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Some children who are allergic to egg can eat small amounts of egg that is well baked (in cakes and biscuits, for example).
Often they will not tolerate raw egg, whole egg or lightly processed such as mayonnaise or meringue.
𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐠𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐲.
- Unfortunately, those children who cannot tolerate baked egg are less likely to grow out of their egg allergy.
It is important to know that egg may be found in a wide range of foods, including:
- 𝘊𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴
- 𝘉𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘴
- 𝘗𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴
- 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘴
- 𝘊𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘥
- 𝘔𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘴
- 𝘚𝘢𝘭𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴
- 𝘎𝘭𝘢𝘻𝘦𝘴
- 𝘌𝘨𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢
- 𝘉𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥-𝘤𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘴
- 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴
- 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴
- 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘴
Also, food labels with the below items may suggest the presence of egg so look out for:
- 𝘈𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮𝘪𝘯 , which suggests the presence of egg;
- 𝘓𝘺𝘴𝘰𝘻𝘺𝘮𝘦, which is an enzyme derived from egg;
- 𝘌𝘨𝘨 𝘓𝘦𝘵𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯, (𝘌𝟹𝟸𝟸), which may, in rare cases, be made from egg; It works as emulsifiers and often is in trace amounts. Though trace amounts are not common to cause an egg allergy.
- 𝘌𝘨𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦, in some bread it is used as a washing agent. In wine, alcohol-based drinks, coffee drinks and soup stocks (and sometimes along with eggshells) it might be used as a clarifying agent.
Resolution of egg allergy tends to occur in stages, starting with tolerance to baked egg.
- Further steps will involve cooking the egg so that the protein causing the allergy will be less degraded.
- It will end on the last step, which is raw egg.
(𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘴𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘋𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦)
The suggestion is to have an initial dose of ¼ of the age-appropriate dose the child would have in one day.
From then double the dose every other day and aim to give it 2 to 3 times per week.
Remember to always be guided by your Paediatric Allergy Team, which should include a Paediatric Allergy Dietitian.
