Both egg yolks and egg whites contain proteins that can cause allergies, but
allergy to egg whites is most common.
The AAP found that the flu vaccine is also considered safe for individuals with
allergies to egg whites, as the amount of egg white protein found in the vaccine did not increase any rates of anaphylactic reactions.
Not exact matches
I recently had a food
allergy test done and found out I am allergic
to egg yolk but not
egg whites!
For example, if RAST testing indications low levels of antibodies for
egg whites, but your child eats
eggs every day and never has symptoms of a food
allergy, then he likely isn't allergic
to eggs.
While it once thought that you had
to start with cereal and should avoid things like
egg whites and other «
allergy foods,» you can now start with whatever you like.
If there is a family history of food
allergy, then the traditional advice has been
to exclude
egg whites from your baby's diet for the first 2 years.
Despite that,
egg whites are known
to be a common cause of triggering
allergies, leading many parents
to delay the introduction of
egg whites until their babies are twelve months.
The top food offenders, which are discussed in more detail below, include pasteurized cow's milk (unlike nourishing raw milk), peanuts, gluten,
egg whites, seafood, and soy.19 Research shows that waiting
to introduce these foods may reduce the incidence of
allergies.20
I have a non-anaphylactic
allergy to eggs, will the
egg shells (even if washed, cleaned and baked) have elements of
allergy inducing components as do the
whites and yolk?