Has anyone's DC ever been allergic to yogurt but not cheese or milk?

[Anonymous]

This is really weird. My 9 month old DD has had little red bumps all over her face for the past week or two. They were there for awhile, then they went away, then they came back. The ped said she wasn't sure what it was. She prescribed an antibiotic ointment but it didn't do anything. I've tried Benadryl and that really didn't do anything either. Neither did cortisone. When she rubs her face they get worse. The only new food she has had in recent memory is yogurt. She's had cheese and she's had formula and neither ever caused any reaction. Is it possible to be allergic to yogurt and not other dairy? Needless to say I'm stopping the yogurt for awhile!

[Anonymous]

Is the yogurt flavored? It may be something that has been added to the yogurt.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is the yogurt flavored? It may be something that has been added to the yogurt.

This is OP. It was the Yo Baby yogurt - I tried banana flavored and blueberry flavored. She's had both bananas and blueberries and been fine so I didn't think anything of it...

[Anonymous]

Yogurt is acidic, maybe it's just skin irritation? She might have scratched it and made it worse?

[Anonymous]

It sounds like a contact dermatitis, not a true allergy. When my daughter was a baby, when she got acidic foods on her face she got a bit of a rash (tomatoes, strawberries, cinnamon). She wasn't allergic to the foods though. If she ate them without getting it on her skin she was just fine. She outgrew it.

[Anonymous]

Oh, sorry, I misread. I didn't realize it was all over her face, not just where the food touched it.

[Anonymous]

If it was an allergy then Benadryl should have helped. I doubt it is the yogurt.

[Anonymous]

I will be 40 soon, and yogurt WAS my favorite food up until about 5 years ago when I became allergic to it (the anaphilactic kind of allergy). I can eat all other dairy, just not yogurt. I just breaks my heart that I can no longer enjoy my favorite food! : (

[Anonymous]

if benadryl didn't help it's not allergy. your pediatrician should have told you that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:if benadryl didn't help it's not allergy. your pediatrician should have told you that.

Unclear if this was oral Benadryl or topical. Topical can be pretty useless.

FYI, severe allergic reactions may not respond to Benadryl, which is why people carry EpiPens, though it doesn't sound like this was a severe one.

[Anonymous]

I am 56 years old and I love yogurt; it's my favorite food. Three weeks ago, I had a terrible reaction when I ate it. My throat swelled up terribly and I couldn't swallow even saliva. I had a terrible burning sensation in my mouth and throat. I bravely tried this for the next 5 days with the same reaction, only worse. My doctor can't imagine this is an allergy. He put me on Prilosec OTC for over a week. I tried the yogurt again, with the same reaction. I CAN eat cheese or milk, just not yogurt. Is this an allergy? At my age??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am 56 years old and I love yogurt; it's my favorite food. Three weeks ago, I had a terrible reaction when I ate it. My throat swelled up terribly and I couldn't swallow even saliva. I had a terrible burning sensation in my mouth and throat. I bravely tried this for the next 5 days with the same reaction, only worse. My doctor can't imagine this is an allergy. He put me on Prilosec OTC for over a week. I tried the yogurt again, with the same reaction. I CAN eat cheese or milk, just not yogurt. Is this an allergy? At my age??

You can develop an allergy to anything at any time. If you frequently eat yogurt, then you are more likely to develop an allergy to it. I believe the country with the highest rate of shellfish allergy is Japan because they eat so much of it there. Shellfish allergy is often adult onset.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will be 40 soon, and yogurt WAS my favorite food up until about 5 years ago when I became allergic to it (the anaphilactic kind of allergy). I can eat all other dairy, just not yogurt. I just breaks my heart that I can no longer enjoy my favorite food! : (

how did they test for this? What was it exactly you were allergic too (seeing as it isn't dairy). What type of anaphylactic reaction did you have?

[Anonymous]

My baby is now 2 and she has been having allergic reactions to YoBaby yogurt since she was 1, some other brands as well. No milk allergies though. There are a few similarities though - BEETS aren't listed as an ingredient, but I called the manufacturer and they confirmed beets and also purple carrot (listed as "natural colors"). The allergist has confirmed a beet allergy, which is scary because beet juice is in a ton of foods and is not listed on the packaging. We have to make a lot of foods from scratch now, and it's difficult.

[Anonymous]

It's the culture in the yogurt, I have allergic to it for years...as a child I vomited, as an adult I breakout all over my face and lips and have to go to the ER for a steroid shot. I don't have any problems with dairy, only yogurt. Be very careful, it gets worse with age, I now have to keep an epipen with me and lots of other products now have yogurt in them, like some feta cheeses, cereals, even beauty products. So far the only doctor advice has been avoid it and carry an epipen.