Re: Blood IgE or Skin Prick test?

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Blood IgE or Skin Prick test?

Posted by: " McCartney " katie.mccartney@... katie_gmail

Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:16 am (PST)

I just called our Ped's office to see if she can order a blood IgE for

inhalant allergies for my 4yo, and she said that I need to take him to an

allergist to do a SPT because blood test would be inaccurate at his age. I

thought from what I read that blood IgE is far more accurate? And it's going

to be nearly impossible to keep him still for 15 min for the SPT.

Any input is appreciated!

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We've had blood testing for years. We have our processed with Mayo but many

can test many, like 100, in a single blood test. The down side is the actual

blood draw. Very traumatic and not fun at all. My guy is pretty good but I

think you'd have to call in the army for my older PPD-NOS guy who you'd think we

were killing. Amazing! Anyway, we've had skin testing too. It isn't fun

either.

Results can vary by lab and no test is 100%. It at least gives you an idea if

allergic but you still have to go by observation and food challenges. We had so

many it honestly was the only way to sort through. Not fun. This is a nt food

allergy child. We had issues even with breast milk. Been pretty amazing and he

continues to be an amazing kindergartener. He does so well and school is

impressed. We'll continue with blood just to see if those peanut numbers ever

go away. Only a 20% chance of that.

Tammy

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Blood IgE or Skin Prick test?

Posted by: " McCartney " katie.mccartney@... katie_gmail

Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:16 am (PST)

I just called our Ped's office to see if she can order a blood IgE for

inhalant allergies for my 4yo, and she said that I need to take him to an

allergist to do a SPT because blood test would be inaccurate at his age. I

thought from what I read that blood IgE is far more accurate? And it's going

to be nearly impossible to keep him still for 15 min for the SPT.

Any input is appreciated!

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We just had an allergy appt. a few weeks ago and the allergist told us that at

my son's age (he is almost 3- so I would assume your son will fall in the same

group) that skin prick testing is actually more accurate than blood work at this

point.  This is my third allergist (between my two boys) and we finally ended up

at the Jaffe Food Allergy Institute at Mt Sinai in NYC which is considered one

of the premier allergy groups in the US.  Needless to say, we have now had SPT

done at two different places and the tests were different each time.  I was told

it comes down to technique.  How deep did they stick the child, how much of the

allergen was on the test stick, was it controlled and measured properly, etc. 

So it appears there is a lot of room for human error. 

 

In my opinion, the allergy community has A LOT of work to do to figure out what

is going on with children in this country regarding allergies and their first

order of business needs to be better more reliable testing methods.  I guess my

point to your post (besides a personal rant) is that you could get one answer

one day and another answer with a different allergy group later.  My personal

opinion is that the more reliable testing is probably where they put the

allergen (for foods- don't know about environmental allergens though?) just

below the surface of the skin for 24 hours and then you go in the next day to

read the results.  This is not done routinely, and in very few groups, I am sure

because of the logistics and the difficulty of the testing method for the child.

 

I would do the skin prick testing and see what he reacts to.  But if it doesn't

match what you have observed, I would have another SPT done at a different time

with another group to see if the results are similar or different. 

 

I brought a special reward/motivator for my son to get after the prick testing

(which is mildly uncomfortable) and the required waiting period.

 

Hope you get some information soon to help your son.  I know how frustrating

allergies (and food sensitivities) can be.  Good luck.

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Blood IgE or Skin Prick test?

Posted by: " McCartney " katie.mccartney@ gmail.com katie_gmail

Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:16 am (PST)

I just called our Ped's office to see if she can order a blood IgE for

inhalant allergies for my 4yo, and she said that I need to take him to an

allergist to do a SPT because blood test would be inaccurate at his age. I

thought from what I read that blood IgE is far more accurate? And it's going

to be nearly impossible to keep him still for 15 min for the SPT.

Any input is appreciated!

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I don't think anyone knows enough about allergies for the

justification of spending money on testing and treatment. Allergy

elimination diets do the same thing and are free. I hope I am the

first to know about anything that actually works...I keep looking,

but there is nothing at this time that is consistently healing people

of their allergies, so we will do our diets and hope chelation helps

get rid of them.

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> Subject: [ ] Re: Blood IgE or Skin Prick test?

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> Date: Monday, November 24, 2008, 11:11 PM

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> Blood IgE or Skin Prick test?

> Posted by: " McCartney " katie.mccartney@ gmail.com katie_gmail

> Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:16 am (PST)

> I just called our Ped's office to see if she can order a blood IgE

for

> inhalant allergies for my 4yo, and she said that I need to take him

to an

> allergist to do a SPT because blood test would be inaccurate at his

age. I

> thought from what I read that blood IgE is far more accurate? And

it's going

> to be nearly impossible to keep him still for 15 min for the SPT.

>

> Any input is appreciated!

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I actually do NAET (I'm a guinea pig) and have had great results (no more

tomato allergy, and next 2 weeks will eliminate my other 2 food allergies).

It's just so darn expensive that I'm not sure if it's worth doing at this

point if I can chelate my 4yo and have the problem be gone completely within

the next few years (at least I hope).

The SPT or RAST is actually for his pollen/animal/environmental allergies. I

know he probably has a bit of a dairy issue as he was allergic to it as an

infant, and I'm thinking of doing just that with NAET. But if all his

allergies (and mine) are caused by mercury and other metals, I'm sure they

will find their way back eventually. I want to remove the source/cause and

maybe follow up with NAET if things don't get better.

I'm more concerned with the inhalant allergy because his nasal passages are

very inflamed, and I'm sure that's the cause of his frequent nosebleeds.

I've been experimenting with supplements and even looking for mattress

covers to eliminate the possibility of off-gassing chemicals.

I did a little more research, and concensus is that RAST is not very

accurate at young age, and that SPT is more accurate for inhalant allergies.

I think I'll just let this mystery go unresolved and move on with preparing

for chelation.

Thanks!

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Yes, sadly, I agree.  More questions than answers.

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Subject: [ ] Re: Blood IgE or Skin Prick test?

Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 1:52 AM

I don't think anyone knows enough about allergies for the

justification of spending money on testing and treatment. Allergy

elimination diets do the same thing and are free. I hope I am the

first to know about anything that actually works...I keep looking,

but there is nothing at this time that is consistently healing people

of their allergies, so we will do our diets and hope chelation helps

get rid of them.

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> From: Shepard Salzer <_Shepard@ ...>

> Subject: [ ] Re: Blood IgE or Skin Prick test?

> autism treatment

> Date: Monday, November 24, 2008, 11:11 PM

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> Consider NAET www.naet.com

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> Blood IgE or Skin Prick test?

> Posted by: " McCartney " katie.mccartney@ gmail.com katie_gmail

> Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:16 am (PST)

> I just called our Ped's office to see if she can order a blood IgE

for

> inhalant allergies for my 4yo, and she said that I need to take him

to an

> allergist to do a SPT because blood test would be inaccurate at his

age. I

> thought from what I read that blood IgE is far more accurate? And

it's going

> to be nearly impossible to keep him still for 15 min for the SPT.

>

> Any input is appreciated!

>

>

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> Hardwood Floors

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> I just called our Ped's office to see if she can order a blood IgE for

> inhalant allergies for my 4yo, and she said that I need to take him

to an

> allergist to do a SPT because blood test would be inaccurate at his

age. I

> thought from what I read that blood IgE is far more accurate? And

it's going

> to be nearly impossible to keep him still for 15 min for the SPT.

>

> Any input is appreciated!

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