Rash Symptoms

• Rash symptoms for infants with food allergies typically result in eczema, causing dry, scaly patches on the face, arms or legs. The rash can look like hives.
  
  

Additional Symptoms

• In addition to rash symptoms, the baby may also have facial swelling, wheezing, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. Any symptoms usually appear within 2 hours of eating the allergy-causing food.
  
  

Age Considerations

• Rashes in babies with food allergies tend to appear less often by 1 year of age, and the allergies then usually are signified by respiratory issues.
  
  

Later Allergy Development

• Infants can develop a rash reaction to a particular type of food even if they have eaten it before with no problems.
  
  

Severe Reactions

• If the infant seems to have trouble breathing, has facial swelling, or if the vomiting or diarrhea is severe, the caretaker should call 911 or the pediatrician immediately.