If an intolerance causes a VERY mild reaction you don't need to eliminate the food do you?

[SusanStoHelit]

ds seems to have a reaction to eggs.

he and dd are both atopic so it's not surprising really but the last few weeks he's been getting a rash of tiny little red spots all over him, figured out last night it's eggs causing it. a doctor has seent he rash and said 'i wouldn't worry it's probably just a very mild allergy' but as it was before we realised the cause i didn't ask whether to cut out the offender.

it doesn't itch or seem to bother him in any way and the only food he eats for breakfast are egg based. can i just keep it to a minimum?

Not sure.

DS1 had extreme reaction to eggs at 2 years having had them once or twice before. We avoided eggs until he was 5. He can tolerate now but syas his nose feels funny and he doesn't really like egggs anyway.

Think best to avoid as there can be an accumalative effect with some foods (is that the right word)

bugger. thought that might be the case.

thanks ML

at this rate there won't be anything they can eat the poor mites!

I think the advice is that it's best to avoid something when you notice a reaction, in case it gets worse.

Porridge with lots of maple syrup?

he's already on a gluten free diet and the gf porrige doesn't seem to rock his world

Oh, a bit off topic, but I read that people are now saying oats are OK in a GF diet - or did I get the wrong end of the stick? (porridge brains).

We're all atopic here but not GF so I might have got this totally wrong.

i've heard mixed advice about that recently and have been tempted but seeing as he's on the diet to prevent him getting an allergy better safe than sorry imo.

dd has a wheat allergy, not gluten so she can have oats anyway

i think alot more research needs to be done into all allergies though, the information is so confusing isn't it?

Yes, I couldn't agree more - lots of opinions and hardly any facts as far as I can see! It's very frustrating.

especially when it's your children.

i'd be happy to chance things if it were me but can't bear to do it to the kids