Food Allergies Treatment

Question by Katie B.: What is the norm for allergy testing in infants?
My 11mo old son has had problems with spitting up/vomiting since he was two weeks old. Finally, after recently switching pediatritians, he was referred to see a pediatric gastroenterologist and blood work was ordered to test for allergies.
His IeG levels came back high (they said the norm was 53, his was 1209) and it showed he may have an allergy to milk, egg whites, peanuts, and wheat. We were referred to an allergist for further testing & clarification.
The allergist came off as being a bit arrogant and borderline rude during our appointment.
He said our son may have a sensitivity to these foods, not necessarily an allergy. He did not do any skin tests or blood tests, even though we requested it per our gastroenterologist. Our gastroenterologist put our son on a corn-based formula and requested that the allergist test him for corn, milk, egg whites, etc. The allergist said he didnt want to put our son through the blood test yet and would rather wait until his endoscopy, ultrasound, and upper GI results come back in a few weeks from the gastro. When my husband persisted to say that we would prefer an allergy test be done, the allergist became agitated and said ‘why would we want to put our son through that. He would have to draw ten vials of blood to test for every allergy.’ and instead he sent us home with a form to check off which specific things we wanted to test for. Mind you, it took me all of 15 seconds to check off the five things related to his blood work that we would like to test for.

My question is, for those of you with infants who have had blood work done, instead of a skin test, does this sound normal? Does it really require drawing that much blood or was this doctor just exaggerating?

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Answer by pelican
He might have been exaggerating a bit, but it does require a number of vials of blood if you are testing for a number of things. I have seven grandchildren, two of whom had the same symptoms as your son at that age. One of them has not yet had any allergy testing and he is 4 now, and the symptoms have disappeared for the most part, though he does have some digestive problems. The other child had allergy testing done when he was about 18 months old, but not the blood work, and the results suggested he was allegic to egg whites. They eliminated eggs from his diet and it has made a tremendous difference. I guess I would eliminate each of those foods for a while and see what happens. Another of my grandchildren had to have blood work done once a month for a while because he had a thyroid problem and it was harrowing for both him and his parents, so I would avoid it if possible.

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Question by jaybaymad: Does anyone have any information on beef allergies in infants?
My one year old son was just diagnosed with an allergy to beef pork and milk does anyone know where I can get anymore information on this??

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Answer by kriszthehun
No such thing!

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Question by DuctTapeEMT: Yogurt and milk allergies, Infants ready for solids.?
I have a 9 month old son who is doing very well with the solids. He was premature and we were told he is doing well from a medical standpoint, but had a very hard time digesting breast milk, regular formula and we had to move to predigested formula.
He seems to do wonderfully with solid foods, with no reactions whatsoever.
I have tried Stoneyfield Farms Organic O’Soy yogurt on him with his regular breakfast, but I know they are supposed to have full fat yogurts until age two, anyone know of any full fat soy yogurts for infants and toddlers? Thanks.

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Answer by Katrina P
In Australia they have the baby yogurt in the normal fridge section just at one end all together. Go and have a look in your supermarket or an organic supermarket if that’s what you want. Babies can have regular yogurt I haven’t tried my daughter yet but my friends just use regular stuff on their babies all around 7-8mths.

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Question by Mom to 9!: Milk allergies in infants…?
My little guy is now 14 months old and I nursed him for 8 months. After that we put him on formula which he seemed to tolerate very well. Well, now that he is old enough we have tried to put him on cows milk and have had a hard time. The first 2 times we tried he would cry as though he was in so much pain. This last time we tried he threw it all up. So my question is can a baby be allergic to cows milk, but not a milk based formula?

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Answer by lisa h
when i got my girl on cow milk….i started to add cow milk to her formula a little bit at a time, till it got half formula and half cow milk then started increasing the cow milk to the whole bottle. I just eased her into it.

but yes children can have allergies to cow milk…have u tried a soy based milk?

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Question by Sweet Sue: Any one knows anything about Wheat allergy in infants?
My 8 mnth old boy seemed to have an allergic reaction reaction after eating wheat cereal.

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Answer by miwtsmlw
you need to bring this problem to a certified/qualified nutritional/medical professional.

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