Daughter allergic to Tesco ?!?!?!?!?

[EvaAnna]

My DD2 4 yo who has allergies, eczema etc has shown a really bad reaction (eyes swelling, skin reddening, itchy rash, worsening of eczema) for the last 4 times we have been shopping in Tesco ?!?!?!?!

I have no idea what this could be, I asked the manager re the trollies i.e. cleaning materials, but he said they don't get cleaned??????

I am finding her allergies/eczema difficult at the moment, feel like I have no support, and this is just the last straw!!!!!

Anyone any ideas what this could be????

Shop at Waitrose?

I would love to, but can't afford it! I've resorted to online shopping

Lol, I've never stepped foot in Watrose in my life, don't think I've even seen one!

It is very odd!

is she the same in other supermarkets? you could walk round them without buying anything, just to test it

maybe she is allergic to large corporations who want to take over the world?

She seems OK in ASDA and Sainsburys, so the only thing I could think of was the restaurant or the bakery, say for example, they were using nuts/sesame seeds in their baking/cooking.

Isn't it the strangest thing??? I thought I was going mad until it happened again last weekend.

No more tescos for me, I'm sure I'll save money online shopping, as I won't buy any clothes I don't need, as I seem to do each time I go in LOL!!!

As for Waitrose, Totoros, I've never seen one either only on the TV!

it's funny cos when i first typed out my reply i was going to metion bread! because you can alkways smell it in the bakery

tesco DO use sesame oil all over their tiger loaves... so it could be that in the air?

that was meant to say you can always smell it in the supermarket (not just hte bakery!) it's the first smell that hits me if i walk into tesco

I know, and I LOVE that Tiger bread, which is now banned from house!

If it is that in the air, that scares me, that she can have such a bad reaction without even touching/eating it?? It seems never ending ....

She was crying badly last night and said 'why does noone else have bad skin' - it breaks your heart. I just try to point out all her positives, but it does get you down once in a while.

EvaAnna - I am right there with you. Ds1 age 3 is very similar ( bad eczema, allergies) and it's so hard sometimes when more and more things seem to affect them.

We go to a toddler group in a church, and I am nearly convinced that he is allergic to the church which is unfortunate as dh works there and it would be a shame to stop going to things there.

Have you tried a different tesco to see if she has the same reaction by the way?

There is only one tesco near us! I have done online shopping since and she hasn't had a reaction. I think its the strangest thing, but its comforting to know I am not alone!!!

Could it be something in the church that they are cooking/baking...

I've convinced myself its the bakery in Tesco, but you just don't know do you? I mentioned it to the GP and he looked at me like I had gone mad .

I don't go in TesXX but i get streaming eyes in some dress shops, they put a chemical 'finish ' on the clothes, maybe if yr shop sells clothes it could be that.

I don't know, but I always get anxiety attacks in Tesco stores I can only tolerate being in one for about 10 minutes before I start to feel ill and panicky.

I'm fine in Sainsburys and Morrisons though.

My 1 yr old grandson had a very serious allergic reaction after visiting Tesco
We thought it was the dirty scanner that he had touched.
His hands and feet were swollen and he had hives all over his body
The doctor said it is very dangerous and if it happens again to go to A and E because of the risk of his airways closing up
The doctor said that the cause was the chemicals on tiger bread which he had been eating
periton helped but rash returned 48 hrs later
Referred to a Paediatrician