I thought I would post this here as well as in the Allergy section of the baord - hope that's OK?

Katelyn (18 months old) has had issues with dairy and soy for a year now (well, that was when we recognised it for what it was). Recently we have discovered she is highly gluten sensitive as well. Pineapple and tomato cause a reaction too. She has reflux as well.

But, it has always been a gut reaction, never a skin reaction IYKWIM. This past weekend though she has had two short and minor skin reactions (rashes on her face) - one to either tomato sauce (different brand than normal) or a different brand of baby wipe. And then a reaction to a small bit of milk she managed to get hold of off her sisters breakfast plate.

She normally has a very 'clean' diet and has had for a while now, so I am thinking that surely there isn't a build up factor in there to consider.

I am trying to get into see a immunologist at the moment because I am worried she is just getting more and more intolerant or sensitive to more and more foods.

Has anyone been through this?

Hard to know exactly how to answer this as we haven't had a lot of allergy testing done. What we have noticed though I guess is that as the offending foods are removed from the diet, the reactions to others are more easily picked up and so although it seems like they are increasing maybe they aren't.
This is a description someone put on a group I belong to about gluten which I think probably sums up a lot of it, but there isn't an easy solution to the problem:

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Reading over the messages I felt many of you suspected gluten sensitivity, and sensitivity to other things, increases with the amount of time you are on the diet. My personal opinion is, and this is purely my own theory, when you spend years on gluten your immune
system is over taxed. Your body resources, such as iron, calcium and zinc are down. When you suffer from a simple cold or hayfever your body can't do much about it, because it is too busy fighting the gluten. However go gluten free for a while and your immune system recovers and your resources build up. When you acccidentally ingest some gluten your immune system is fighting fit and reacts much more violently than in the past. It also attacks other allergens, like those causes hayfever, much more readily. This is why there is an increased incidence in symptoms caused by non gluten allergens after being diagnosed.

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