Blood Allergy Testing (Aimee?)

[Guest guest]

I was just reading Aimee's post to Barry. Aimee, which blood test

did you use? Did you or your ped. specify which foods to test for or

is there a " catch all " test that looks for allergic reactions to a

range of foods? Also, it seems I remember reading somewhere that

blood allergy testing is not 100% accurate - that you have to verify

accuracy by eliminating the product, reintroducing, and then seeing

whether or not there truly is a reaction. If anyone could weigh in

with their experiences here it would be so helpful.

Thanks,

Dolores

[Guest guest]

Regarding the blood test. I used the Food Allergy Panel from Great

Smokies. I did not specify which foods, I just know they tested for a

bunch. It tests for Ige and Igg levels. Ige allergies are ones you have

to avoid for life and Igg are delayed response allergies and all of

's Igg allergies were 1+ so we'll take a rest and rotate them back

in and see if there's a reaction. She only got a 1+ for casein but she

has a pretty severe reaction and usually needs an albuterol treatment

after consuming it, but she had a 2+ Ige reaction to egg whites and I've

never been able to log a specific reaction to that!! However, since

removing them I haven't seen the really red face and ears that she kept

every day of her life. Her behavior has improved greatly. We just had

the testing done so we haven't begun adding foods back in yet. Hopefully

some of them won't be too bad. Hope this helps.

Aimee in Atlanta

On Mon, 03 Jul 2000 16:16:54 -0000 " Dolores "

writes:

> Aimee, which blood test did you use? Did you or your ped. specify

which foods to test

> for or is there a " catch all " test that looks for allergic reactions to

a

> range of foods?

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