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A mum hopes to shine a light on a rare food condition to help other parents after her son was diagnosed with the condition at nine months old.

Washington schoolboy Harry Woodhouse, 7, was diagnosed with the food allergy, FPIES (Food Protein induced Enterocolitis) – an adverse food reaction involving the immune system that mainly affects young children – aged nine months.

FPIES is a rare and severe form of delayed food allergy which causes vomiting and diarrhea around two to six hours after eating.

'We had no idea what was wrong': Mum sets out to raise awareness of rare food allergy after son's diagnosis