2 Weeks Old and already has a suspected allergy!

[Sarahlolly]

I know its not a food allergy yet but I'm worried it will be in the future.

I massaged DS with a natural oil yesterday, but didn't realise that there might be a problem with one of the ingredients - Sesame Oil.

Stupid me, never thought about a possible Nut Allergy!!  (Its a seed - what do I know!).

About an hour later, his little body is roasting and has a hot angry rash all over his body!

Turns out its probably an allergic reaction to the sesame oil.  Apparently the reaction wasn't too bad, as it was absorbed through the body and not ingested.

He didn't have any treatment, however the temperature of his little body cooled within a couple of hours, and his rash is nearly all gone today.

I've now got to keep off nuts (as I'm breastfeeding) and be very wary of nuts in the future.

I can't believe we are dealing with allergies already!

DH has asthma and excema, and we are always on the lookout for symptoms in DD.  Could asthma, excema and allergies be connected.

The only allergy I have is to mushrooms and mould, so practically its easy for me to avoid food with these things in (no blue cheese for me!), but am now worried how to deal with a nut allergy!  It seems everything has a warning/disclaimer on it regarding nuts!!

Am really quite sad that DS might have to be so wary of food in the future!

Sarah x

[aisling]

Ohhh, how upsetting for you. Poor wee sweetie. Lots of hugs.  Hope all is well.

Can you use sunflower oil or grape seed oil for the massage though, so you can still experience that.  Both are not allergens, especially grape seed.

More hugs

A x

[em_here]

Oh honey, hugs hugs hugs. xxxxxxxxxxx

[Mashi]

Asthma, allergies and excema -- all connected...yup yup yup.

He may have to be wary of foods in future but allergies tend to go in cycles of 7 years, so he could very easily grow out of them too.  So there is a positive!

((Hugs))

[Samuel's mum]

Oh no!
Do hope it's something you don't have to worry too much about in the future.

[Mortish]

Hugs Sarah......fingers crossed that he doesn't develop a nut allergy...I hope it was just perhaps a bit of reaction to the oil in general....all the same, very scary.

[Mydreamcametrue]

Sorry I missed this, I have been out of commission for the last few days.

Sounds like me like it was just harsh on his delicate skin.  I always thought to massage with olive oil. 

I don't know if I would rule out nuts yet.  I do agree though not having them in your diet while breastfeeding is a good choice.  Any time you can avoid a high allergen food, the less chances they will develop an allergen to it.

I know that had to be very scary though. 

Hugs, Wendy