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Offline clazzat

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Allergic reactions
« on: October 05, 2011, 13:30:09 pm »
We tried ds on solids last week which he loved. He hasn't had a reaction in terms of showing discomfort or bad nappies etc, but he does now have a bad rash round his mouth which I have no doubt was caused by the food. My question is whether having a skin reaction means that he is going to go on to have a further reaction (ie tummy troubles) or whether they are totally separate things and we just need to put some sort of barrier on his skin for foods he reacts to.
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Re: Allergic reactions
« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2011, 19:58:41 pm »
Do you know which food it was? Acidic foods like tomatoes can cause contact rash. As you are just starting I would just take that food out for a while.
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Re: Allergic reactions
« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2011, 20:01:31 pm »
It was a combintion of butternut squash, carrots, apple and prunes - as there is no history of allergies in the family I wasn't worrying about introducing one food at a time (and I had no issues with either of the girls). Is one of those very acidic?  I knew about tomato, but I didn't think that any of the foods we gave him are problematic.
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Re: Allergic reactions
« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2011, 21:06:06 pm »
Errr, they don't particulary sound acidic  :P the apple maybe? I guess just give those foods again one at a time and see if it was one of those.
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Re: Allergic reactions
« Reply #4 on: October 05, 2011, 21:40:11 pm »
I'm not an expert on allergies but just wanted to say that my DD had the same kind of reaction to tomatoes - but bizarrely only a couple of times. We did BLW and she used to love cherry tomatoes and to start with never had a reaction - then one day she did - red rash around her mouth. We laid off them for a while and she was fine but it did happen again on a couple of occasions - no particular pattern, completely random. Not sure if some 'batches' are more acidic than others? Hasn't happened for a while tho . . . not sure if that's of any help TBH just sticking my two-penneth in!  ;)
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Re: Allergic reactions
« Reply #5 on: October 06, 2011, 00:46:21 am »
I would think if it is just the acidity the apples are the most likely culprit, but not sure!  I would def. serve those all separately to see what (if anything) happens.  I don't think it means he will have a further reaction for sure, but it is possible.  My kids get the rash from tomatoes, and Spencer gets it from cinnamon.
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