Re: Dear Heather.. I know you're really busy, but....
08/18/03 08:23 PM
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TessLouise
Reged: 01/21/03
Posts: 540
Loc: Nashville, TN
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This might be overly simplistic, and I'm sure at least one person is going to chime in with "but that's not true for me!", but this is what I understand: skin tests for allergies cannot accurately predict food allergies/intolerances (which I know are different...I'll get to that in a minute). Only a blood test for allergies can diagnose true food allergies, and food intolerances can only be diagnosed through trial and error/an elimination diet. My personal experience with a skin test for allergies was pretty sketchy...I came up as allergic to pretty much everything that grows (that's true for my dad too), cats (that's true for my mom too), apples (nope, apples have never given me a problem in any form--I can't overdo the cider/juice now but that's recent and IBS-related), and milk (yep, I have all the classic symptoms of a dairy allergy, including increased mucous production, digestive upset, etc.). So you see, I can't trust what the test says exactly...I have to go with what I know about my body. Does that make sense? Now, I guess the question is: do the doctor's test results make sense to you, since you know your body best?
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