Growing Out of PA

I do not have any information I am sorry but I am excited to hear what other people would say. I would never test my son, unless in a controlled situation, by giving him peanuts. I do not believe that my son will outgrow this since the conference notes say that most outgrow it by the time they are four. My son just turned four a few months back and had the most severe reaction just after he turned four. Well.....miracles can still happen.

My son has never had a blood test for his PA. He was just given a prick test which caused a pretty bad reaction. I was told when my son was first diagnosed at 18 months old that he would never out grow his allergy. As a adult he could tolerate some of the reaction if it is not life threatening, but chances are that his allergy could get worse. He could eventually react from a slight odor. His pre-school teacher has been allergic all her life. Her allergry started out pretty mild with just hives and some discomfort, but now she can't even smell them and she swells up. I am not very hopeful that my son will ever get to eat a PB&J. I don't want to challenge him in any way either.

I pulled out my notes from the May 1999 FAN conference in Connecticut. As I was listening to Dr. Sampson I wrote down--cap rast <10, no asthma, first exposure under 2 years old--15-20% of children with this history MAY outgrow the peanut allergy. This is all I have. Maybe others who attended the more recent conferences have new information.

I pulled out my notes from the May 1999 FAN conference in Connecticut. As I was listening to Dr. Sampson I wrote down--cap rast <10, no asthma, first exposure under 2 years old--15-20% of children with this history MAY outgrow the peanut allergy. This is all I have. Maybe others who attended the more recent conferences have new information.

Yes, if anyone has any further notes I would appreciate them. I do know that my child was tested (blood tested, that is) a Class 3 out of a scale of 6. It has a ASM % reference class and then there is a classification for Modified RAST (but I am not sure what her reading is on that). I would love to know what that cap rast of <10 means as according to what I am looking at a <70 is normal...(indicates NO PA...I guess I will need to ask my daughter's pediatrician when we see him next what the cap rast is? Thanks for your input. I really appreciate it!