Ruling out wheat allergies in younger children...

[Guest guest]

I hope I am not veering too far off topic with this one. If I am, I

apologize.

One of the things I would like to do for my daughter if we decide

against doing a gluten challenge is to eliminate the possibility that

she has a wheat allergy. But I have heard that allergy testing under

a certain age (2, I think?) can be iffy and that some types of tests

require that you have been consuming the substance, similar to the

issues that come up when testing for antigliadin antibodies.

If anyone is knowledgable on this topic, could you please fill me in

on how early one can reliably test, the basic types of tests, etc.?

If this is too far off topic, feel free to e-mail me if you prefer.

By the way, it occurred to me I could feed her some rye (which she

has never had) and draw some conclusions based on that (bad reaction -

gluten is the problem assuming no cc, no reaction - wheat is the

problem), but I'm starting to feel like a bit of a mad scientist and

thought I'd better check in (-:

Thanks. And thank you for the feedback thus far on our initial

consult. You guys are really invaluable, and I will keep you posted.

[Guest guest]

My son was allergy tested at 18months old and ruled out tons of things including

wheat and dust mites and dust. At 7 years of age he was tested and had such a

bad dust and dust mite allergy (4.5 out of 5.0) that they had to keep him at the

hospital for a few hours to get the swelling down. This leads me to believe

that testing at such a young age may not be reliable.

[Guest guest]

I don't think testing a baby would be very accurate either. It

can also be necessary to repeat testing occasionally, since some people

outgrow certain allergies and develop new ones. I was very allergic to

cigarette smoke, house dust, dust mites, animal dander and fur when I

was a child. Now I am severely allergic to dust mites and alfalfa, and

mildly allergic to just about every other thing on the skin test! Go

figure. I didn't show a big reaction to animals anymore, but more than

a few minutes in a room with a cat or dog and I start to get itchy eyes

and nasal congestion. And the tests for the top 8 food allergies came

out only as allergic to soy, which I definitely am. I'm thinking about

doing the York Allergy food intolerance testing, since I know there are

other foods bothering me and I just have not been successful at keeping

a food log...

God bless,

nn

ozonasusan@... wrote:

My son was allergy tested at 18months old and ruled out tons of things

including wheat and dust mites and dust. At 7 years of age he was

tested and had such a bad dust and dust mite allergy (4.5 out of 5.0)

that they had to keep him at the hospital for a few hours to get the

swelling down. This leads me to believe that testing at such a young

age may not be reliable.