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Can anyone help me link up these 3 items that my baby is allergic to?

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OHforDUCKScake · 03/09/2012 19:40

My son is allergic to a ridiculously long list of food.

But he's allergic to Aveeno, E45 cream and now my deodorant (he played with it, got it on his hands. Lid was on, dread to think how bad it would have been otherwise!) and its Dove Invisible stick.

We havent linked up aveeno and E45 yet, Im not sure about the Dove.

Is there a common factor in things like these?

Does anyone have any idea at all?

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eragon · 03/09/2012 19:48

he just has very sensitive skin, and anything with fragrance and colour will cause a rash.
the only food link to aveeno is oats.

what are the food allergies? and what about enviromental ones? they will cause strange crops of hives/rashes etc.

OHforDUCKScake · 03/09/2012 19:58

Strangely, hes fine with oats to eat. The Aveeno allergy has always baffled us.

The E45 wouldnt have colour or fragrance, I wouldnt have thought?

No environmental allergies yet, but we know they'll rear their heads soon enough, we're under no illusions there. Unless feathers and animal furs count? Hes allergic to them.

Food wise he's allergic too

Milk
Eggs
Potatoes
Peanuts
Nuts
Greent lentils
Peas
Sweetcorn
Celery
Beef
Chicken
Lamb
Pork

And it is ever growing.

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ThisOnce · 03/09/2012 20:00

Parabens?

OHforDUCKScake · 03/09/2012 20:04

Will it say 'parabens' on the back? Its not a word I remember seeing. I'll have to check online I chucked the creams.

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BombusBombus · 03/09/2012 20:05

Petroleum sourced products?

CMOTDibbler · 03/09/2012 20:06

E45 has lanolin in it doesn't it ? My mum is certainly allergic to it, along with a huge list of other things - basically all that goes on her skin is aqueous cream, baby shampoo, and one type of soap when she has really dirty hands.

Takver · 03/09/2012 20:17

Not surprised about the deodorant/Dove - I'd imagine they're likely to have fragrances in.

Quite likely the lanolin in E45 - I think that's quite a common allergy. Aveeno doesn't, though, (at least the one I have doesn't).

eragon · 03/09/2012 20:38

lots of people have problems with ezcema treatments, for instance diprobase causes instant hives and redness in my teen daughter.

that is a huge list. a lot of protein foods not on that list.

fur and feathers do count. its part of the package really.

however, dont give up hope for outgrowing in the years to come. it may take some time, our son is now 16 and we have only just been given a chance to reduce his list by a substantial amount. He will always be an allergic person, carrying epi pens etc, but his future adult life looks easier than his childhood one allergy wise.

the skin rashes seem to be a permanant part of being a multiple allergic person, my son for the first five years used to hive up and get a rash almost weekly. This was due to accidental ingestion as part of a food reaction to a new food. Or from environmental allergies, such as running under trees during tree pollen season. jumping on a bed (dustmites) etc. He also had an airbourne response at 2yrs if he stood next to me in the kitchen when i fried an egg.
He also had at one point a severe dog allergy. and would have throat closing and asthma symptoms if in prolonged contact with a dog/ or in a room/house with a dog. Both these airbourne reactions are now outgrown.

i learned to simply wash the skin to remove irritants, and apply ezcema cream to the flare up area. ( hives, then when they died down = ezcema.)
Often he would continue to play and be happy even when this sort of thing happen, so I took that as a sign that little was wrong.

I focused on making his bedroom and home low in his environmental allergies, and of course, his many food allergies.

what medical help are you getting? if severe rashes, note date down and mention to your medical support. which is , hopefully a pead immunologist at a kids allergy clinic.

hope this is helpful.

trixymalixy · 03/09/2012 20:55

Wow that is some list of allergies!! What on earth do you feed him? Finding protein he can eat must be especially tricky.

OHforDUCKScake · 03/09/2012 21:00

Helpful yes thank you.

Ds has several reactions a week. A couple of weeks ago he was allergic to everything he ate, that was crazy. And scary, we're waiting for a referal to Guys in London because its just getting daft now.

He'll go through really allergic and not-so-allgeric weeks. He'll develop a new allergy every time he is ill, thats why its so big and ever growing

Conversely, he isnt allergic to Oilatum [yet]. In fact his skin loves it, makes a huge difference. Really noticable if I forget to put it on more than twice a day.

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Onetwothreeoops · 03/09/2012 21:06

I think aveeno and e45 are water based creams and oilatum is oil based. My DD has Excema which gets more irritated by water based creams. Could it be an existing rash reacting to the creams rather than a separate allergy?

OHforDUCKScake · 03/09/2012 21:08

No, he gets full on urticaria if I use the offending creams. He'll go from practically perfect skin to an absolute state if I put those on.

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Catsu · 03/09/2012 21:12

How old is he? My dd was similar in that she kept reacting to new things when she was ill, it was a vicious circle. But she was still little (9 months) and her dietician advised to give her body a complete break so I went back to breast milk only for 3 weeks which did actually reset her! She now is only reacting to milk and fish :)

trixymalixy · 03/09/2012 21:21

It must be pretty scary. DS didn't get along with Aveeno or E45. It seemed to be the lotion type of creams that irritated his skin. The thicker Vaseline types like Epaderm seemed much more effective and sooth

Sorry don't have any useful advice, but just wanted to sympathise Sad.

trixymalixy · 03/09/2012 21:22

*soothing

The lotion types didn't give him hives as such, but made his skin bright red.

OHforDUCKScake · 03/09/2012 21:34

He is 15 months. A little old to go by on just breast milk, I think. Glad your DD has improved though.

We tried Epaderm and a similar one but they didnt help him at all, I used them both for 2 months and it didnt help his skin. I used oilatum and finally we were able to start cutting down on the steroid cream.

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freefrommum · 03/09/2012 21:41

I agree with eragon that allergic kids quite often react to all sorts of things, especially chemicals. My DS is allergic to milk, wheat, eggs and nuts plus we can't use any shampoo, soap etc plus only certain eczema creams as others make him react. I've never managed to work out if there's any link between the non-food things he reacts to, I think it's simply a case of some stuff he's ok with but lots of stuff he isn't.

You totally have my sympathy and admiration. Sounds like an utter nightmare. Really hope you get that referral soon and you can start to get some answers.

freefrommum · 03/09/2012 21:44

PS Believe it or not some E45 lotions DO contain perfume. I only found out when I bought it by mistake and came out in a rash. Was amazed when I read the label and discovered it was 'lightly scented'.

laracroft2001 · 03/09/2012 21:44

Ducks- cant help with linking them up but just wanted to say his allergy list sounds like mine when I was young!! ( from around 18monyhs according to my mum)

I did grow out of them and am only now severely allergic to fish, and sensitive to bacon and pumpkin seeds.

Just wanted you to know there (may) be light at the end of the tunnel. I think it was when I hit puberty I really grew out of them

OHforDUCKScake · 03/09/2012 21:58

Thank you. I really appreciate your replies. I think I'll stop trying to make sense of any link and just accept it.

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