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If you've dealt with food allergies/reactions...(PIP heavy)

laurenbuglaurenbug
in Babies: 9 - 12 Months

Talk to me.  I *think* I've figured out that W is having a reaction to something in hummus (and I *think* it is either the tahini or lemon juice).  Here's what he looks like right now from eating it (when this started, I stopped feeding it to him.).  I'd say he had no more than a teaspoon.  Obviously, I'm not going to be feeding him anymore hummus, but what do I do to figure out what exactly is causing this?  And is this an allergy or just a reaction?  I'm going to call the nurse at the pedi's office, but I'm just scared that there are other foods that are going to be problems.  Ugh.

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Re: If you've dealt with food allergies/reactions...(PIP heavy)

  • Linz29Linz29
    I was just reading that citrus fruit and juice is highly allergic to LOs under 1.  Its probably that.
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  • EcoBabyEcoBaby

    That is what LO's face looked like after eating cinnamon, and my pedi said it was just a skin reaction, not a true allergy. Is the hummus getting on his face in those places? Are there other spices in the hummus?

    I would talk to your pedi, but that was just my experience with cinnamon. DS eats hummus, too, and we haven't had a skin reaction like that.

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  • EcoBabyEcoBaby
    Does your hummus have red pepper in it?
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  • Mrs.GreekoMrs.Greeko
    I haven't dealt with food allergies, but I've heard that citrus can cause a local rash around the mouth in babies under a year that is not actually an allergic reaction.  But it seems like in a teaspoon of hummus there wouldn't be a whole lot of lemon juice.  You've ruled out chickpeas already? 
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  • julia0402julia0402
    Isn't tahini made with sesame seeds?  Those are highly allergic, right?
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  • laurenbuglaurenbug

    imageEcoBaby:
    Does your hummus have red pepper in it?

    The hummus he had today did (roasted red pepper), but the hummus he had last time he had a reaction (I thought it was something else he'd eaten) didn't...so I don't think it's the red pepper.

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  • madhatter2003madhatter2003
    is that the first time he's had it? Certainly looks like some sort of reaction. How are his diapers? (or has he had one yet?)
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  • laurenbuglaurenbug

    imagejulia0402:
    Isn't tahini made with sesame seeds?  Those are highly allergic, right?

    Yeah, it is.  I'm going to go look up sessame seeds.  I don't know.  Ugh I hate this.

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  • EcoBabyEcoBaby
    imagelaurenbug:

    imageEcoBaby:
    Does your hummus have red pepper in it?

    The hummus he had today did (roasted red pepper), but the hummus he had last time he had a reaction (I thought it was something else he'd eaten) didn't...so I don't think it's the red pepper.

    One I thought about it, I remembered that the last time I bought the roasted red pepper hummus - DS did get that reaction. It was very similar to the cinnamon. But if it happened before without the red pepper, that might not be it.

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  • laurenbuglaurenbug
    imagelaurenbug:

    imagejulia0402:
    Isn't tahini made with sesame seeds?  Those are highly allergic, right?

    Yeah, it is.  I'm going to go look up sessame seeds.  I don't know.  Ugh I hate this.

    Well sh!t.  This is the first thing I read: "Doctors monitored published reports of allergic reactions to sesame products from 1950 (the first documented case of an allergic reaction to sesame) to the present. They noted that a study of Australian children showed that allergic reactions to sesame ranked fourth behind reactions to egg, milk, and peanuts, and sesame was the third most common allergy-inducing food in Israeli children. "

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  • laurenbuglaurenbug

    imagemadhatter2003:
    is that the first time he's had it? Certainly looks like some sort of reaction. How are his diapers? (or has he had one yet?)

    He had a dirty diaper literally less than 5 minutes after finishing the hummus, and it was normal.  Don't know if this is a good sign, or if it just hadn't gotten thru his system yet.

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  • SteffsjetSteffsjet

    imagejulia0402:
    Isn't tahini made with sesame seeds?  Those are highly allergic, right?

     

    Yes it is and yes sesame can cause lots of allergies. 

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  • adamwifeadamwife

    It's probably contact dermatitis from the lemon juice.

    Was there a rash anywhere else on the body?  When my LO has an allergic reaction it can spread to other places.

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