Who else has peanut specific IGE greater than 100?

My daughter's was 95 last year.. not sure if we should test again this year

Hi,
My son's first rast was 24 his second was 87. We are going for his third in a few weeks I will post again when we get those results. I am worried it is going to go up past 100. I know it isn't supposed to predict severity of a reaction but the higher it goes the more I worry.

My sons was 185 at age 3 and 70 at age 5. Was very pleasantly surprised it had gone down. Still too high, though. I had heard that it could go up and down. Our practices never changed.

My son had his first and only reaction at 11 months. We finally tested him just after his second birthday and his peanut IGE was >100. We tested him again a year later and it was still >100.

My son is a class 3, on the high side with a history of ana reactions so I don't consider it any better than any other test result.
But I've heard plenty of people mention being over 100 since I started reading here. Unfortunately I don't think it's all that uncommon. Among those who tested this high, the severity of reactions will still vary quite a bit. It doesn't mean much, allergic is allergic, but it may help with getting taken more seriously by schools (although I'm not saying that is [i]should[/i] matter since every allergic child should be taken seriously but realisticly speaking, we know how it is.)

I am in Canada and the doctor (nor others I have heard from)I deal with doesn't want to do a blood test, why are they done in the US , we base everything on reaction and prick test reaction, anyone's thoughts?

Originally Posted By: maphiemomI am in Canada and the doctor (nor others I have heard from)I deal with doesn't want to do a blood test, why are they done in the US , we base everything on reaction and prick test reaction, anyone's thoughts?
I'm in the US and DS's allergist won't do a blood test on him. He says the SPT is more accurate so he sees no reason for a blood test. I'm a bit of a newbie to all this, but I think when we get moved next summer and we find a new allergist I'm going to ask for a blood test. Mainly because DS is so young and I would like to monitor the numbers to see if they are going down.

Originally Posted By: maphiemomI am in Canada and the doctor (nor others I have heard from)I deal with doesn't want to do a blood test, why are they done in the US , we base everything on reaction and prick test reaction, anyone's thoughts?
Maybe it depends on the doctor? We're in Canada too and my DS had a SPT on his first visit and a blood test to confirm the allergy. We've had both tests done each time he goes for an appointment.

My doctor only did the blood test since my son had already had some serious reactions. I don't think it's as accurate since you can be positive on the RAST but not react but since we had already had the reactions, we didn't doubt the test.

My daughter went from single digits with the doctor talking about a food challenge to over 100 in one year, despite no reactions and fairly conservative food managment (avoiding all peanuts/tree nuts/may contains and living in nut free home).