Allergies & Asthma

Hi all -

I am turning to IVillage once again for answers to life's great questions. ;-)

My one year old has an egg sensitivity/allergy. We haven't been to an allergist. We've been giving her egg yolk for several months. Since she is 3 weeks from Birthday #1, Daddy scrambled a whole egg over the weekend. After a couple of bites, she broke out in hives all over her face, her eyes watered and swelled, and she started coughing and sneezing.

She's been eating bread - even french toast - without an obvious reaction. However, she's had a wicked, wicked diaper rash for about 8 weeks. We've been to the doctor 3 times thus far. It isn't your typical diaper rash caused by dampness and soiled diapers. What happens with her is that she'll have a completely clear bottom (if she's gone a while without a "dirty"). As soon as she has a BM, just the contact with that on her skin (I change her immediately) causes a reaction that causes open sores. So, I wonder if this is due to an [egg] allergy as well.

So, my questions - is the caustic diaper rash something that's typical in an infant/toddler egg allergy? and . . .

Where can a find a good educational resource on what foods are "safe" and how to safely prepare foods for her, while we try and eliminate egg from her diet?

TIA!!

Hi and welcome to our little board Dawn,

I don't have any experience with egg allergy, eliminating eggs from her diet to see if this is the culprit sounds like a very good idea, I would also mention this to her ped, and possibly be refered to an allergist as well.

There is a board on ivillage that answers questions about kids allergies :

http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-ppallergies/start

You can also get great tips from this website on food allergies:

http://www.foodallergy.org/

I hope this helps, and keep us posted about what the outcome turns out to be for your DD