allergic reaction urgent advice needed.

[ruty]

14 month ds just ate a pea sized amount of hummus for the first time. He has had allergic colitis in the past and has a dairy free gluten free diet. Immediately after eating hummus his eyelids have swollen and his face blotchy. He has just fallen asleep but should i call the doctor? He was scratching his eyes a lot before he fell asleep. Could his symptoms get worse? Bit worried, any advice appreciated.

[essbee]

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[Lakota]

Sure he'll be just fine, but if you get him checked out you'll be able to relax. Hope he's alright.

[ruty]

we just got back from the gps. Thanks for replies. Ds looks like he's been in a fight - two swollen slits for eyes - but happy in himself and no breathing problems thank god. Such a tiny amount of hummus causing such a big reaction tho - frightening. Gp gave us drops for eyes and said to keep a close eye on him.

[essbee]

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[donnie]

your poor ds - glad he is ok, although it sounds like he reacted really badly. I have not heard of hummus as a trigger for such a reaction but as essbee says it is plobaby the sesame seeds.

[aloha]

keep piriton in the house and give if you see signs of a reaction, an a&e if breathing in any way affected.

[Eaney]

Same thing happened to my DS when he was about 1. With him it was the lips and tounge that swelled up. He has subsequently been diagnosed as being allergic to Seasame Seeds and Chick Peas. Always have a bottle of Piriton in your house.

If your son is allergic to Seasame seeds then you will have to be very careful when buying anything which may have traces of seasame. His next exposure to whatever he was allergic to will be worse and the subsequent exposure worse again.

You need to ask for a referal to an allergy specalist and get some tests done. Don't want to worry you but thanks to our experience with Humous we discovered DS had serious allergies to a host of things. Every cloud.....

[ruty]

thanks for all the replies . gosh, eaney, i guess we're going to have to be very careful. I was hoping as he was over one he would tolerate things but seems not. I'm just glad it wasn't worse but as you say it could get worse. What does an allergy specialist do, skin prick testing? Is that reliable?

[essbee]

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[ruty]

i will. thanks essbee. I heard something about skin prick testing being not so reliable but i may be wrong. will ask gp.

[Eaney]

According to our consultant allergy testing is not 100%. The best way to test for allergy is to do a 'challenge' this is where they bring you into hospital and get you to eat what they believe you to be allergic to. Initially they rub in on your skin and if no reaction on your skin they then rub it on the gums and finally if no reaction there they get you to eat it and monitor your response.

Blood testing and skin prick testing are used to identify likely allergens but they can give false positives and negatives. They are a good start though. My DS has had both skin and blood testing and it did identify allergies we were not aware of which were later proved by the 'challenge'. Good luck.