Food Allergy
Baked Egg Challenge - Success!
DS#3 had his baked egg challenge at Johns Hopkins yesterday. All went well! So now we can slowly add eggs to this diet and see how it goes. Here's the schedule:
Next two months - cakes, muffins, bread with egg a couple times a week.
If all goes well then two months of pancakes, waffles, brownies with egg.
If that goes well then two months of french toast, egg in meatloaf and as a coating on baked meats (like when breading chicken).
If THAT goes well then we can discuss introducing straight egg around Easter time.
So it's not a quick road but at least we are on our way.
My twins are 5! My baby is 3!
DS#2 - Allergic to Cashew, Pistachio, Kiwi
DS#3 - Allergic to Milk, Egg, Peanut, Tree Nuts and Sesame
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Re: Baked Egg Challenge - Success!
Evidently some egg allergic people can tolerate eggs baked in goods (same goes for milk too) because the protein changes structure when baked at high temps. So when challenging, they usually start with baked then move to "straight" egg.
Our allergist said that if you can add baked egg or milk it can impact the person's ability to one day handle the straight item.
My twins are 5! My baby is 3!
DS#2 - Allergic to Cashew, Pistachio, Kiwi
DS#3 - Allergic to Milk, Egg, Peanut, Tree Nuts and Sesame
That's great!! DD1 can handle her allergens in baked goods, although I've only given her things like store bought bread, Eggo waffles, and graham crackers. When I bake, I use applesauce to replace the eggs. Anyway, our allergist encouraged us to continue giving her baked stuff as it's supposed to help her build up a tolerance to her allergens. And her numbers did go down significantly between age 1 and 2, so she's moving in the right direction.
I hope your LO continues to tolerate the baked items and that you can cross egg off the list soon!
DD1: allergic to eggs & dairy
c/p 4/1/11
DD2: milk and soy protein intolerant, allergic to eggs, soy, peanuts, tree nuts, sesame, bananas
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I actually had to switch allergists. The one we saw originally - who I love because of her demeanor and ability to explain things - wanted DS's numbers to be ridiculously low before she would challenge. Like < .6 as an example. But as far as I knew, DS had never eaten egg because he tested positive at four months.
So we switched to Dr. Wood at Johns Hopkins. I knew he would be a bit more aggressive because he is very involved in research on food allergies and has seen a large number of children and had a lot of data to pull from.
DS's egg number was never all that high anyway so when it fell to the 2's they wanted to give it a try. I was most interested in doing a milk challenge but DS's numbers went from 25 to 75 in one year so that was out of the question. Dr. Wood also wanted to food challenge peanut but DS went from the 2's up to the 7's so they pulled that one off the table for now.
There were two other children being challenged at the same time as DS. Their challenges did not go well so it certainly is not an exact science.
My twins are 5! My baby is 3!
DS#2 - Allergic to Cashew, Pistachio, Kiwi
DS#3 - Allergic to Milk, Egg, Peanut, Tree Nuts and Sesame