Allergy Questions

Spencer is on neocate cos of suspected allergy to cows milk protein once we made the swap his constipation stopped and he now poos like a trooper once a day and he no longer fusses at feeds etc. He does however still puke as much if not more although is never upset about sicking, he will actually quite often laugh and be sick at the same time.

His ezcema had started to clear up really nicely but today it has come back with avengence its on his face behind both ears in his armpits and in one elbow crease and the back of one knee, the dry patches have reappered on his legs and his face has got spotty/rashy again. I found him this morning with scratches all over his forehead and he keeps trying to scratch the top of his head. The only thing I can think that he has had that is slightly different to normal is parsnip which I intoduced last week.

Would it take that long for a reaction to happen?

If I cut it out of his diet how quickly should it clear up if that was the culprit?

Has anyone ever heard of being allergic to parsnip?

or is it possible for them to just get irritated by certain foods without it necessarily being an allergy?

I had similar concerns about Samantha's ezcema in relation to certain foods. However when I spoke to the doctor about this he said it is very unlikely. Apparently Ezcema is more likely to be seasonal (weather) related than food related.
The only other thing is have you changed washing powders or soaps etc?

I can sympathise. I had thought I had Sam's under control and the last few days it is back with a venegence!

Edited to add: I forgot to say, the doctor also said that a food allergy is more likely to come up as a rash around the mouth or on the tummy and back.
Hope that helps somewhat.

Edited by Mum2Sam

I think tho that as Spencer has other issues with food, it *could* be food related. There are heaps of kiddies in our allergy group that have food related eczema, as well as environmental too. If its a true allergy (immune response) then they will get rashy/hivey on the face etc, but they can still definitely get very rashy from food, esp if there is a history of it.