Waiting unitl 5 yrs to food challenge?

Julie - I was wondering the same thing about continued avoidance if they've outgrown it. I read the latest about having to continue to give PB every month so they don't redevelop the allergy...so how do you know when to start? I don't get it..

I would talk to your dr's about it specifically. My son has dairy, egg and nut allergies, he had a RAST test done at 1 year because he went into shock from a veggie burger that had trace amounts of egg white (that is how we found out) He was retested at 2 and his numbers decreased drastically, in all areas except for the egg white. My dr said if he was older, the numbers are low enough to food challenge, but because of his age the dr wanted to wait, retest at 3 and then see what the numbers are. I have a funny feeling that some may be false positives as his numbers were sky high for wheat/soy, yet he has never had a reaction from these foods.

Yes, I definitely plan to talk to the dr. about all this. I was so taken by surprise when she gave me the rast results that I didn't think to ask any questions. She's not in the office until Tues., though. I think I might try to get him in for the skin test next week. That way if he passes, I'll still have plenty of time to think about the food challenge. If he fails, I won't have to worry about the food challenge at all. Hope your son's scores really were false positives. Wouldn't that be awesome?!
Julie