Hi I sm allergic to salicylates. I do the Feingold diet. I have allergies to anything containing salicylates, which vanillin is one of them. I'm allergic to dyes not only in foods, but in makeup. Can't wear perfume it is Salicylate. I had an egg allergy when I was a baby and allergic to penicillin. I have allergies to other meds. Can't take aspirin has Salicylate. Long story short look into Salicylate intolerance. I've been itching for years allergy to spinach (since childhood) brought it out since I've been premenopausal. Have to watch everything I ingest and put on my skin . I ate something with vanillin and broke out all over my face. Natural vanilla without artificial flavor is okay. Cocoa not milk chocolate is okay for me.look up Salicylate intolerance I have a feeling that could be it. Also I must take dye free meds. Hope this helps.
I recently experienced an itchy reaction, about 45 min. after I'd had something (specifically) with vanilla on it. The itchiness was pretty intense on my legs...bug bite like welts appeared all over them. Scratching only intensified the itch, and it lasted about 24 hrs. I get a similar reaction to blueberries.
I have suffered from the itchy, burning, crusty, and what appeares to be bug bites described here. The short story is I self-diagnosed the problem as an allergy to something I was eating at home that I wasn't while on the road. I narrowed the trouble down to eating sweets especially the wife's chocolate chip cookies and other baked goodies. I then started narrowing down the different ingredients and ended up with VANILLA as the problem. So I suggest here that you too may be suffering from an allergy. I might suggest vanilla as a starting point in your search. You might do an internet search on vanilla and itching to verify what I am suggesting. Whatever is your cause I wish you luck. If you do find your problem I hope you share it here with others as I have. Greg
Interesting .. you'd think something as simple as vannila would be ok for everybody but obviously it's really not at all!
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Hey Alyssa! ChitChat had a very good answer for you I believe. I just wanted to comment on the vanilla extract issue since you should know that many of them contain gluten (one thing I had to learn on a gluten-free diet!) so maybe that could just be part of your problem.
Hi -- this is a good question to ask. I don't really know BUT I did some preliminary searches for you and came up with this .. written by another parent:
vanillin, vanilla, and artificial colors, in addition to the "big seven" (Eggs, corn, wheat, soy, nuts, dairy, shellfish) could be causing the reaction.
VANILIN is something to explore. From reading other accounts written by parents, many of their children who have WHEAT problems also have Vanilla(n) issues, too.
Welcome!
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