I would be asking the GP for an allergist referral. The other option would be to see a Naturopath. Take photo's of the reaction as well to show the specialist or naturopath and keep a food diary so they can have an idea when the break outs occur.
It's hard to pin point intolerances, good luck.
Hon hugs, Tara has just started out breaking out in hives too shes nearly 3. I cant believe it that your dr says to use that cream. my dr told me just to use antihystamine (zyrtec) and then QV bath oil to help with hives and then when they go I just put QV cream on her excema. I have allergies, and there were two ways i went about it, the first way I eliminated everything from my diet and started back on rice and vegetables, slowly adding other ingredients. So I could find out what I was allergic too, the simpliest way to to get a referal to an allergy specialist, they put about 40 little *****s on your arm and then put little stuff of everything on the arm and then measure the hives that come up to see how allergic you are, then they give you cortisone to get rid of the hives. Hope this helps hon xxx
Fia has allegies as well that we have had trouble identifying, we took her to a naturpath before xmas and the test that she did indicated that she had reactions to milk (but not lactose), chocolate, hazelnuts (goodbye nutella), peas, vegemite and potatos. We changed over to A2 milk instead of normal cows milk and eliminated the others and the rashes have started to clear up, she still has the odd flare up and I will get her properly allegy tested when she is a little older. The hyrdozole andanything else with cortozone were useless for her, moogoo didnt work (milk based), so she is back on pawpaw cream, qv wash and goats milk soap.
I'm another one who's saying get a referral to an allergy specialist. You should be able to get one through your GP. I had my DS diagnosed with dermatitis/eczema from 4mths old. I got a referral (at about 9mths) and DS was tested via the skin ***** tests. He was about 15mths old when tested. We now know to avoid sesame and keep an eye on egg white with him. We (DS & I as we're still BFing) had to do an elimination diet (cut out dairy, egg and sesame - had a slight reaction to dairy & egg) and then re-introduce dairy (lowest reaction result) and then egg later.
If it looks the same as the break outs before, and moogoo is helping, it could still be eczema. DD is having a significant skin crease flare up ATM due to the heat / humidity. It has also extended a bit beyond this to her legs and arms.
But if you want to be sure about the allergies / intolerances a referral for allergy testing is needed. I would also consider a dermatologist review too to assess the skin appropriately rather than a GP.
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