rash an allergy to avocado?

[elliesmama]

Hi! How can you tell if a face rash is a allergic reaction to food?  My dd has eczema on her face and it's been under control since we've been using Aquafor on it.  Yesterday she had her first avocado and last night and this morning her face is beet red and clearly uncomfortable    Is this a reaction to the new food?  Dh is mildly allergic to latex: bananas and avocados make his tonghe itch he says.  At our last visit the ped said that those allergies probably wouldn't show up and to go ahead and giver the foods to her.  What do you think?

[Jimbob]

First of all if your dh has food allergies then your dd has a higher chance of having them. Your dd also has eczema which can be caused by food allergies but not always, other things in the enviroment can also cause it to flare. My son reacted to avocado the first time we tried it, his eczema flared on face almost immediately and it went puffy.

I hope I have been of some help.

Kelly

[elliesmama]

How long did you wait until you gave it to him again?  My sister said to wait until the rash cleared up and give it to her again.

[Mom to M&M]

My DD reacted to avocado as an infant around 7-8 months. Bad hives/welts on her face, especially her forehead. We immediately stopped and didn't try again until she had some homemade guacamole at about a year and seemed ok with it then, although she doesn't love it.

[elliesmama]

Now I'm wondering if the rash could also have been because I forgot to put her moisturizer on her face yesterday and she was in this terry cloth type sleeper all day that could have irritated her.  I don't know.  Is it better to give the food again soon so that you can see for sure if that was the cause of it?  I'd just hate to do that if it was the avocado.

[Jimbob]

I would definately wait until it has completely cleared so it is obvious if there is a reaction or not. The other thing you have to remember is that the reaction can be worse the second time. In fact a reaction can become more severe at any point. I know when James was a baby he was reacting to regular formula but it was not obvious as his eczema was already bad due to the allergens he had been reacting to in my breast milk. At that point his only reactions he had to milk was severe eczema but now if he has any accidental exposure his eczema flares, he gets hives, his face and lips go slightly puffy and he getsstomach pain followed by yucky nappies.

Kelly

[elliesmama]

huh.  great point.