Peanut and Food Allergy TESTING RESULTS for Alexander Over the Years

Alexander 2 years old

How did I discover this? 
I had given my son a tinytaste of peanut butter. I remember exactly where we were standing- in the kitchen by our pull out pantry.
I put a tiny bit of peanut butter on a spoon (I love peanut butter). Bending down I gave sweet little Alexander a taste.

IMMEDIATELY he said his tonguetingled. I told him to "spit it out" which he did.  I think I also wiped off his tongue.
I instinctively thought "this may be an allergy". I have zero allergies (happy me) so I did not have any personal experience in the matter.

I made a few phone calls to seek a recommendation for an allergist. We chose to see Dr. Ruff, a local allergist.  I think he conducted only a "scratch test".  Alexander tested "positive" for an allergy to peanuts. What to do?

We were instructed to strictly avoidpeanuts.       (Click here for "C'mon Man" post)
I thought "that's it?  That is all we can do to help someone with a life-threatening allergy?"  There was notreatment for this allergy!

Not true any longer. Thankfully a Peanut AllergyTREATMENT is NOW available.
Alexander is being TREATED  for his peanut allergy. 

On January 27th he ate his first whole peanut!   Click here to read about it.

Alexander selecting his 1st Peanut to Eat

When he was younger Alexander tested positive to an allergyor intolerance to a host of otherfoods- but that's another story.
I have not included that information in the testing results below.


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Dr. Wasserman      Blood Testing Results       9/20/2010
PEANUTS
IgE              >100 kU/L     class VI

IgG4             19.40 ug/ml Class III    * class III range 7.51-31.00

IgE                    
ALMONDS   7.34 kU/L  class IV
PISTACHIO  1.13  kU/L  class III
WALNUT      .36  kU/L  class II
PECAN         .34  kU/L  class II
CASHEW       .31  kU/L  class II
HAZELNUT   .26  kU/L  class II
SHRIMP      <.o5 kU/L  class 0

Dr. Ruff          Blood Testing Results           7/23 2008

SHRIMP     .37 kU/L      class 1

Dr. Ruff       Food Allergy Testing Panel Results-Scratchtest  7/23 2008

PEANUTS     Reacted
Nuts            All includingAlmonds were NEGATIVE
Soy              Reacted
Wheat          Negative
Shrimp         Negative
Shellfix Mix   Negative    same result for Lobster, Scallop, Crab, Oyster, Salmon


Dr. Johnson    Blood Testing Results        3/22  2002