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[quote=Anonymous]My 16 month old was diagnosed at 9 months with a severe dairy allergy after two episodes of hives and facial swelling. Then, two weeks ago, she had two episodes of hives within 24 hours, one of which was accompanied by foot and leg swelling. We have no idea what triggered the recent reactions (maybe cross contamination or exposure to something in the environment. We were on vacation, so I don't know what it could have been). She has had a constant runny nose for months plus multiple ear infections, which may or may not be related to additional allergies. So yesterday, I took her to the allergist to get scratch testing done. Testing was extensive but results were confusing. Basically, she had no reaction at all to any of the allergens tested (even dairy!) and she reacted positively to both the histamine *and* the saline controls. What the heck??? Doesn't that invalidate the test? she became so fussy during the exam that I became so flustered that I could't even ask follow-up questions. Now I'm totally confused. So I called and got a voicemail back from the doctor today. She wants me to get blood tests for just the milk allergy (I guess to confirm that she no longer has the allergy?) but I guess she won't check for any additional allergies. Then she said we need to do a dairy challenge, but not until the summer because it's almost spring and they will be doing all sorts of seasonal allergy challenges for the next few months. Does this seem acceptable to you? I feel like we've been put on the back burner, they are accepting test results from an invalid test, and doing minimal follow-up. but maybe i'm overreacting. Does this seem like the standard of care, or do you think I should find a new allergist?[/quote]

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