Discovering My Dairy Allergy and Its Effects on My Health

Back in 2011, I had some ice cream and my eczema went crazy. I also broke out in hives all over. I thought it was poison ivy or something. A dietician told me to try eliminating dairy because it was bad for eczema anyway. I did and that was the problem. When I have something cross contaminated now, I can always tell because I get a rash and eczema patches. Where it happens varies but it's usually not on my feet or hands. Just everywhere else. Also I discovered recently that I had been unknowingly consuming dairy on a fairly regular basis, and my eczema was really bad. I couldn't figure out why until I looked at the ingredients of the coffee I was ordering. (I ordered it with oat or almond milk but it still had dairy ingredients. 🥲)