Red rash after eating + wiping face - what & why?

[CantSleepWontSleep]

Recently started weaning DD, and have noticed that quite often after she's fed and we've cleaned her face, she has red splodges on her, particularly on her chin. You can see what I mean here .

I haven't noticed any pattern between what she has eaten and whether or not the rash appears. I thought at first that it was the (unfragranced) wipes that we were wiping her with, but we're just using a damp muslin now, so can't be that.

We already know that she is CMP intolerant so her meals only contain breast milk or hypoallergenic formula (if they have milk at all), so it isn't that.

Any ideas anyone?

poor her.

It looks like the kind of contact rash my ds gets if milk or raw egg touches his skin - i.e. an allergy. Does it have nettle-rash-type white bumps on it?

I would ask your GP for a hospital referral to check it out - they will be able to do skin-prick tests (totally painless ) to try and identify what the problem is.

Could it be from saliva? When ds was younger he used to dribble a lot and got a rash similar to that.

No nattle rash white bumps, and the whole thing disappears after about 15 mins.

I would have assumed that if it was from saliva then it wouldn't just appear after eating?

Was just thinking about it whilst getting DD off to sleep, and I really don't know if it's there just after the food, or only after we wipe her face. We wash the muslins in Ecover, which is the same as we use on the rest of her clothes, but we use powder on muslins and liquid on the rest, so I wonder if it could be that? But then I guess we wouldn't have seen it when we were using baby wipes?! So blummin confusing!

CM - would it be a paed who does the skin prick tests? We are seeing one in a couple of weeks about her milk allergy (and silent reflux), so could ask him then if so.

yes, a paediatric allergist should do the skin-prick tests - definitely mention this rash when you see the paed.

Thanks CM - will do. Will take the pic with me so that he can see what I mean.

And in the meantime keep a list of all foods she eats at each mealtime, and the times the rash appears - you might notice a pattern.

My 5yr old ds got rashes (still does) to certain food that contain certain chemicals of colouring in. A great example of this is cheap red sauce, it always left marks just like those.

I would definately mention it to the paed when you go.

There are so many foods that can cause red rashes on the face that I would say your best bet would be to keep a diary of what you feed her and her reactions. Her arms are not long enough to do a skin prick test for all the things that may be causing them...

My DS gets similar looking rash if he's eaten somethin cold (yoghurts, ice-cream) could'nt be any of these???

Tomato?

Ds1 gets this

She did have tomato for the first time yesterday colditz, so if it was that then then there must be other things too.

H2J - not a prob with food additives as all food home cooked.

Will keep a diary ladies - thanks.

Just thought I'd update you ladies. Gave DD tomato again yesterday, knowing that paed appointment was today, and the rash came up again. It's the first time she's had it since I last posted, so looks like Colditz's guess was right!

Colditz - how old is your DS - do you give him tomatoes anyway? Paed seemed to think that it would be a real pain to have to avoid them, so to give them occasionally anyway and see what happened. Just wondered if that's the same advice as you have been given?

Sometimes it depends on the kind of tomatoe it is sometimes. Some children will only react to fresh tomatoes and vice versa. I am gflad that you managed to pinpont the trigger though, that's half the battle.

A red skin reaction to tomatoes is really common. It really doesn't mean anything. My ds used to get this and my dd didn't. Funnily enough, my dd is the one with sensitive skin and the propensity for allergies. Both of them happily ate tomatoes without any problems at all. I think it's really just a skin reaction and nothing to worry about. Goes away after about 15 mins and they eventually outgrow it.

my eldest ds was allergic to tomatoes, milk, eggs and almonds. We ended up with a casualty visit after eating tomatoes - swollen face, throat, tongue etc. Severe food allergies can be very scary - we had great help from our doctor who got us immediately refferred to hospital where there do the allergy tests - but I think they have to be about 12 months old.
The charity - Anaphylaxis campain' were a great help to us too. DS, 3 years later is still allergic to raw tomatoes, milk and raw egg. We have been told that the almond one is for life.

Ds is 3, and I give him tomato anyway. The rash is always gone by bedtime because I wipe his face straight away, and it never seems to make him ill or itchy, just red!