2 year old welts on his face after lunch??

So DS and I had some salad for lunch, romaine, purple cabbage, carrots, bean sprouts, and italian dressing... a few minutes later he had these welts on his face! Is there anything in there that would cause an allergic reaction? Maybe the dressing just irritated his skin?? Thoughts ladies?

looks like an allergy, yes. in the 2nd pic you can tell he's been scratching. give him benadryl or use benadryl cream

My son gets something similar when he eats things that are spicy, like tacos, chili, etc. Did it go away? If it was from the dressing it would go away. If it was an allergic reaction it most likely wouldn't.

Were the sprouts cooked? Bean sprouts can carry bacteria that make you sick but if he isnt having any other symptoms than its probably not that.

Did the dressing get on his face? Maybe it irritated his skin?

Quoting ~Raylan's Mama~:" My son gets something similar when he eats things that are spicy, like tacos, chili, etc. Did it go away? ... [snip!] ... etc. Did it go away? If it was from the dressing it would go away. If it was an allergic reaction it most likely wouldn't."

Yeah... it went away like 15 minutes later.

Quoting LittleTiger:" Were the sprouts cooked? Bean sprouts can carry bacteria that make you sick but if he isnt having any ... [snip!] ... he isnt having any other symptoms than its probably not that. Did the dressing get on his face? Maybe it irritated his skin?"

It was just the rash, but everything was raw and I made the dressing, so it was just oil, vinegar, italian herbs, and lemon pepper seasonings...

Quoting Megarielle:" It was just the rash, but everything was raw and I made the dressing, so it was just oil, vinegar, italian herbs, and lemon pepper seasonings..."

It was probably just the vinegar on his skin then.

<blockquote><b>Quoting Megarielle:</b>" Yeah... it went away like 15 minutes later."</blockquote>



Could easily have been the pepper in the dressing.

<blockquote><b>Quoting LittleTiger:</b>" It was probably just the vinegar on his skin then."</blockquote>




Or this!

Quoting LittleTiger:" It was probably just the vinegar on his skin then."

Ok... I just don't want to be one of those moms who's like "Oh, my kid is invincible and never gets sick, even though I'm obviously ignoring his serious dairy allergy." lol

Quoting Megarielle:" Ok... I just don't want to be one of those moms who's like "Oh, my kid is invincible and never gets sick, even though I'm obviously ignoring his serious dairy allergy." lol"

hehe. I understand. You can keep track of when weird symptoms pop up, what foods he ate/drank, if there were any meds involved before the reaction or something he experienced that he hasnt before. That way you can catch if there is something.