tolerating eggs baked into foods?

sunny311 · May 2011

My son has an egg allergy and I know that some people with these allergies can tolerate eggs baked into foods. When I asked the allergist how people figure this out he said that of his patients, most parents just give it a try at home. He also said that he could not suggest for me to do this (read between the lines....he was not saying do not do this). The allergist believes that my son will outgrow this allergy and has said that it is okay to eat foods made on shared equipment/facility. We do give him foods like that and he hasn't had an issue (yet).

I am not a risk taker but am just curious about others with egg allergies who know that they/their child can tolerate it baked into foods. How did you figure this out? I know nobody IRL with egg allergies to ask but it's a question that's been on my mind.

Thanks!!

ElizC · May 2011

We have learned through accidental exposures that DS does react to egg that is baked in foods. Our allergist told us flat out not to give him anything with egg in it and we have followed that advice. We do at times give him stuff that was made of shared equipment/facility and haven't had an issue.

sunny311 · May 2011

Thank you for sharing that with me! I know that everyone is different but what was your son's reaction? My son has never had a reaction to a food that he ate on his own, all of his allergies were discovered while I was breastfeeding him. I'm sure I would know if he were having a reaction but would just like to know about other's reactions. Thanks!

ElizC · May 2011

He gets hives in the areas that the food touches. I also assume that it makes his mouth itch, because he will pull the food out and starts crying. We have also noticed that after exposures that he has eczema break outs and constipation.

Every reaction isn't the same and you never know when or if his breathing will be effected. Also people react differently.

Court0026 · May 2011

My son's allergy office is all over the place. I like that the different allergists have different view (one is exposure-based to an extent and one is avoidance-based), but is confusing for a newb like myself. Well, for anyone. Anyway, when we first got his test results, they explained to us that for many people, a small amount of egg (1-2 eggs or whatever) split amongst 24 cookies and cooked in a hot oven will not have an effect. Egg and milk proteins break down when they are cooked unlike nut proteins. We chose to avoid it for the first year and when we went back, his egg scratch was worse and they suggested to continue to avoid. His initial reaction 1+ years ago was projectile vomiting and passing out. That was from egg in homemade pancakes which is not the same as cooking them in an oven. So anyway, for now we are still avoiding, but we do not worry about cross contamination on equipment, etc. because we haven't had an issue.

magdusia · May 2011

i think when a child is tested for an allergy and the levels are low, the doctor suggests to try in baked goods.

My sons results showed a low level for milk/soy and she said to try it in baked goods. for a while I planned on doing that and having him try it at our next doctors appointment. But now i figured until he has not fully outgrown the allergy i am not introducing it in any way -i don't want him exposed to anything he is allergic to. IMO as long as his results are that he's allergic -he's not getting it.

If you do decide to do it in baked goods.. i would do it at the doctors office. Egg is a scary allergy -at least for us. My son went into an ANA shock with touching a piece of egg.

DS: milk, soy, eggs, peanuts
outgrew: sesame (Yay!)

blue33 · May 2011

My pedi told me that it depends on the level of allergy. For example, my nephew is allergic to eggs, but his numbers were so low that he never had a problem with the eggs in baked goods. He just can't have scrambled eggs or mayonaise or regular butter. But he has always had cookies, cakes, and baked goods. My son on the other hand has a level V allergy response to eggs, so my pedi said total avoidance is advised for him even in baked goods. We will follow up with a retest around 1 and so on, but if you see that he has a reaction, I would avoid it, because the more he is exposed, the worse the reaction will be usually.

tosh24 · May 2011

I am allergic to eggs, but have no problem with them in baked goods. If I eat cooked eggs (like scrambled, hard boiled, etc), I end up with a pretty nasty GI reaction. I avoided them for a really long time in everything, then had accidental exposure to a baked good product with egg in it that didn't bother me. So, I started experimenting at home and I wasn't having a reaction to eggs baked into anything. I was so happy because it's so friggin' hard to bake without eggs.

welcel · May 2011

DD cannot tolerate this at all, and we learned the hard way by accidental exposure to baked goods with eggs. Knowing what I know now, I'd want to try this in the allergist office, but also know it will depend on the baking time and temp and how many eggs are in the product and what the ratio is...

Good luck!

kimi_brighteyes · May 2011

My allergist recommended total avoidance since he said that DD is more likely to grow out of the allergy if we are really vigilant about avoidance.

polkadots207 · May 2011

My daughter is able to tolerate eggs baked into foods, but not straight-up eggs. She had things like breads and muffins with eggs baked in and didn't have a reaction, we didn't realize she was allergic to eggs until she grabbed scrambled eggs off my plate one day and her eczema flared up and she was having trouble breathing.

Not sure if your allergist told you this or not, but ours said that children with egg allergies should not have the flu shot because the vaccine virus is grown in eggs- just something to think about in a few months when that comes up.

Carol*Brady2 · May 2011

We found out she had an egg allergy from just touching eggs (hives) at 9mo but we continued to give them to her in baked goods. She did not get sick from this so we decided to continue it. We did carry an epi-pen at all times though. She's been in an Allergy Study with National Jewish Hospital (one of the top hospitals for Asthma & Allergy) for the past few years. Now they seem to find that tiny exposures in increasing quantities is actually helping the kids to build up immunity to the allergy food. Delaying/removing all exposures as a policy is actually not making the allergies less common/less severe but rather the opposite. Anyway like I said, we continued exposures...by 2.5yrs old she had outgrown the egg one. She developed some new environmentals (which they suggested keeping exposing her too) but her food allergies are non-reactive as of last prick test. Hers are not that severe so I am confident that she won't have anaphylaxis--If it had happened, of course there would be more caution. But they tell me allergies can come & go & come again with out warning--it's that complicated & unpredictable.

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