Posted by: lakeswimr
« on: May 15, 2015, 05:51:47 PM »Has he had reactions after eating foods? Testing is not very accurate and has a high false positive rate. People who are not allergic can test positive. By itself a positive test does not mean a person is allergic. Test results have to be combined with reaction history. A food allergy reaction generally starts within minutes to up to 2 hours of eating a food. About 95% of the time it starts within 30 or 45 min of eating the food. If you are seeing symptoms start in that window, I would suspect those foods. if there are some foods on that list that your child has been eating without any reaction, I would suspect false positives.
I would make as long a list of things you are not avoiding:
chicken
beef
rice
quinoa
fruit
vegetables for the most part other than beans and corn
You can make many things from that list.
I'd stick with easy things for now. Chicken or meat plus potatoes or rice and veggies and fruit. I'd also talk with the doctor about seeing which foods might be false positive so you are not avoiding more than necessary. Even avoiding one food is hard. thats a very long list!
I would make as long a list of things you are not avoiding:
chicken
beef
rice
quinoa
fruit
vegetables for the most part other than beans and corn
You can make many things from that list.
I'd stick with easy things for now. Chicken or meat plus potatoes or rice and veggies and fruit. I'd also talk with the doctor about seeing which foods might be false positive so you are not avoiding more than necessary. Even avoiding one food is hard. thats a very long list!