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  Relying On Common Allergy Tests Could Cause Misdiagnosis
  By any account, food allergy rates have skyrocketed over the past few decades, leading researchers puzzled at why so many more people have developed allergies. According to one research team, the rise…

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  Hello, I have a 14mos old son who tasted his first bit of peanut butter cookie a few weeks ago and had a severe allergic reaction. We ended up in ER and had to stay for 24hrs for observation. Everything ended OK, but we now find ourselves with Epipens and are told that we must avoid all peanuts an…
• Skin testing...any risks?
  My son was recently diagnosed with a severe walnut allergy. He had already undergone skin testing in the past for eggs, to which he is also allergic. Since his most recent diagnosis, I have been getting all the information I can on testing methods and the one question I forgot to ask our allergist…
• Did your pa child get tested for other things?
  I had a very frustrating conversation with the allergist we have seen about Gavin's PA. We were out of town (the boys and I) so he just spoke with my husband. He said we should consider anything beside peanuts safe. He did test for strawberries (since that was eaten with the peanut butter), corn…

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• Allergy Testing
  On Tuesday 3 May I’m taking Sonnie to get tested for Peanut and Tree Nut allergies. As I’m writing this I feel sick to the stomach, I don’t remember feeling this way about Kane, but then we found out he was allergic the hard way. Although we live our lives at the moment as if Sonni…
• The Allergic Boy
  I took the boy for allergy tests a few weeks after his honeydew incident, and the allergist suggested only testing for the honeydew, cantaloupe and strawberries. He had no reaction to any of the fruit, but I wanted a second opinion. I made an appointment with another pediatric allergist, and she re-…
• The Waiting Game
  I am waiting eagerly for the test results from my sons ImuPro Allergy test. He had a follow up skin test about a month ago and it appeared clear from all allergens. I was very excited, but due to the conflicting results from last year to this year, it was felt that doing the ImuPro test would be i…

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