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That's interesting. I had no idea that a RAST under 5 is considered low enough to consider a challenge (baked or otherwise). .
I think that I recall that from a conversation with our allergist, AllergyMum...
I think that the 50% pass value is about 7 kU/l on a RAST.
But I don't know if that is baked/not. I'm assuming that it is probably highly cooked.
Our doc is a research afficionado, though, so he definitely READ/heard it somewhere from someone that has done the number-crunching somehow.
07.14.2010 at 12:36:28, CMdeux wrote:QuoteI think that I recall that from a conversation with our allergist, AllergyMum...
I think that the 50% pass value is about 7 kU/l on a RAST.
But I don't know if that is baked/not. I'm assuming that it is probably highly cooked.
Our doc is a research afficionado, though, so he definitely READ/heard it somewhere from someone that has done the number-crunching somehow.
That is the same info my doc -- who works at a research hospital -- told us. I think it is for baked egg, but our doc's experience is that more than 50% can pass the baked egg challenge with a RAST of 7 or lower. He thought DS had a good chance to pass with a RAST of 8, but that turned out not to be the case. We had the distinction of being the first "fail" among all his patients that he challenged for baked egg. Bummer.
I think that I recall that from a conversation with our allergist, AllergyMum...
I think that the 50% pass value is about 7 kU/l on a RAST.
But I don't know if that is baked/not. I'm assuming that it is probably highly cooked.
Our doc is a research afficionado, though, so he definitely READ/heard it somewhere from someone that has done the number-crunching somehow.
07.14.2010 at 12:36:28, CMdeux wrote:QuoteI think that I recall that from a conversation with our allergist, AllergyMum...
I think that the 50% pass value is about 7 kU/l on a RAST.
But I don't know if that is baked/not. I'm assuming that it is probably highly cooked.
Our doc is a research afficionado, though, so he definitely READ/heard it somewhere from someone that has done the number-crunching somehow.
I'm pretty certain that Dr. Wood's office will not challenge unless there is at least a 50% potential for passing. I seem to remember this being the case with DD's sesame challenge, but they felt confident enough that she would pass that they told us we could try it at home. I, however, didn't want to be the bad guy if things went south so I pushed for the in-office challenge (this was noted as mom being afraid to challenge at home).