Anyones child allergic to green lentils?

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We've just added this to our babys allergy list tonight (after weeks of diarys, recipes, elimination) and wonderes what 'family' they might be in. As in, what else he might be allergic to if hes allergic to lentils.

So far now we have cows milk, goats milk, eggs, green lentils and we're assuming all nuts as it just seems sensible to do so until we see our next allergy specialist that we can only hope is slightly better than the last.

(FWIW hes def not allergic to red lentils - not tried yellow.)

And don't forget peas! Same family...

Sorry to come along and crash the thread but I have a question...my dd is allergic to milk, eggs and nuts...she has had lentils before, I made her an Annabel Karmel recipe with red lentils ages ago and I know that she had lentils in an Organix meal that she had a few times, again ages ago. Now...when my DD was tested for her nut allergy, they used a peanut for the skin prick test, which was positive, and told us to avoid all nuts. But if a peanut is a Legume???? Arrggghhh! My DD has had peas too, not often as we are not big pea eaters in our house, but occasionally.

It doesn't necessarily follow that because you are allergic to peanuts that you will be allergic to any legumes, and vice versa. The reason you were advised to avoid all nuts is probably because of the cross-contamination issue due to the processing methods of nut production...

For what it is (anecdotally) worth, my Dd was able to eat all legumes until she was sensitised by a nasty reaction to peanut. She then became allergic to peas, lentils and a scutch of other legumes (and lupin). I am very happy to report that recent IgE results have been negative for peas and lentils, and only this week she has been eating peas and kidney beans! Huge excitement!
Peanut, however, has shot up... So....

Thanks nelly...I'm not sure if my DD has had other legumes since she had the reaction 7/8 months ago. Why do consultants not just test for all nuts at the same time? My dd reacted to milk at 6 months, she was tested for a few things but never nuts, yet we were told to avoid nuts. Is there a reason for not testing? Esp if you are being told to avoid!

Despite the peanut reaction being positive, there was no mention of us bing careful with lagumes either.

I don't now. My DD was tested for two types of mixed nuts, as well as peanut (IgE only, they don't do skin prick testing here) but she has multiple food allergies on top of nuts, peanuts and legumes.
As I said, the reason you were probably told to avoid all nuts was because of the cross-contamination, processing issue. My DD was tested for almonds individually, result negative, but we were advised to avoid them anyway because of her severe allergy to other nuts and peanuts.

I think it's not unreasonable to be made aware of the link between peanuts and other legumes, but idon't think it is a concern for most people with peanut allergy, which is probably why your consultant didn't mention it. I understand completely about the fear of giving your children foods, and we (well, certainly, I!) wanted her, and her younger brother tested for everything before I fed it to them. But it's just not feasible, or reasonable I think.

That said, there is obviously a huge disparity in the quality of care and provision for allergy services, but that is a whole other thread...

Thanks for your replies, and again, so sorry to hijack the thread. I dont know why I didnt really link peanuts to legumes (PEAnut should have reinforced it in my mind!!!)

Yeah, I understand the reason for avoiding all nuts is linked to cross contamination, I would just like to know what other nuts my DD is allergic to, IYSWIM. I assume that her being allergic to peanuts means that she is very likely to be allergic to types of tree nut?

I am now feeling a bit anxious about trying her with lentils and peas again, although she has 100% them before, many times, I just cant remember if it was before she had the reaction to, what we think was, peanuts (just a guess actually as she had a tin of ravioli which had no allergy advice relating to nuts, but consultant said likely to be cross contamination).

Eer, just as an aside, did you post about the tinned raviolle before? I think I remember replying then that raviolle used to contain egg but now has a "may contain" warning? Also I think egg and peanut allergy often go hand in hand. Might be wrong and am prepared to be corrected...

Mmmm, I posted the night that she reacted - the ravioli didnt have any of my DD's known allergens in it. It was an Asda own brand children's veggie ravioli and my DD had it many times before she reacted. Our consultant basically said that it was probably cross contamination then tested my DD for peanuts. Yeah I think that you are correct about the peanut/egg . I read somehwere that 20% of babies with an egg allergy are likely to develop a panut allergy before they are 5, so maybe this is why our consutant tested for peanut, as opposed to trea nuts.