It is an allergy or food intolerance

[ohmum]

Hi hoping some of you can help unravel this one for me.

DD2 gets a nettle rash on her chin and neck immediatley after eating various foods - eggs, lentils, kiwi, celery. So obviously have cut these out of her diet. Other than a bit grumpy as it itches she is fine and it goes away withn about 1 hour.

I asked the doc for advise who said I should rechallenge every 3 mths and see what happens.

So the question - is this an allergy or is an intolerance. Will it become more severe and any other foods which she may react to?

Thnaks.

[tatt]

you don't say how old she is but sounds more like allergy than intolerance and 3 months sounds like too soon. Egg allergy is often outgrown, I'd be worried about lentils as they are the same group (legumes) as peanut. I think, but check, that kiwi cn be a nasty allergy. Best to avoid them all and ask if you could see a specialist.

[milkshake]

Sounds like allergies to me.

Intolerance effects the bowels,gut etc.

She may or may not out grow them, unfortunatly with allergies you just dont know.........but apparently the longer a child keeps its allergy to something, the less likely it is to out grow it.

[ronshar]

Go back to your doctor and ask to be assessed PROPERLY. My dd had dairy allergy. It was an allergy because as soon as she digested anything containing diary she came up in itchy rash on arms and legs. She now has developed nut allergy with tongue swelling etc. DD is nearly 8.
Do not let an ill-informed GP put your baby at risk!
Sorry if sound but it gets on my nerves that GPs cant be bothered to treat these issues seriously.

[wb]

Just to add - I'd avoid kiwi if your child shows any signs of allergy (to it or anything else). Its the cause of a lot of allergic reactions and these can be serious, particularly in children.

[ohmum]

Thanks everyone - will have confidence to ask for referal