Guest guest Posted May 31, 2001 Report Share Posted May 31, 2001 On Thu, 31 May 2001 15:22:59 -0000 " Jeanne Luster " writes: > I made an appt for my son to go through food allergy testing. They > said to bring in the things we think he is allergic to. > * I don't understand - why do you bring in the things he is allergic to for? What kind of testing is this? What kind of doctor or lab is this? We just had blood drawn and they did the tests with his blood. on Long Island New York * ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 1, 2001 Report Share Posted June 1, 2001 Supposedly an allergy doctor (MD). They asked me to bring in the products I think he is allergic to. Maybe they mix them with his blood? I just don't get why I have to bring stuff in - don't they have standard things to do testing with? > > On Thu, 31 May 2001 15:22:59 -0000 " Jeanne Luster " > <laura_j_Luster@h...> writes: > > I made an appt for my son to go through food allergy testing. They > > said to bring in the things we think he is allergic to. > > > * > I don't understand - why do you bring in the things he is allergic to > for? What kind of testing is this? What kind of doctor or lab is this? > We just had blood drawn and they did the tests with his blood. > on Long Island New York > * > ________________________________________________________________ > GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! > Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! > Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 1, 2001 Report Share Posted June 1, 2001 On Fri, 01 Jun 2001 12:17:00 -0000 " Jeanne Luster " writes: > Supposedly an allergy doctor (MD). They asked me to bring in the > products I think he is allergic to. Maybe they mix them with his > blood? I just don't get why I have to bring stuff in - don't they > have standard things to do testing with? > > > , I'm sorry to keep asking, but is this a regular allergist and lab? I have never heard of this with a regular allergist. My son has had 2 tests run over the last 1 1/2 years and so many of my friends have. Isn't he going to check for a multitude of items? Not just what you think he's allergic to. My son was tested for thingas I never even dreamed of. Are you suppose to go with all these bags of groceries? My son was tested for about 50 or so foods and many environmental stuff too (like goose feathers, molds, etc.) are you to bring these items also or you aren't having environmental run too. Has anyone else from the list done this? I'd like to see some replys more to this, before is steered wrong on Long Island New York * ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 1, 2001 Report Share Posted June 1, 2001 My understanding is that the IgG blood test done by a PROPER lab such as Great Smokies or Great Plains is better then skin testing since the IgG shows the food intolerances that skin pricking won't show. An allergy is different then a food intolerance as described in ' Special Diets for Special Kids book. An allergy may show a reaction immediately whereas a food intolerance may take hours or a day to show up. For our kids food intolerances more so then allergic reactions are what you are looking for. These intolerances are what can affect behavoir. Many children will test negative for standard allergy but upon further testing which is more sensitive to food intolerances will show positive. Please ck. into this further before allowing the standard skin pricking tests. I am sure others on this list can give you more info. The IgG test from Great Smokies requiring one blood draw is 144 dollars if you pay up front. This is what I did.....I am lucky. I have a good ped. who is willing to work with my DAN dietition. She gave me kits from Great Smokies and my ped. did the blood draw with a sm. butterfly needle. It was quick. My DAN dietition is also a gold mine and is wonderful. You can look up Great Smokies on the web. and ck with your reg. ped if he will do the blood draw for you. This way your ped. services will be covered by insurance and then the cost of the lab will depend on what your insurance covers out of network. My DAN dietition explained to me that the IgG will give us the direction in which to go but that it is still essential to keep a daily dietary log with behaviors. I am awaiting the results as we speak! Debbie > I did indeed verify that they will food test him by skin tests. She > said there is a blood test but that it is not as good as the skin > tests. I explained in great detail just how difficult it was going > to be to do skin tests on my son. We agreed that I would bring > things in (like a potato, cooked rice) but that we would not do the > skin testing if I did not want to after the doctor consultation. In > addition, she said that on the skin tests we would not do any > seasonal allergies. There is a list of standard tests they have, so > I won't have to bring into the office things like corn, milk, wheat, > etc. > > I called a DAN doctor in my area who does allergy testing. They > wanted to do nearly 100 skin pricks on him, and insurance will not > cover it. It would be a grand out of pocket for the various visits > and lab tests. > > Anyone else try skin testing on a 3 year old who goes ballistic when > a doctor tries to look in his/her ears? > > Luster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 1, 2001 Report Share Posted June 1, 2001 Thanks. At this point, I am inclined to keep gathering information from people like you, and work with my Physician's Assistant. It sounds like this place I had planned on taking Ethan to doesn't get the diet-austistic behavior link, anyway. I actually had to explain the current theories on autism to the nurse. I printed out what you wrote. > My understanding is that the IgG blood test done by a PROPER lab such > as Great Smokies or Great Plains is better then skin testing since > the IgG shows the food intolerances that skin pricking won't show. An > allergy is different then a food intolerance as described in > ' Special Diets for Special Kids book. An allergy may show a > reaction immediately whereas a food intolerance may take hours or a > day to show up. For our kids food intolerances more so then allergic > reactions are what you are looking for. These intolerances are what > can affect behavoir. Many children will test negative for standard > allergy but upon further testing which is more sensitive to food > intolerances will show positive. Please ck. into this further before > allowing the standard skin pricking tests. I am sure others on this > list can give you more info. The IgG test from Great Smokies > requiring one blood draw is 144 dollars if you pay up front. > This is what I did.....I am lucky. I have a good ped. who is willing > to work with my DAN dietition. She gave me kits from Great Smokies > and my ped. did the blood draw with a sm. butterfly needle. It was > quick. My DAN dietition is also a gold mine and is wonderful. You > can look up Great Smokies on the web. and ck with your reg. ped if he > will do the blood draw for you. This way your ped. services will be > covered by insurance and then the cost of the lab will depend on what > your insurance covers out of network. My DAN dietition explained to > me that the IgG will give us the direction in which to go but that it > is still essential to keep a daily dietary log with behaviors. I am > awaiting the results as we speak! > Debbie > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 1, 2001 Report Share Posted June 1, 2001 Yeah I am always suspect when I have to explain the theories to them....if they don't know then most likely they are not the place I need. Oh just wanted to mention my NT son is named Ethan. My 2 ASD boys are and n. Debbie > > My understanding is that the IgG blood test done by a PROPER lab > such > > as Great Smokies or Great Plains is better then skin testing since > > the IgG shows the food intolerances that skin pricking won't show. > An > > allergy is different then a food intolerance as described in > > ' Special Diets for Special Kids book. An allergy may show a > > reaction immediately whereas a food intolerance may take hours or a > > day to show up. For our kids food intolerances more so then > allergic > > reactions are what you are looking for. These intolerances are > what > > can affect behavoir. Many children will test negative for standard > > allergy but upon further testing which is more sensitive to food > > intolerances will show positive. Please ck. into this further > before > > allowing the standard skin pricking tests. I am sure others on > this > > list can give you more info. The IgG test from Great Smokies > > requiring one blood draw is 144 dollars if you pay up front. > > This is what I did.....I am lucky. I have a good ped. who is > willing > > to work with my DAN dietition. She gave me kits from Great Smokies > > and my ped. did the blood draw with a sm. butterfly needle. It was > > quick. My DAN dietition is also a gold mine and is wonderful. You > > can look up Great Smokies on the web. and ck with your reg. ped if > he > > will do the blood draw for you. This way your ped. services will > be > > covered by insurance and then the cost of the lab will depend on > what > > your insurance covers out of network. My DAN dietition explained > to > > me that the IgG will give us the direction in which to go but that > it > > is still essential to keep a daily dietary log with behaviors. I > am > > awaiting the results as we speak! > > Debbie > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2001 Report Share Posted June 4, 2001 Your son may have the foods introduced via needles just under the skin, after which he may be monitored for changes in respiration, pulse, temperature, skin tone, behavior and attention. Other labs will take blood that has been sent and introduce foods to see how the blood reacts. If you have not tested for yeast and bacterial/parasite infections, you should do that as well. Felicia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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