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Food Allergy
preggersINschool25
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Food Allergy Blood Panel, understanding results?
preggersINschool25
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Does anyone have experience with the food allergy blood panel? Grant tested at an 8.96 for a peanut allergy and I was told that it means he has a severe peanut allergy.
My friend said that those tests show false positives for kids under 2.We have an allergist appointment on the 6th, but I'm kinda freaked out.
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Re: Food Allergy Blood Panel, understanding results?
I follow the chart below. So it looks like he's "high" and you should avoid it.
Yes, you can always have a false positive result. Actually there are many people that are eating foods they are allergic to and don't even know it. It all depends how your body knows to handle the allergen.
I read that before age 5, your levels can be all over the place. One month you can test a 10 and the next month you can test 26 because of their immune system growing. Either way, i would avoid peanuts and peanut products.
Just remember that the number has more to do with whether your child is likely to react rather than the severity. Someone with a 1.5 could still be ana while someone with a higher number could just get hives. You just never know. Also, it's definitely not a percentage. So, just b/c your son has a 8 doesn't mean he's 8% likely to have a reaction. Again, they just don't know. Given that result though, your child would definitely be considered "allergic" until proven otherwise. The allergist will probably do a skin prick test. If for some reason, he doesn't react, the allergist may choose to do an oral challenge (see if he can eat peanuts in the office/hospital). I would suspect though that an allergist might want that number to be lower before doing a challenge.
Two things you might ask the allergist (besides an rx for an epi-pen) would be which test was used for your son's first bloodwork. Some are more sensitive for young children. Our allergist prefers the Quest over the Labcorp test for this. Also, ask the likelihood that your child will outgrow it. *In general*, very low numbers in young children (under 4) have a greater chance of being outgrown so fx for you. All the best. It's scary at first, but you'll both be okay. Hugs.