Dear Doctor Bhatti,



I have had an allergy in the last two weeks that looks like mosquito bites. It starts very itchy but then it stops so I have not been using anything most of the times. When it becomes very itchy I have used Aristocort –A cream and it helps.



Today it started the same on my legs and spread very quickly into rashes. Since it was very itchy and spreading quickly, I took antihistamine (desloratadine) and it went away very quickly. It happened after I had a sandwich with egg and some guava (fruit). I’m wondering if I am allergic to egg?!!!



I don’t eat egg often so did not notice anything like this before. There was one case before though many years ago that I was eating eggs for breakfast for 4 -5 days in a row and started developing urticaria (hard and itchy so different from the ones I had now and they were only a few bums). So I stopped eating them for breakfast but the signs remained for a few days.



I live in Bangkok for the last 2 ½ years so food cooked with eggs is quite common (like for instance fried rice) but I’m only experiencing this now. For your info, I have been having problems with gastritis in the last 2 months and after treatment I feel it is improving but still not quite cleared. I’m only mentioning this in case there is any linkage.



I know am allergic to metal so I try to avoid any jewellery unless gold or silver. I also have an allergy which comes very rarely in the form of a swelling on my lips, fingers, etc. I did some tests before but doctors could not find what was causing it. I have not been able to find any linkages to any food apart from the fact that it happens at times of a stressful period, after being sick, etc, in other words when my immune system is down. I had one of this on the heel of my foot almost a month ago.



I would appreciate if you can advise what should I look for or try to avoid?



Many thanks for the assistance