seem to have been there since he was about 6 months. The question is, wheat or dairy? Or both?

Second, how exactly do I do an elimination diet and how long should I give a bump like that to disappear to know whether it's persisting or healing?

TIA!

 

[thepeach80]

That sounds a lot like the eczema the boys get. In their case though, it's environmental, generally weather related. The eczema they got from food looked different, more classic.

 

[wenat]

DS1 got little invisible bumps on his calves from his dairy allergy. They weren't visible at all, just felt a little like a sandpapery rash. They went away when I cut dairy out of my diet.

I've been off dairy for a year with DS2, and just tried some cheese last week. The result: invisible dry-skin-rash-bumps on his arms, legs, tummy and back. From two pieces of aged cheddar cheese and a scoop of feta cheese, every other day for 6 days. They went away after 4 days of lotioning him up every time he was on the change table. But I've been off dairy for so long that there can't be that much dairy in my system to keep on passing onto him.

The usual advice is that it takes up to 6 weeks to clear baby's system of a dairy allergy -- 3 weeks to clear your system, then another 3 weeks to clear baby's system.

Have you tried him on any dairy or wheat directly, to see if there's any reaction from a direct exposure, not through breastmilk?

For the crash-elimination diet, see Dr Sears' website:
http://www.askdrsears.com/html/4/T041200.asp

 

[starry_mama]

do they look like this ?

http://www.helpforkp.com/keratosis_p..._pictures.html

Kinda like goose bumps, or pimples? My son has them too. I thought it was an allergy, but I don't think it is. Most docs say it isn't an allergy, but they often also say excema isn't an allergy and I know that is wrong, so I'm still not convinced keratosis pilaris isn't an allergy.

I've read that it can be a vitamin A deficiency.

Sometimes I think I've FINALLY figured out what is causeing them because they seem to go away (I once thought it was blueberries), but I think they may just have flare-ups that have nothing to do with food. I've been giving my son fish oil and probiotics for excema and other food allergies and that has DRASTICALLY improved the keratosis pilaris, but its not completely gone.

 

[annakiss]

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Originally Posted by DannyJulian89 do they look like this ? http://www.helpforkp.com/keratosis_p..._pictures.html Kinda like goose bumps, or pimples? My son has them too. I thought it was an allergy, but I don't think it is. Most docs say it isn't an allergy, but they often also say excema isn't an allergy and I know that is wrong, so I'm still not convinced keratosis pilaris isn't an allergy.

They kinda look like that, yeah, but not that bad at all. Hmmm...

 

[Wolfmeis]

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Originally Posted by thepeach80 That sounds a lot like the eczema the boys get. In their case though, it's environmental, generally weather related. The eczema they got from food looked different, more classic.

This is how I react to pollen (along with nose stuff). I get it right along my upper arms, just above the biceps. No one can see it, you just can feel it, like sandpaper. It comes and goes (for me) with the seasons.

 

[wagamama]

My 12-month-old started out like that, with tiny white pinprick bumps on his shoulders. It spread to his chest and back over a period of about two weeks, then started to get red and itchy. The doctor said it's ezcema, but I always imagined ezcema as something scaley and weepy.

 

[Wolfmeis]

My kids' eczema was never weepy. I think that's why people confuse it. I heard one website describe eczema as "the itch that rashes," which I think is a great way to put it.