Signs of an egg allergy

I thought I might share how we discovered our son has a food allergy. It all started one year ago, he had hives up his face when we had eaten cinnamon rolls. At the time we thought it was cinnamon because our older son had rashes when he ate cinnamon. He then followed up by occasionally having 1 or 2 hives a day on his legs. But we thought maybe bug bites because it wasn't full fledge rashes. Then they stopped for a while and we could give him stuff with cinnamon and have no reaction. Just recently though I had learned to make homemade spaghetti sauce so one night we had the spaghetti and salad (with ranch) he had spilled it all over his chest while eating and had hives where the food was touching. that's when I called the doctor and got an appointment. we had talked about food allergies and he decided to go ahead and have him tested. the week before his first appointment with an ear, nose and throat doctor he had a bad ear infection that tore his ear drum. when it was healed we went to the ent and they stated there was fluid behind his ear drum. so we went through another round of antibiotics but not the normal kind. It then took us two months to have a follow up and check to see if there was still fluid. Of course there was still fluid at this time we decided it would be best to place tubes and take his adenoids and do the allergy testing while he was under for the adenoids. 10 days later we the follow up and that is when they gave me the egg allergy diagnosis. The doctor explained that hives are not the only sign. having fluid on the ears, runny/stuffy noses, sore throats, and upset stomachs, diaper rashes, etc are all signs of food allergies did not know, but now that I look back he has had all the signs. He had the worst diaper rashes. he has always pulled on his ears like they have bothered him. It really helped to learn about it and now we are doing our best to avoid anything that has egg so that we don't have to worry about a severe reaction or anymore tubes. I wanted to share because I wanted to help other parents. I know that there are people out there that are concerned their child may have a food allergy and this should help to give you more information to watch for. It is a scarey road but you are not alone.