Redness/Bumps around mouth after eating...

DarrenandHana

My pedi keeps saying that it's from drool, but I can't help but think there's something else going on.  My daughter gets a small rash around her face after she eats...anything. I don't think it's a particular food allergy because she breaks out after every meal/snack that food gets on her face.  

Has anyone experienced this before? 

aniceucchik

J gets hives within seconds if any dairy/seeds touches his mouth or face and gets a body rash from eggs. IDK what it could be if its after everything...that doesnt make sense for a food allergy unless everytime she is eating an allergen-if that makes sense.

jannv11

DS gets redness around his mouth and sometimes a rash after eating certain things especially anything with lots of sauce.  I would say it's from a allergy to something.  Does she have any other skin issues??  Maybe an allergist would be able to help you.

cabo_kate

Leo gets this all the time. I still don't know what it's from, and some days he doesn't get it at all, other times the whole area around his mouth looks all rashy.

I've noticed it's usually when he eats carb-type foods, and he does have a little sensitivity to too much gluten so maybe that's part of it? The doctor didn't seem too worried and gave me a topical ointment for it, but that just seems like treating the symptoms and not the cause, you know?

DarrenandHana

We do have a pediatric dermatologist that I could ask, although the post about dairy got me to thinking that it could be milk because she does have milk with pretty much every meal.  But it's weird that usually it's wherever the food actually touches her face.  It doesn't bother her either, which makes me think that it must not itch.  And it goes away within 20-30 minutes.  

I got the same reaction from the pedi....a complacent kind of "it happens to everyone" response.  But they can't actually see it because the time frame is so small and of course she never breaks out when we're at the doc.

 Frustrating! 

Sage Mommy

DS used to get this. He is sensitive to dairy, but wasn't eating any when it'd happen. I'd put aquaphor on his face before eating which seemed to help. It just stopped happening one day.

Annabelle7

DS got this after a few bites of dairy when he first tried it.  We found out he's allergic to dairy and eggs.  Does every meal involve dairy or one thing in particular?