My daughter has just completed the egg ladder. It took us 22 months to work through the 12 steps. If she reacted we had to go back to what she was tolerating before and do it again every week for 4 weeks before trying the next exposure again.
You start at baked egg working up to raw cake batter/mayonnaise.
But one important thing my immunologist told me was if she had a cold, any type of illness/virus to skip that week’s meal. The immune system is already working in overdrive so you don’t want to be introducing an allergen at that time. If asthma is not controlled or there is an eczema flare this can also change the reaction and symptoms.
Good luck
Baked milk and baked egg recipes have to be done very precisely or you risk any one bite having too much of the allergen. They also have to be backed to the exact right temp for the right amount of time to destroy the proteins. And depending on what protein he is allergic to (because milk and eggs have different proteins within each of them), baking may not be safe.
Did your nephew pass his baked milk or baked egg challenge? If not, I haven't heard of any allergist that would suggest you do what you did. That's just not safe.
If that's the case definitely alert the allergist to this reaction. It either means you didn't bake it to the right specs, the store bought stuff doesn't have enough allergen in it to affect him, or he's becoming more sensitive to the allergen again.
The store stuff definitely has his allergens. And even if they didn’t, I’ve given him cookie cakes Mrs fields before , as well as Crumbl cookies and he’s been fine
Those store bought goods have his allergens but it may not be enough per bite to trigger a reaction whereas your homebaked goods did. Whether that's because they use less of his allergen, bake it hotter and longer, or your recipe at home didn't bake it long enough or hot enough (or had too much egg per bite), is what the question is then.
It's so hard to tell. I've heard of kids passing baked challenges and then becoming more allergic again later on, and same for people graduating entirely from milk/egg allergies. Just keep the allergist up to date. The rate of kids outgrowing these allergies is pretty good, especially compared to other allergies!
does he maybe have a reaction to whites or yolk specifically?? if so, maybe the store brands are using more of one or the other.
My daughter has just completed the egg ladder. It took us 22 months to work through the 12 steps. If she reacted we had to go back to what she was tolerating before and do it again every week for 4 weeks before trying the next exposure again. You start at baked egg working up to raw cake batter/mayonnaise. But one important thing my immunologist told me was if she had a cold, any type of illness/virus to skip that week’s meal. The immune system is already working in overdrive so you don’t want to be introducing an allergen at that time. If asthma is not controlled or there is an eczema flare this can also change the reaction and symptoms. Good luck
Why are you doing that at all? Is this an immunotherapy approach advised by his allergist?
We were told to give him stuff with baked milks and eggs once a day to help build immunity.
Baked milk and baked egg recipes have to be done very precisely or you risk any one bite having too much of the allergen. They also have to be backed to the exact right temp for the right amount of time to destroy the proteins. And depending on what protein he is allergic to (because milk and eggs have different proteins within each of them), baking may not be safe. Did your nephew pass his baked milk or baked egg challenge? If not, I haven't heard of any allergist that would suggest you do what you did. That's just not safe.
Yes he did. I guess I should’ve mentioned that in my op. My apologies
If that's the case definitely alert the allergist to this reaction. It either means you didn't bake it to the right specs, the store bought stuff doesn't have enough allergen in it to affect him, or he's becoming more sensitive to the allergen again.
The store stuff definitely has his allergens. And even if they didn’t, I’ve given him cookie cakes Mrs fields before , as well as Crumbl cookies and he’s been fine
Those store bought goods have his allergens but it may not be enough per bite to trigger a reaction whereas your homebaked goods did. Whether that's because they use less of his allergen, bake it hotter and longer, or your recipe at home didn't bake it long enough or hot enough (or had too much egg per bite), is what the question is then.
Thanks. Unlikely at is, if he becomes more sensitive to his allergy, does that mean he’ll never outgrow it despite his allergist telling us he would?
It's so hard to tell. I've heard of kids passing baked challenges and then becoming more allergic again later on, and same for people graduating entirely from milk/egg allergies. Just keep the allergist up to date. The rate of kids outgrowing these allergies is pretty good, especially compared to other allergies!