Allergy question

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My daughter who is now 3 had a blood test done for both environmental and food

allergies about a year ago. The only things that came back with mild to

moderate findings were dairy, wheat and egg. No environmental allergies. We

just went to the allergist a couple of weeks ago, mostly because my daughter

constantly itches without a rash (liver function tests were normal). The

allergist we saw was confident that food allergies (or other allergies) were not

causing the itching because she had no rash with it. After begging to get a skin

test for the above 3, the allergist agreed and all 3 came back negative (which I

was happy about!).

We are still in the midst of trying to get to the root cause of what is going on

with her. I recently told my pediatrician after a bout with the croup that my

daughter frequently has nighttime stridor. Because of this and a year that has

been filled with (confirmed) infectious sinusitis and now her (4th) CT scan this

year shows no active infection but mucosal thickening, my doc wants her to get

environmental allergy tests done and put her on Claritin and a nasal spray. So

my question: If her blood test (RAST) was negative to environmental allergens,

won't her skin tests come back negative as well? I am so at the end of my rope

I could scream. I still need to talk to my doctor but thru my husband (who had

spoken with her yesterday), it sounds like she had talked with the ID doctor and

they want to try Claritin with her and go down the allergy route. My daughter

is ill every other week and while I'm not inherently opposed to Claritin, it

seems a bit simplistic given the daunting complexity we have been facing for so

long.

Thanks for the space to vent and any feedback you have