Hi. My ds is 9.5mths and has had eczema since he was 2mths. He's been skin tested & come up positive for egg allergy - both raw & cooked - as well as a mild reaction to sesame. Peanut & dairy were negative (but am avoiding nuts due to an allergy study he's involved in).
I have to admit to having been quite relaxed about foods, not having expected there to be much in the way of allergies (there are few in either side of the family). But my gut instinct is that he's actually allergic to tomato as well. He's had a skin reaction to raw tomato, and generally refuses to eat anything with cooked tomato.
Problem is, we've been struggling with his eczema for the past month or so. We've been treating it as though it's infected. But he's just finished a course of antibiotics, is still on Eumovate once a day & Piriton twice a day...and his skin is still blotchy on his torso & red round his wrist & under his armpit. So, am beginning to wonder if there are more allergies or intolerances I don't know about. Any thoughts on what I do now? Do I go back to the basics and reintroduce foods again...go to the gp & ask for a referral (although unlikely as he had seen a dermatologist early on & has since been discharged)... or is there something else that can be done?
