Posted by: lakeswimr
« on: December 21, 2012, 07:45:00 PM »Hi There!
Testing can not diagnose a food allergy by itself. At best it is only 50% accurate but more recent studies have shown it is less than 20% accurate for positive results. So, those may be false positives. I recommend you see an allergist who specializes in food allergies.
What symptoms lead you to food allergy testing in the first place? Typical IgE food allergy symptoms are things like hives, itchiness, swelling, breathing trouble, vomiting, chest tightness, dizziness, faintness (in more severe cases), drop in blood pressure (in more severe cases), etc. These occur almost immediately to up to about 30 or 45 min of eating almost always and within 2 hours 99.9% of the time. If you have not seen these types of symptoms then I'd think you are dealing with false positives or at least some false positives. I'd see an allergist who knows food allergies.
Testing can not diagnose a food allergy by itself. At best it is only 50% accurate but more recent studies have shown it is less than 20% accurate for positive results. So, those may be false positives. I recommend you see an allergist who specializes in food allergies.
What symptoms lead you to food allergy testing in the first place? Typical IgE food allergy symptoms are things like hives, itchiness, swelling, breathing trouble, vomiting, chest tightness, dizziness, faintness (in more severe cases), drop in blood pressure (in more severe cases), etc. These occur almost immediately to up to about 30 or 45 min of eating almost always and within 2 hours 99.9% of the time. If you have not seen these types of symptoms then I'd think you are dealing with false positives or at least some false positives. I'd see an allergist who knows food allergies.