Eczema or food allergy?
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Good to know! She’s never had any facial rashes and they usually don’t go away for a couple of days so I’m leaning towards eczema but I never want to accidentally ignore an allergy symptom! Food diary is a good idea
No such thing as eczema rash…it’s eczema. it’s always related to something else going on. We developed eczema and we discovered baby was allergic to dairy and eggs. Hives aren’t the only rashes that appear via allergy
How did you discover it was dairy and eggs? I haven’t been able to narrow anything down.
@Megan she developed eczema on her back. Went to the doctors and got referred for allergy testing. I was quite pushy. Got tested 2weeks later via skin prick and bloods x
My baby girl used to get excema and reacted to almost every new food by getting a rash on her face or neck, until she turned about 8 months. Now she's fine.
Eczema is a symptom of some form of allergic reaction. You'll need to keep a food diary to see what's flared up.
@Julia if you don’t mind me asking , what was she allergic to? x
@Megan I would start with all the allergens again one by one over a couple of days. Do it in the morning so you can observe any reactions. Keeping a food diary could take ages, I had a feeling it was dairy for us as normally that’s what eczema is related to. Go to your gp and ask for a referral. They tested my little one for dairy, eggs, salmon, tuna, peanut, tree and grasses and cod
@Beth We suspected that it was oats, wheat, tomatoes, banana, strawberry and egg. So I cut all these out of her diet and the rash went away as soon as she stopped eating this. We then went for a skin prick test a few months later and it came up that she has an egg allergy on top of her milk allergy. Everything else she grew out of x
@Drei thank you, we’ll do that!!
@Julia thank you! My son gets this rash and I THINK it might be potatoes and tomatoes but unsure.
@Megan yes do that! Also that’s how my baby girls started 💛
@Beth Try them both on their own first thing in the morning on different days and see if a rash appears. Food diary is a good thing to do as well x
If it comes and goes around her mouth I would guess allergy or sensitivity. They can grow out of a lot of allergies my son was allergic to dairy at 9 months and grew to be no longer reactive by 14 months
Best thing to do is keep a food diary and see if you can determine what is causing the rash. My daughter always got a rash/hives around her mouth and it would disappear within a couple of hours. The rash/hives can show up instantly or within an hour/couple of hours of consuming the food x