WWYD...Egg Allergy......

[Beach Mama]

J was diagnosed with an egg allergy at around 18 mths old. He reacted strongly to whites and a bit less but still strongly to yolk as well. At that point his reaction was hives on the face and mega swollen eyes but no anaphylaxis etc. He has always been able to tolerate egg in stuff, like cakes, muffins etc and the reactions he had were from "straight" egg - like scrambled and fried eggs.

So we have been pretty strict with not giving him anything obviously however, because he could tolerate it in things life was pretty easy as far as keeping him away from quiches or if DD was eating eggs.

About 6 mths ago he had a fried rice that MIL brought over and we realised the next day it had egg in it. Then I talk to mum and she goes, Ummmm yep he has eaten egg here in a sauce she makes (white sauce and cracks an egg in it right at the end!) and then also had a creamy eggy carbonara!! All with no reaction.

So I guess I can assume his allergy has passed!? The paed said to give it 18 mths and we can retest but the fact that he has had all this almost straight egg with no reaction makes me hesitant to pay $250 to have them say he has grown out of it which we thought he would anyway.

Arrghh - someone told me to rub egg on his lip and see what happened. He has never been anaphylactic and if he was to react again we were to give him Clarytyne but he never reacted again so it wasn't needed. Although he has had it 'accidentally" a few times I am hesitant to deliberately rub it on his face!!

Just would like a bit of WWDT and WWYD!! Thanks!

[Nai]

Go sit in the hospital car park and do it there. I was tempted to do that when testing dd2 on nuts given dd1 is allergic!

I would do a tiny bit on his hand, then cheek, then lip if no reaction. Have the claytine ready to go If he has a reaction. Use only a tiny amount of egg when you do it.

[Beach Mama]

Oh good idea hun, I know it sounds terrible to be fussing over $250 but the fact that he has eaten so much of it and things like scrambled bits in pasta and friend rice really make me think he has outgrown it. Wonder if a GP could do much?!!

[Liviam]

Please be really really careful doing this yourself Tan. You never know how he will react. Good luck with your decision.

[Kimbles01]

My MIL has a really strong egg allergy - she can have it when it's in something cooked (i.e. cakes, meringues etc), but cooked egg (scrambled or otherwise) and uncooked eggs she has major reactions to, so be cautious and I guess do it early in the day, rather than later in the day in case there's any delay in reactions...

[MamaPan]

Did you end up doing anything?
Personally I would go to dr to be sure.... But I am super conservative

[Beach Mama]

Nope! Too chicken so I think we will go to the Dr again! He has had it scrambled in spinach sauce again the other day so I'm convinced he's grown out of it but I want to be 100%sure!!!!

[Beach Mama]

Just thought I would pop in and update!

Never did the self challenge test but we went back to the paed and he wants us to do a one week challenge!! He is still reacting but it could be simply to raw egg as that is what they use, and he said that the fact that he can tolerate it now in cooked food means we might be able to give him cooked egg from now on all the time. If he does react again, we can get a blood test done and go back to the paed in 6-8mths! So some progress really - his reaction initially to egg white was 16mm and this time it was only around5 mm and nothing other than a tiny spot for egg yolk which is great.

[belfie]

Aah you know I was just wondering the other day what you'd ended up doing. Have you done the one week challenge yet? And does he suggested using the ever-increasing serves of sponge cake? Fingers crossed for no more reactions, it sounds very promising!

[Liviam]

Any progress Tan?

[Beach Mama]

Haven't had a chance to do the challenge but he suggests to do it with a well cooked boiled egg because J can tolerate cooked egg in food already. I'm really thinking its only raw egg as he hasn't had a reaction for 18 mths and has regulaly eaten it in foods recently where it's barely cooked! Will let you know how we go with the challenge.

[belfie]

That's interesting, as X's skinpri ck to egg white is 16mm now (was over 20mm) and we've been told to test with wellcooked egg... but strictly no raw or under-cooked egg even if he appears fine with the challenge. (plus I can't do the challenge yet anyway cos he's not coming off zyrtec any time soon, but that's a separate issue). GL with it, can't wait to hear about it

[Beach Mama]

Oh wow hun, maybe as J had reacted very recently with hives and very swollen eyes at the time he tested at 16mm?? He was only 18 mths at the time but I pretty much know he has outgrown it for cooked egg anyway. We are away as of Wednesday so I won't get to do the test until we get back. Not too stressed he hasn't reacted for so long and has eaten a fair amount of egg cooked in stuff up until now. Just need to keep the raw stuff away. He also said if he reacted again I could get some bloods done to test the severity and something else I can't remember Bel do you see Dr Cutting???

[belfie]

Yes we do normally - for skin tests for the last 2 years... but today just trotted off to see Dr Orchard (dermatologist) who also does skin tests. Got some answers re his chronic itchiness which was great (am updating my other thread about that in a mo). May stick with Dr Orchard as I liked his explanatory style a bit better... plus, he's ..erm... not too hard on the eyes. Rawwwrr!

[Beach Mama]

Nice one, Dr Cutting is nice but sounds like with all of X's stuff a dermatologist might be better. Hope you find something that helps hun! xoxo