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Jelly Bean Allergy?

Wed Apr 04, 2007 at 01:05:16 PM PDT

Yesterday I picked up my 3yo daughter from school, and she had been given a little Easter goodie bag. There were about 5 large jelly beans, one Cadbury chocolate egg with a hard candy shell, and one Hershey's Kiss. As a treat, I let her eat the candy on the way home. When I went to take her out of the car, I noticed she had what looked like a rash on her cheek. I thought it was from laying her head against the car seat. A little later I put her down for a nap, and my usually quick-to-go-to-sleep dd would not settle down. After over an hour of trying to get her to calm down for a nap, she finally fell asleep.

So, when I went in to get her when she woke up, I helped her pull her pants down to use the potty. That was when I noticed the rash was actually all over her legs, ankles, arms and back. Poor kid couldn't sleep because she was itching all over! The rash looks almost like bug bites -- lighter welts surrounded by red skin (probably from the scratching). There were blotches all over.

This morning, it looked like it was mostly cleared up, but now and then I see more small blotches appear. I contacted her teacher to see if there was a new food introduced at snack time, and went over her meals for that day. Most of it was regular stuff which she had eaten plenty of times before: a bowl of cereal, milk, an apple. But her snack at school was "special" for their Easter party, she had a "munchkin" donut hole, glazed, with caramel dipping sauce for the Gala apples, and jelly beans from the egg hunt. She has had small amounts of chocolate plenty of times before, too.

Could my kid be allergic to jelly beans?? I'm taking her to the doctor tomorrow, but I was wondering if anyone knew of an allergy like this.

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