7 month old with hives and swelling after eating egg today

[JodieG1]

I'm assuming he had an allergic reaction to the scrambled egg he had for breakfast but he's had egg about 4 times before in the past week or so and had no reaction to it. Is this usual? Is it wise to avoid egg altogether from now on including products with egg in them? It was at 7am at breakfast in the hotel (we were visiting legoland) and a few mintues after eating scrambled egg he started getting hives around his mouth. He also had some sausage but I'm assuming in wasn't that. We're BLW by the way. The hives spread to his cheek and above his eys (I think where he rubbed the egg into his face) and by the time we were back at the hotel room his lips started to swell.

I gave him a breastfeed and watched him but although I was worried he seemed fine and had no trouble breathing. About an hour later all the hives had gone and he was completely fine.

Any advice and do I need to take him to the drs?

That sounds good, dh tried to call them tonight but the corporate part closed at 8pm so he'll speak with them tomorrow instead.

Just got back from the hospital. My DD at 7 months given scrambled egg and reacted with hives. They took the allergy very seriously. Ended up with appointment with paed, dietician and blood tests. Will get a phone call for pin prick tests. Another appointment in 3 months time too. We have BUPA too but actually very impressed by the NHS service I got today. They were so sweet taking her blood - two nurses in attendence. I'm very allergic and so they seem to take it more seriously - she has eczema too. Her MMR will be done in hospital under supervision and we need to spend half a day even though the paed said he has never seen a bad reaction.

Egg allergy can be serious my ds had an anaphylatic reaction to egg at 9 months very very scary he can't even be in the same room as someone eating or cooking egg he is now 2.7 and still highly allergic so please push for a referal.

Alibobins, when he reacts to egg in the room what happens to him?

DS had a reaction this afternoon and we culdn't find anything that may have caused it. The only "out of place" thing in the room where eggs but were out of the reach of DS and on the other side of the room (they were doing baking at nursery). DS is allergic to eggs but we would have never expected something like this.

JodieG1, I have not read the whole thread super carefully, so please excuse me if I repeat what has been said by others. I really don't understand why gp's/hv's in the uk aren't clearer to new mothers about the potential dangers of giving egg (white) to babies under 12 months. Young babies haven't yet developed the ability to digest egg. My dh gave our dd some egg accidentally (men!!) when she was 7 months and she had a reaction to it. I did quite a lot of research at the time. Paed (in usa) said that she would most likely outgrow the allergy as her digestion matured and to try again after she was a year old. We did that and she was in fact fine (she's now 5 and has no food allergies at all that we know of). Paed also said that there is really not much point in doing testing at such a young age because their digestive system is not mature and it really won't give an indication of what they could be allergic to after the age of 1 or 2. Just be wise about what you give your ds and try to stick to things that you know exactly what is in them (ie food that you have cooked or that comes out of a jar with listed ingredients).

I have a similar story to Sofias below.

DS1 had hard boiled egg at 10 months and came out in hives particularly around his mouth. His reaction was mild and we were told he would grow out of it.

We were particularly vigilant at MMR time as iirc the vaccine was then grown on an albumin base, so theoretically some egg protein could have transferred through. I dont know if its the same these days ?

Luckily all was well and as his digestive tract matured he is now able to happily eat eggs and everything !

Thankfully there is no history of any allergic reactions in my family. (Dont mean to sound flippant here btw)

Hi Isababel. I posted farther down the thread about dd's allergy. I do remember the doctor we saw talking about the possibility of a reaction to eggs in the same room. He said we shouldn't cook eggs while dd is in the room and also if she does go to nursery/creche etc to advise the staff that she mustn't do any activity involving egg as in painting shells or such like.

Thanks Mumtodd, was wondering if someone had experienced problems with eggs in the same room as I had never heard of "Airborne" allergy to egg before.

DS has been in a quite strict restriction diet for several years now, but had never reacted to egg in this way. TBH I'm not even sure it was the egg, as there was also soya (in the margarine) and wheat flour which we know he shoudn't eat but we were positive he could touch without problems. TBH I'm praying for it to have been transcontamination with peanuts (or the nursery staff lieing about DS not touching the egg) as I can't bear the thought of dealing with another strong allergy via skin contact.

Jodie, my son has had an allergy test for egg, and it has shown up as negative, yet, often he reacts to egg. I have found that the egg has to be well cooked- if the yolk is at all soft, then he gets a "scratchy throat". Also, it seems that he is more sensitive to different brands ie) waitrose free range eggs bother him more than Tescos. I have a theory that maybe its what the chickens are being fed that he is reacting to. He is also allergic to peanuts
Good Luck!!

Sorry didn't respond quicker Isababel-if ds is in same room as someone cooking egg his eyes run and swell up and he gets hive in random places on his body. He also reacts severly to skin contact and even a kiss off someone who's eaten egg products even cake and it doesn't seem to be getting any better

Thank you, I will keep an eye on that. He never had problems with eggs in the same room before but we have not had eggs at home in more than a year. Wonder if he is getting more sensitive.... He got a very puffy face that lasted until the day afterwards regardless of giving him piriton regularly. His asthma went a bit wild on the day afterwards too(we haven't needed to use his blue inhaler in months until yesterday.