Is this an allergic reaction?

[joanneg]

Ds has come up in a red bumpy rash on his face, he is sneezing and coughing.

I have given him an anti hystamine (sp?!) and changed his clothes and given him a shower.

I have no idea what has caused this. The only thing that I can think is that for the first time for lunch he had an omelette. I cant actually remember him having eggs before. Can food cause a reaction like this?
thanks

Is he still coughing? If so he may be having an anaphalactic reaction. Has he sweeling in his throat?

Could be a mild reation, my ds2, who is now 4, had a severe reaction to eggs at 13mths, i gave him scrammbled egg, he vomited and went into schock, very scary. The bumpy rash on his face can be an allergy sign, hopefully the antihystamine will clear that up.

Sorry, some terrible spelling mistakes in that last message

My daughter, myself and my son have all just had something that sounds very similar. I think theres something doing the rounds at the minute. It will go after a few days if it's the same. My daughter didn't itch, but I found it itchy so the doctor suggested calamine lotion which did take the edge off. Hope that helps.`

no. he isnt coughing now and the sneezing has stopped too. now all that he has is red itchy eyes and the bumpy rash on his face.

When my son went into anaphalactic shock, he had severe breathing problems, but 4 days later he had his 1st ever asthma attack, which the doctors say could have been triggered by the egg.

How is he now joanneg?

Definatley sounds like a mild reaction, maybe you should think about getting him checked out with the doctor (I don't mean rush there straight away) but i he is allergic to egg, apparently eac time they have it the reation can get worst.

joanneg I hope your ds is okay now. The night before last I woke up at 2.30am (dh on nights) with a terrible pain in my tummy (below tummy button). I felt very hot to touch and was very flushed. My throat then started feeling "tingly" and the same with my nose and my eyes were seriously itchy. I was very worried and ended up taking my inhaler which is for hayfever as I don't suffer with asthma. Also rang dh to see if he could pop home for half an hour (which he didn't ) After about half an hour I felt a bit better but all day yesterday I had a really "thick" head. Basically it felt like a really bad hayfever attack. No rash though.

It is worth getting your ds checked by doc though

Thanks for all of your messages (hope you are ok jampot).
I have a doctors appointment for 15.45. will let you know what they say. children are a worry, I dont think I have ever been so stressed out!

Update

The doctor was ok. He gave me some tablets for ds to take (ones that you can disolve). They are pretty strong steriod ones and I was a bit alarmed by them (you know what the side effects leaflets are like!)> But I must say his rash is 90% gone - all that remains is that his eyes look a bit bolbus (sp?!)
He is not coughing or sneezing anymore.

I asked If I could be refered to have his allergies tested - but he said that they dont do allergy tests on the NHS anymore. So it is a case of seeing how we get on!!!
Think that I will cut out egg.

they do do tesing on the nhs. blooming doctors.

hope your ds feels better soon.

joanneg - My son had allergy testing on the NHS with Dr Mark Porter, I am surprised he gave you the steroids, are they pink? My son has these when he has an asthma attack to help open up his airways along with his normal inhalers. We though our son was only allergic to egg turned out he has a severe nut allergy and also a mild one to dairy, it's worth trying a different doctor.

they do testing on the NHS My DS has his done each year at the hospital to see if they are still there. Get your doctor to refer you - persist because they do do it

joanneq the first time my child had an allergic reaction it was very mild because we had antihistamine and used it promptly. Our doctor didn't believe it was an allergy and wouldn't refer us for testing. Later there was a far more severe reaction with them going into shock despite the antihistamine. We weren't near a hospital at the time and it could have been fatal. We now have epipens.

There are specialist NHS allergy clinics but very few of them so the waiting lists are long. However each part of the country has to have a consultant who takes an interest in allergy and they can arrange skin prick tests and blood tests if they are needed. The waiting lists for those are generally shorter.

Its very difficult to avoid any food completely, however careful you are. We are very careful but still have at least one minor reaction a year from cross contamination. You don't know how severe this would have been if you hadn't had antihistamine available and where there is any facial swelling/asthma that could be due to food you should always press for tests. You could try a bit of egg on his arm - if it swells/goes red definitely get a referral, even if you have to pay for it.