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[quote=Anonymous]OP, I just went through this.  And we did end up finding more allergies - cashew butter hit with immediate hives.  I was so stressed out walking through each allergen.  But since we discovered peanuts first, we got an epipen really early on.  So, I reminded myself that we were "armed" and ready and could call 911 if we needed advice.

The other thing that really calms me down - I remind myself that I want DD to try this stuff now and with both her parents present with the epipen.  Because if you delay it's possible your child will be exposed to new allergens when you are not there (school, friend's house) and  responding will be out of your control.  You are gaining knowledge in a safe context.

Best of luck.  It's hard, I know!

Also the way it worked for us was that she had major hives from peanut butter, so we confirmed that allergy with a skin test in the allergist's office.  Then we were instructed to keep going through the likely allergen list.  When we got the hit on cashews, allergist brought us in to do a full nut panel for the skin test.  The only challenge they did in office for us was for penicillin.  DD's peanut reaction happened when she was on penicillin for ear infection so we had to rule it out.  Since that can be a dangerous one, we did the challenge in the office.  For some reason that is ingestion and not skin.  Don't know why.  But I asked after a full panel and we were told no.[/quote]

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