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Re: Woo has another contact food allergy!
« Reply #15 on: April 02, 2007, 11:54:36 am »
poor woo.... we know how he feels :( me and tia both with oranges cant touch em or eat em hives break out!!! no oranges in this house lol



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Re: Woo has another contact food allergy!
« Reply #16 on: April 02, 2007, 13:03:30 pm »
Interesting - I never knew about contact allergies.  I have a child in my class who is dairy allergic, but has not eaten egg because so far he's come out in hives etc when in contact with egg and the parents are assuming that if he gets such a severe reaction to contact then it will be the same with eating it. 


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Re: Woo has another contact food allergy!
« Reply #17 on: April 02, 2007, 14:07:35 pm »
oh my gosh I'm so enlightened...seriously....I didn't know about FOOD contact allergies...My DS has broken out in hives after eating a meal he'd eaten a dozen times before....we panicked raced him to emerg. and they said, oh it's just an allergy...but never mentioned it could be from only contact!!!!! :o

We've never figured out what it was....but every once in awhile he'll break out in hives around his mouth and his hands and forearms....!!!!!

And come to think of it....when we noticed it on his face, we took his shirt off to eat dinner....(I thought it was a dry cold rash on his face at first)....I'm going to attach a pic...can you tell me if it looks like what Woo has?

Sorry I'm seriously feeling a little stunned here!!!!! Not trying to hijack your post! :-[

Thanks ~Marie

Marie - it looks very similar!  Maybe you could watch to see what he has been touching prior to the rash. I get the rash on my arms and neck if I cuddle up to the dog for too long.. or she licks me.. and also if I get potato on me as described before.

I'm going to reattach the potato indicent photo for you so you can see what happened to Woo. Luckily I saw this one happening so was able to minimise the places the egg touched..

All you need to do is give some antihisthamine.. I use piriton syrup for children so I know its safe for him and it decreases the rash in about 20 mins.
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Re: Woo has another contact food allergy!
« Reply #18 on: April 02, 2007, 14:09:07 pm »
Interesting - I never knew about contact allergies.  I have a child in my class who is dairy allergic, but has not eaten egg because so far he's come out in hives etc when in contact with egg and the parents are assuming that if he gets such a severe reaction to contact then it will be the same with eating it. 



Not necessarily Alex.. but if he's prone to allergies to things they might want to be careful giving him any....

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Re: Woo has another contact food allergy!
« Reply #19 on: April 02, 2007, 14:09:23 pm »
Red has a contact allergy with Tomatoes - just as you describe with the red hives all over his face and neck. Bizarrely he is ok with cooked tomato (say in pasta sauce/ pizza) but it is the raw ones that bother him!!

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Re: Woo has another contact food allergy!
« Reply #20 on: April 02, 2007, 14:22:50 pm »
 :'( :'( poor Willy Woo (((((((hugs))))))))



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Re: Woo has another contact food allergy!
« Reply #21 on: April 02, 2007, 14:38:37 pm »
Oh Helen,

I just saw this....Poor Woo  :'(
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« Reply #22 on: April 02, 2007, 14:53:47 pm »
Jennifer reacts like that as well to certain foods.
A few days ago she had apple laces  ::) ::) ::) she knew she wasn't allowed them and got contact allergy on the sides of her mouth, it actually swelled up. And was itchy.
Does his eczema flare up as well when he eats things he is allergic to?

Hugs and cuddles for you and the wee itchy man  :(


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Re: Woo has another contact food allergy!
« Reply #23 on: April 02, 2007, 15:38:42 pm »
Thanks Helen...poor little man, forlorn....that's how he looks :(

Thank you for the response and the pic...I'm going to have to keep an eye on everything exactly!!!!...We haven't had quite the bad reaction since the pic I showed...

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Re: Woo has another contact food allergy!
« Reply #24 on: April 02, 2007, 16:17:37 pm »
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Re: Woo has another contact food allergy!
« Reply #25 on: April 02, 2007, 19:14:57 pm »
{{{{HUGS}}}} to you and Woo Helen :-*


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Re: Woo has another contact food allergy!
« Reply #26 on: April 02, 2007, 19:28:02 pm »
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