Egg Allergy..when did yours grow out of it?

[jam3]

Thinnk my son has egg allergy, he has app with allergy clininc, not really sure what to explect here...also anyone got child with egg allergy and if so when did they grow out of it?

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jam3 how old is your ds and why do you think it is an egg allergy?? My ds is 2 in two weeks and is higly allergic to egg (skin prick test at 9 months). If your ds was allergic he wouldn't even be able to eat it in another cooked food such as cake etc. My research on net and through specialists is that 80% of those allergic should grow out of it by 5 to 6 yrs of age. I am in Australia and my first appointment involved the reasoning and history of ds's allergy and skin prick tests where they place concentrates of the allergens along inside of forearm and "prick" each area to penetrate first layers of skin. Apparently an allergy will show a result in a certain number of minutes. Sounds scary for children but my ds has had 3 tests done now and doesn't worry him at all. hth

I used to be allergic to egg when I was little. I grew out of it by about 5 I think although I continued to be allergic to soft or runny yolk! . I grew of out that about a year ago!

Ds is still allergic at 2.5, I have heard 5 or 6, but I'm not getting my hopes up.

DD followed classic pattern of starting out allergic to eggs (cooked AND raw), then, by age two, only to raw eggs. Allerg consultant says come back when she's 3 and have her retested, because she's likely to have outgrown the raw egg allergy by then. If she hasn't, then we'll have her retested at 4, etc. But he seemed to believe that many outgrow it even by 3.

first time he had egg was around 8mths (advise of HV) immeadiately he got red blotches around his mouth and his trunk looked sunburnt for the next 2 days took him hospital and it had started going by the time we were seen. It was scrambled egg. Another time my husband kissed him after having scrambled egg and I think but am not 100% sure a blotch appearedon his forehead moments later and I thought it was because of the egg. He is now almost 2yrs. I have gone for single MMR but havent done the mumps as this contains egg and they are going to try and desensitise him...dont know if they can do that??

dd has just turned 5 and I thought her egg allergy had gone but now I'm not so sure. She's definitely fine with cooked eggs in things (like cakes) but I'm hesitant to try an actual egg and I rubbed a bit of raw cake mixture on her arm the other day and she did react (though not half as bad as she would have done when she was younger!).

The only allergy test (in my mind) that shows the strength of an allergy is the blood test (and even that only measures the antibodies). The skin prick tests we did for dd showed she was so allergic to egg, we practically had a crash team running down the corridor when the consultant saw her! (her whole arm went red and swollen!) and I know that she is not that bad.

He egg allergy has definitely got better over the years and hopefully, next year it will have gone (but then dh still has his egg allergy).

dd had the MMR and the booster (as paediatrician went to many lengths to tell us she would be fine having it and in the end, she had it in the GP surgery)

I've only seen desensitisation for severe bee sting allergies.

Ds3 was egg and lactose intolerant,not nice! grew out of both in a couple of years. apparently egg intolerance can run in the family, we all get upset stomach (to varying degrees)if we have had egg in a meal,do try to avoid them.

I think he should just have the injection - after all if he reacts to the desensitisation he will have to be treated.

The more of an allergen you have the more antibodies you make.