Could this be a reaction to egg?

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We cut out dairy, egg, wheat and soya from our 12 month old two months ago.

We reintroduced egg (in the form of a well cooked scrambled egg), and she ate half an egg for lunch. There was no visible reaction after it at all (no hives or eczema).

The next day around lunch time we took her out to the park, she sat on the grass etc, and as it was a hot day she seemed a bit hayfever-ish. I checked her body and she had a couple of hives on the back.

I'm not sure if this could be a 24hr delayed reaction to egg (is that possible) or a reaction to pollen?

Should I continue trailing egg?

I would trial again; but at a time where she's not exposed to grass. Grass allergy can bring on hives etc so it may be that, rather than the egg.

Allergy, thanks! It's so difficult to know what to do. She's been quite unsettled as well but I think that's related to her tooth that is stuck and not fully coming out

I'm back with an update. I have egg again to DD and the next day she came up with one hivey spot on her nose and was unsettled. I then decided to give her pirirton and after a couple of hours, I had my happy daughter back. So does that mean she's still allergic/intolerant to egg?

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I'd be a bit surprised if a food allergy took that long to show tbh. My son is allergic to peanuts and the reaction is almost instantaneous. My understanding from the consultant who tested him was that allergies are often mis-diagnosed and a specific, direct reaction is what they look for. If you're worried though, get referred by your GP.

And little hives are fairly common in young babies/children because their skin is so sensitive!

We have been referred but our follow up appointment isn't until Sep.

My understanding of allergies is that there are two types; immediate and delayed allergy. My DD has the latter, and I'm wondering whether one hive and her being upset and unsettled, means she is still having a delayed reaction.

Interesting - I had understood food allergies were instant but maybe that's just what happens with severe allergies (which DS has) and milder/intolerance can be delayed reaction? Anyways, as other poster says, it might be worth a trial again when you will be in familiar environment so as to rule out grass/dust/pollen etc and see if it happens again. Another test would be to rub some egg on her arm and see if skin reacts. Not worth risking either though if you think allergy could be severe and/or she has diagnosed severe allergies to other things.

It's hard as cutting foods out altogether can lead to intolerance later and the experts don't seem sure what causes allergies! Sep does seem a long time to wait.

Carelesstalkcostlives - we seem to have been given completely different advice from you! My DS also gets urticaria (unclear from what and happens sporadically but sometimes pretty alarming) and the docs at St Thomas' clinic said omitting food can cause intolerance/allergies later so not to unless history of reaction.

What a minefield! Your dc has more complex allergies to cope with by the sounds of it and it's clearly worth getting it all medically diagnosed

Goodness! It is such a minefield isn't it?

I also worry about the delay in introducing it, and whether it will make her more allergic. The problem is even if there wasn't a physical reaction, it definitely affected her sleep and behaviour, and that's why I want to cut it out, but I'm not sure if that's the right thing to do. I think I'm going to hold off until her appointment in Sep. btw piriton definitely did make her feel better.

May I ask who you both saw at your respective clinics? We saw Dr Marsh at St Thomas's (we were told it'll be Prof Lack but apparently he only takes a clinic couple of times a year!).

Dr Chan ran the clinic but we saw a Specialist Reg called Dr Anagnoustou (sic). She was lovely. I'm pretty sure our referral time from GP was only 6 weeks ... But I may be misremembering that with some rose-tinted specs on ...

Obviously advice varies based on the child - we were advised to cook at home with all nuts other than peanuts so as to increase his exposure to them so he didn't develop intolerance. That was after skin prick had shown he wasn't allergic though to other nuts so we knew we wouldn't trigger a reaction. Urticaria they weren't concerned about unless we noticed a specific trigger or it started causing DS distress.

The other poster's experience sounds as if it is on a more complex set of allergies which I have no experience of, but 100% agree that it's your choice what you feed your child and if you can access any dietary advice in the meanwhile that will really help.