When my son was tested by Dr Wu, he made sure he covered off as many options as possible, to avoid us having to do it again. A nurse administered the tests and she was very kind. I am sure they will be very gentle. Given the severity of your daughters reactions I think you are doing the best thing. Taking blood from a baby is not painless either.
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Allergy testing - where?
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My LO did a blood test but and it seems that he is allergic to egg white but doctors have told me that blood tests for babies below the age of 1 is not all that reliable.. My LO is still rather sensitive to a lot of things and I still have not been able to pin it down on anything concrete..
Hi sprawld, your son may outgrow some of the allergies he's having today. My boy had some nasty reaction to eggs at 9 months - swollen eyes, flare ups, vomit, cried whole night. He couldn't tolerate even tiny bit of egg yolk. At 2 yrs, he can eat eggs both white and yolk however can't tolerate raw eggs yet. Good luck with yours.
lioralourie
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You can begin giving probiotics straight away, anyway, even before testing, in the case of eczema and other atopia symptoms. Severe Eczema in infants is almost always due to gut flora imbalances. The gut flora of someone that young is affected by
1) birth (colonization by the flora of the mother at vaginal birth, or poor colonization via ceserean, if vag birth and mother has a yeast problem or imbalances herself this might reflect in baby's gut flora as well)
2) antibiotic use (obviously alters gut flora negatively)
3) formula use (when looked at in large groups, breastfed babies have much more beneficial flora and fewer E Coli growth etc. than formula fed babies; studies looking at health differences in groups often have a cutoff of no more than one formula bottle per week - or is it every two weeks, I forget- to be considered breastfed, so strong is the influence of formula on gut flora)
just some considerations. There are lots of good probiotic formulations at Iherb.com. We like the shelf stable Jarrow EPS type with 8 strains, none of them are strep.
1) birth (colonization by the flora of the mother at vaginal birth, or poor colonization via ceserean, if vag birth and mother has a yeast problem or imbalances herself this might reflect in baby's gut flora as well)
2) antibiotic use (obviously alters gut flora negatively)
3) formula use (when looked at in large groups, breastfed babies have much more beneficial flora and fewer E Coli growth etc. than formula fed babies; studies looking at health differences in groups often have a cutoff of no more than one formula bottle per week - or is it every two weeks, I forget- to be considered breastfed, so strong is the influence of formula on gut flora)
just some considerations. There are lots of good probiotic formulations at Iherb.com. We like the shelf stable Jarrow EPS type with 8 strains, none of them are strep.
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