Vegemite allergie in baby's?

[LimeSlice]

That is strange! Cant say I have ever heard of it before sorry.
Did the doctor say what in the vegemite he was a allergic to exactly? I wonder if it is a yeast intolerance or something?

Try googling it and see if you can work out what it is he is allergic to - maybe Promite or MightyMight are made differently and wont have the allergen or the volume of allergen in them?

Good luck...sorry not much help...Hopefully someone more helpful will come by! lol

Hope the little man is ok though!

[squidipa]

hey limeslice..

i started googling but havnt finished so far kids have only had spots/rash on face or cheeks so the fact josiah was covered head to toe brings high concern to me today they are all gone

i will be avoiding promite, marmite.

[Michelle71]

My niece gets a rash from vegemite (9 months) and we have decided it is yeast sensitivity. There really is nothing else particularly in it. The plan is to wait a few months and then try it again. It is brewers yeast - so different to that in bread, but could make her ability to drink beer in the future a challenge if she stays sensitive

[squidipa]

My niece gets a rash from vegemite (9 months) and we have decided it is yeast sensitivity. There really is nothing else particularly in it. The plan is to wait a few months and then try it again. It is brewers yeast - so different to that in bread, but could make her ability to drink beer in the future a challenge if she stays sensitive

did your neice get a rash just on face? i think the fact he had it all over concerns me to try again.

[Michelle71]

Yep - just on the face so far but we aren't pushing our luck by giving it again for a while. How old is DS??

[squidipa]

Yep - just on the face so far but we aren't pushing our luck by giving it again for a while. How old is DS??

hrmm thats what i have found to online ONLY children with it on thier face NOT whole body so i find that very alarming.

[Pandora]

If its an allergy, its normally a protein that is the allergen. otherwise its a food sensitivity/intolerance.
I think its a bit odd that your Dr has said your son is allergic to a product rather than a specific ingredient or food.

How did it happen - i.e. were you at home and you have him son, rash appeared, you went to the doctors and it was diagnosed?

Or had you had allergy testing done, and that was one of the results?

Vegemite ingredients are: Yeast extract, salt, mineral salt, (508, 509) malt extract, natural colour, (150) vegetable extract, thiamine(E), riboflavin, niacin.

Have you noticed any other foods at all that your son has had even a remote reaction to? Have you given him vegemite before, or was it the first time?

Id be thinking its a reaction to yeast, malt or the colour thats in it.

I think Id ask for a referral to an allergy specialist to work out what specifically he is reacting to, that way you can eliminate other foods as well that may cause the same reaction.