DS is allergic to raw eggs - do I have to stop eating egg products?

[naturopath]

Just found out DS is allergic to raw eggs - do I have to stop eating egg products? - He is 5 months-old and totally bf.

I know that the egg protein isn't always destroyed in cooking, so can't eat products with egg, but will it go through breastmilk as well? i.e. if I eat a piece of cake, will he be affected?

Thanks

[amytheearwaxbanisher]

i thought raw eggs were bad for everyone i think if yor bf you might have to cut them out probably best to ask your hv or gp unless someone here has the same problem and knows for certain

[naturopath]

I don't mean should I stop eating raw eggs (I never eat them anyway!) - what I mean is that the protein isn't fully destroyed when the egg is put in a product, so in effect, when you eat a piece of cake, you are eating the same form of protein as you would if you ate the raw egg that goes into it (as far as I understand).

[amytheearwaxbanisher]

oh right thought you were a super mum downing glasses of raw eggs pre marathons and bodybuilding

[naturopath]

Got him allergy tested (for dairy, eggs, soy, sesame and peanut).

[naturopath]

Just tried to avoid egg products today and failed on a couple of occasions - have to be vigilant from now on if it is likely to have any effect (he has eczema, reflux, etc etc). Just wondering if anyone has experience of the effect of a breastfeeding mother giving up egg products where the child has an egg allergy.

[ggirlsbells]

Naturopath-My ds was allergic to eggs,now he is only allergic to raw eggs.He was given a food trial .The advice now is he can have egg that has been cooked for 20mins minimum at 180degrees.

Now I'm not sure what is relevant to your ds,but I imagine cake would be fine for you to eat.
My ds 5 yrs now, still doesn't eat cake as it makes him feel sick although he isn't dangerously allergic to eggs as he is to nuts.

When I was breastfeeding I didn't know about ds' allergies and he had eczema so maybe that was related,who knows.He still has eczema now so it's anyones guess.

[naturopath]

got it done as part of the LEAP study into peanut allergy (can look it up on Google)

[naturopath]

ggirlsbells - interesting.. Yes, as far as I can gather, no-one really knows if it will have any effect re the breastfeeding. I guess I will just steer clear of anything that contains eggs for a few weeks, and then reintroduce gradually after that to see if there's any change.

[naturopath]

Will do - thanks!

[stylishmum]

Hi, just thought I'd let you know that my little boy was allergic to raw eggs, but he's grown out of it (took us about 1 year). It was diagnosed when he was about 2 years old and what the specialist suggested was to keep introducing very well done eggs about once a week and to slowly cut down the amount of cooking until they were softly done. It's worked for us, but as your baby is so young perhaps wait for a bit until you start introducing eggs? They say that when babies/children are allergic to raw eggs only, there's a good chance that they'll grow out of it!

[naturopath]

Good to know - thanks!

Just re-read the posts on here - lol amytheearwaxbanisher .. no, I am not bodybuilder type

[Desiderata]

Allergies, allergies. Whatever the problem, he'll grow out of it.

[naturopath]

Desiderata, I'm sure he will. I would like to avoid probably a great deal of pain and discomfort in the meantime. I think he has suffered enough in his little life so far.

[Desiderata]

Apologies, naturopath.

Nothing in your OP suggested that your DS had ongoing health problems ... and it's also pretty unusual to introduce raw eggs to people in general, let alone small people, hence the misunderstanding.

Everybody has a certain (but not life threatening) problem with raw egg. At any age, in a baked cake, it's safe enough.

[naturopath]

That's ok, it's just that he has suffered quite a lot with very bad colic, reflux, eczema, not sleeping, poor weight gain etc. - nothing major, but still not very nice for such a small baby.

[tatt]

desiderate what wierd posts! You do not grow out of all allergies. In fact some people develop them later in life.

Naturopath the proteins in a lot of foods - including eggs - change during cooking in a way that makes them less allergenic. There are exceptions but cooked egg is a lot safer than raw egg. If I was you I would not stop eating cake for the egg content although I wouldn't be eating any lightly cooked scrambled egg. I would add some probiotics to my diet. Google probiotics and eczema and you shoudl find plenty of discussion.

Allergy tests are only for IgE mediated allergies. Many children with eczema are not allergic to dairy but still improve on a dairy free diet - or if a breastfeeding mum is dairy free. Some do fine on goats milk instead of cows milk. Two weeks of excluding food from your diet could make a major difference. You then have to reintroduce a problem food and see if they get worse. Improvement could be coincidence, it's only if your child gets worse if dairy is reintroduced that you need to avoid it.

Hope things improve for your child.