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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How old is DD?

Also, what did your allergist say to do?
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DD is 3, a skin allergy test in the office showed her to be allergic to dog. More so than anything else so I do believe she is really allergic. [/quote]

is that the only thing she is allergic to? did they test her for other things? You know, mold, dust, mites, pollen, grasses, trees, foods, etc can also cause same symptoms as well. So what if you give the dog away. Is that truly going to solve the issue? you may find something else is triggering it more than the dog allergy. They usually do a scale, cant remember, I think a 1-5 scale (it has been 14 years since my daughters last testing). they rate on the severity of the reaction, with the 5 being the worse. How bad was the reaction? if you dont know, you need to call and ask for a copy of the tests, so you can see what is her biggest trigger. If they did not test for other allergens, I would see about getting her tested for more.

I know when my daughter was 9, it was awful. it took 2 hours to test about 60 allergens. 30 across her back, and the rest split between both arms. She was basically allergic to everything I listed above. Ironically about the ONLY thing she wasnt allergic to were cats.  At that time, it was perform with a tiny needle being inserted at points across the back and arms and a tiny amount of the allergen being injected. That was 22 years ago!!  By the time she was 16, i took her to a new dr. the old allergist didnt feel the need to recheck and I was thinking how am I supposed to know if the shots are working? when they retested at 16 (15 years ago) they did scratch tests across the back for all her known allergens as well as foods, now that we believed she was allergic to some foods. Lo and behold, the shots for all allergens worked, she didnt show any reaction or they were very minimal, however now we have entered the realm of food allergies. Ironically, bananas and melons made that list! whoever knew you could be allergic to a banana!  no more shots, she just has to avoid the food allergens.   We need to have my granddaughter and gradson tested here soon. GD is 12 and GS is 2.5.  We have recognized some food allergies in my GD and we are having them both checked as a precaution. They both have asthma as well[/quote]

Yes, other than tree nuts, peanuts, and ants. I believe we had the same test, tiny needles in a grid pushed into the back, then we waited for a reaction. The reason we went in was because DD had a reaction to peanuts, and we were concerned she had seasonal allergies because of the constant nasal drainage. I also suspected an egg, dairy or gluten allergy. There was no reaction to any grasses, tress, or molds. The foods allergies came back fine other than the nuts. The test was hell to watch, she screamed and screamed and screamed and now hates even driving by the allergist's office. [/quote]

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