I have had three reactions to peanuts, although RAST testing last summer showed no peanut allergy. What other tests are there, and does anyone know of a good allergist in the Chicago NW suburbs? Is the ImmunoCAP test good? The allergist I was put in touch with wants to do skin testing, which scares the heck out of me. Any suggestions?
Food allergist Chicago area?
Posted on: Mon, 04/02/2007 - 11:47pm
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I love our allergist, she is in Winnekta.
Here is her name and contact info:
Dr. Kim Ricaurte
570 Lincoln Ave
Suite 4
Winnekta 60093
847-441-5700
She works out of her own office, and I beleive that she doesn't have office hours on Fridays.
Corrine,
Thank you so much. I will call her. Winnetka is a bit of a drive for us, but I was driving to Skokie for a while for my son's Dr., so I will give your allergist a call. Thank you SO much. There are several allergists nearby here, but I am just not confident in using some of them for several reasons. Thanks again.
If you haven't already done so, you could try contacting the Northwest MOCHA group (Mothers of Children Having Allergies). Here's the address of the president: [email]dana_trawczynski@yahoo.com[/email]
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Kim
DS - age 4 - allergic to peanuts and eggs
DS - age 2 - no known allergies