Allergic to honey

[charmkin]

My dd seems to be allergic to honey - I'm 99 % sure that's what it is.

bright red face, ears and arms, hot to the touch. No other symptoms. Have given her benadryl, anything else i should do?

My dd is allergic to milk and eggs and apparently the best thing to give is piriton [not the non-drowsy version] - this is what the specialist recommends. If she is at all itchy you could try some calamine lotion

I should add that as you've given Benadryl there's no need for piriton now, as they are both anti-allergy, and you've definitely done the right thing! And I would have thought the heat and redness should go pretty fast...

I was told that you should drink plenty of milk or water to flush it through as well

Should I go to the gp about this though? This has only come on recently and it makes me wonder how serious it could get and if she is allergic to anything else.

Having got to 6 years old with no allergies I'm concerned to think that I now have to worry about it. How do people cope when their kids are allergic to something more common like egg or milk?

Probably a good idea to go to a GP - they might be able to refer you to an allergy clinic to get tested which would put your mind at rest.

As for egg and milk allergy - yes, it is a pain but you learn to work around it. Dd is only two and a half so its possible she'll grow out of it [we hope!] and its also fairly easy to monitor what she consumes at the moment. Parties are the hard part when someone offers her something and you have to grab it out of her hand before she eats it - you do feel like a horrible, no-fun mummy! But I guess that is preferable to a serious reaction...

Went to GP - he thinks that is more likely to be slapped cheek. Still going to get it checked though...