Olive oil allergy??

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Does anyone have any experience of allergy to olive oil? DS had bad reaction tonight and we think it may have been that. Any experiences/links would be very welcome.

hello,
what sort of reaction? was oil eaten in food, ( if so what food?) or on skin.

children with really over active highly sensitive skin will react to every thing. my son reacted to olive oil when he was about 2, I rubbed it on his ezcema.
However, he could eat it .

so, what I am asking is more info please!!!

Does the olive oil have antioxidants in it (added ones rather than natural ones).

Is he allergic to other things?

It was on food (beef) and all he did was hold it and rub it on his lips to taste it (he's 14 mths). His lips and hand swelled pretty much immediately and he had a bad rash and was very upset. Piriton brought it under control in half an hour or so, and his breathing wasn't affected.

He had a similar but worse reaction to hummus in January and after tests we think he's badly allergic to sesame, egg white and nuts. They didn't test for olive oil that time, though that is in hummus too.

I don't know anything about antioxidants - it was extra virgin oil but I'll check if it has anything added.

I'm sure I used olive oil a bit on his cradle cap when he was very little and don't remember any particular reaction on his skin.

You can develop an allergy to any food.
For intstance i met someone with a severe allergy to garlic, which is in many many processed foods.
So i dont think that olive oil is out of the question.
So I would take this info back to the doc's and ask for more testing.

I am assuming with the beef that the meal could not have been cross contaminated with any of his other allergys?
Remember a trace can cause a reaction.

beef allergies are 'out' there, but I suppose that you suspect the oil because he has had beef before.

with the reaction to houmous, has son been tested for bean allergies? as chick peas are the closest realative to peanuts ( is the nut allergy just peanut or tree nut or both?)
5% of peanut allergic children are allergic to beans.

hope this helps

That is helpful - thank you. Although we've had the results from the skin prick and blood tests (over the phone), we don't seem to be able to persuade the hospital to give us a follow up appointment to discuss them properly. So far as I know the positive nut test was to 'mixed nuts'. He wasn't tested for chickpeas - we were told that wasn't possible, is there a test for that?

GP is trying his best to chase things up for us, but even he admitted that we might be best going for one of the private tests that test for hundreds of allergens - I just worry that without the proper interpretation those tests can lead down all sorts of blind alleys.

He has had beef before with no problem (in a baby puree jar - he has a big problem with lumpy food so is still on purees). I'm so hoping there's a way that it's not the olive oil - we practically drink the stuff here!

The olive oil may have been contaminated with peanut oil at the manufacturers? Or has the pan had eggs or satay fried in it ever? The beef in baby food would be highly processed, so a real steak may still cause a reaction.

Rice bran oil is a good alternative - it heats to high temperatures and is full of good stuff.

I have never heard of olive oil being processed on the same lines as peanut oil.
I dont think this will be an issue.( but will make enquires, as i know someone who will know)

As for processed beef not causing a problem, ie in jar , this will not make any difference if there is a classic food allergy.

I take it your son was skin prick tested one nut at a time , or blood tested?
You should have a list of what tree nuts cause a problem. When son was first tested, skin positive for at least 4 tree nuts. as well as peanuts.
Now is not tree nut allergic @ 7yrs. peanut and bean v high.

hope this helps

All very helpful - thank you. I think I need to keep pushing the hospital for a follow up appointment and find out more about what ds really was tested for and what further tests he might need.

Just found out FIL was allergic to olives and was tested for it in the 50s, so they must still be able to test for it. I would hate to cut out something that's in so much of what we and dd eat, only to find that ds is not allergic to olives and it was, as you suggest, something previously cooked in the pan.

Never heard of rice bran oil - thanks for the tip, I will look out for it.