It seems as if our non allergic (as far as we know) son has been giving us more scares then our son with the nut allergy. At our friends house last night I noticed he had been scratching his face. Then my husband pointed out soon after that it was turning red. After looking closer it seemed as if the area around his eyes and mouth where slightly swollen. This is when I started to worry.
First thought was, and still is, the cat. It has been several months since my son has been in the same house as a cat. Though he had never shown any signs of a reaction to the cat I am wondering if it had anything to do with the size of the house and the fact that it was primarily an outdoor cat. The cat last night was an indoor cat and it was in a smaller, more confined area. Obviously cat allergies are new to me and it looks like this may be my new area of research for the week. Yeah!
There is also the Jello. The only new food he ate was the classic mix of Jello, marshmallows and fruit nastiness. My apologies to those of you who have religiously passed this recipe down from generation to generation, but I personally find it repulsive. Anyways, the kids love it! And thus our food challenge begins starting with a phone call to Kraft who's information online has been anything but helpful.
I'm curious to know if anyone else has had allergy issues with Jello or fruit cocktail (the other possible suspect in the concoction). Any comments on cat allergy information would be great also!
UPDATE:
I took my son in to see the allergist where they proceeded to test him for a boat load of allergies including foods, environmental and animals. The good news was that he tested negative to all of them including the cat. The bad news is that I didn't get an explanation for his rash other then a suspected sensitivity to sodium lauryl sulfate which is found in most soaps and sunscreens including the one my son was lathered in earlier that day. We have yet to try Jello again, but I do intend on it since he was not tested for gelatin.
In case anyone was curious I did get the ingredients for Jell-O Gelatin Dessert Black Cherry 3oz Box
: Sugar, Gelatin, Adipic Acid (For Tartness), Contains Less Than 2% Of Artificial Flavor, Disodium Phosphate And Sodium Citrate (Control Acidity), Fumaric Acid (For Tartness), Red 40, Blue 1.
First thought was, and still is, the cat. It has been several months since my son has been in the same house as a cat. Though he had never shown any signs of a reaction to the cat I am wondering if it had anything to do with the size of the house and the fact that it was primarily an outdoor cat. The cat last night was an indoor cat and it was in a smaller, more confined area. Obviously cat allergies are new to me and it looks like this may be my new area of research for the week. Yeah!
There is also the Jello. The only new food he ate was the classic mix of Jello, marshmallows and fruit nastiness. My apologies to those of you who have religiously passed this recipe down from generation to generation, but I personally find it repulsive. Anyways, the kids love it! And thus our food challenge begins starting with a phone call to Kraft who's information online has been anything but helpful.
I'm curious to know if anyone else has had allergy issues with Jello or fruit cocktail (the other possible suspect in the concoction). Any comments on cat allergy information would be great also!
UPDATE:
I took my son in to see the allergist where they proceeded to test him for a boat load of allergies including foods, environmental and animals. The good news was that he tested negative to all of them including the cat. The bad news is that I didn't get an explanation for his rash other then a suspected sensitivity to sodium lauryl sulfate which is found in most soaps and sunscreens including the one my son was lathered in earlier that day. We have yet to try Jello again, but I do intend on it since he was not tested for gelatin.
In case anyone was curious I did get the ingredients for Jell-O Gelatin Dessert Black Cherry 3oz Box
: Sugar, Gelatin, Adipic Acid (For Tartness), Contains Less Than 2% Of Artificial Flavor, Disodium Phosphate And Sodium Citrate (Control Acidity), Fumaric Acid (For Tartness), Red 40, Blue 1.
It sounds like it could be Oral allergy syndrom from the fruit in the jello. Usually I get just the itchy mouth but after certain fruits I've been known to swell a bit. If he has bad hay fever he's more likely to have OAS.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Katie! I'm going to look into that.
ReplyDeleteAs you know people can be allergic to anything. Gelatin is one. I'd also look into oral allergy syndrome as Katie mentioned but the one thing to keep in mind is that OAS symptoms are usually located around the mouth and not eyes etc. The cat seems to be suspect #1. I'm not sure what's in the gelatin either so you're doing the right thing by calling the manufacturer. Hope you find out the cause! Good luck :)
ReplyDeleteRed 40 could be the problem that or blue 1. Some people can get serious allergies to dyes.
ReplyDeleteEvery time I eat jello I break out. I've mentioned this fact to my doctors who tell me it's likely something else I'm eating. Regardless, it's happened so many times, I just avoid it.
ReplyDeleteI'm allergic to jello. It's rare trust me.
ReplyDeleteBe careful to all who actually can relate.
omfg, yes i know. im also alergic to jello. and ive been wondering for a really long time if someone else is. its weird because i go into anaphalaxis and potentially die.
ReplyDeleteyet i eat gummy worms and all that good stuff.
anyone know why?