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This post has been edited by *SnowFlower*: 20/02/2013, 03:41 PM

[Chief Pancake Ma...]

I have no idea what happened to you or what you reacted to or if the Dr was fobbing you off but, no it is not that unusual not to get skin prick tests.

Several family members have had children react to certain foods eg and have have jsut described the reaction to the immunologist and been immdiately given an epi pen. My niece had skin prick tests recently and reacted to a lot of things and was told a positive reaction on a skin prick test does not always mean they will have a reaction to ingesting or inhaling that allergen as the gut/lungs and the skin are different so it is realy not always very informative.

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This post has been edited by *SnowFlower*: 20/02/2013, 03:42 PM

[Sassy Girl]

Songbird, when I saw the Immunologist on Tuesday she tried to do a scratch test but as my skin reacted to her finger nail she said she couldn't do the scratch test as the allergens were still in my system. Maybe that is why your Immunologist didn't do it.

I've actually requested a blood test instead of scratch test. It's not as accurate but less invasive. I can't have it until after 6 weeks after my reaction (which is about Christmas time and we go away for two weeks at Christmas ) because the IgE levels will still be up in my system until then.

Can you possibly see another Immunologist ? If you aren't happy get a second opinion.

[Dinosaurus]

We didn't have the full ambit of skin prick tests, we had one for egg as there is a known history (and he was mildly allergic) but our Paed (etc) told me it was MUCH more likely it was something that he was intolerant to so that was why sometimes there were big symptoms and sometimes little (depending on what and how much he was exposed to).

All the best.

[kay11]

Immunologists do different things with skin prick tests. At my daughter's paediatric hospital they were done frequently but at our new hospital they are not normally done. This was in response to eczema and the immunologist explained to me that the management of eczema doesn't really change much unless a specific food or circumstance is noted.

The other to note is that there is much much more to immunology then allergy testing and that maybe your symptoms rang alarm bells for something else? I don't know, but for me I ALWAYS thought I had allergies and took anti-histamines. I didn't, I had something completely different that was causing allergy like symptoms.

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This post has been edited by *SnowFlower*: 20/02/2013, 03:42 PM

[kay11]

Kay11 - he told me I must start taking two antihistamines a day and wrote down which ones to take. Now if i'm not having allergic reactions why take antihistamine..

A very good point and one which I wish I'd investigated further in retrospect.

Anyway, good luck - doesn't sound like a good match for you and second opinions are always, always helpful.

[30bt]

can you pm me the name of the immunologist you saw?

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This post has been edited by *SnowFlower*: 20/02/2013, 03:43 PM