Posted by: lakeswimr
« on: May 27, 2014, 06:54:58 AM »I don't think the ENT is trying to make money with the tests so much as uneducated about food allergies. Food allergists do not use the type of test the ENT used and do not consider it valid or reliable. Current food allergy guidelines call for NOT testing unless a person is exhibiting signs of a food allergy to a particular food due to the high false positive rate of even the testing that allergists uses (IgE testing by skin or vials of blood). Your ENT used a form of testing that is not valid or reliable and tested for things even though you don't have symptoms of a food allergy. I would not even bother to discuss food allergies with this person any further. They may be a great ENT but in general for anything in the allergy realm, allergists are going to be better, even for seasonal allergies. A finger blood test is NOT valid or reliable for testing for seasonal allergies, either!
I'd recommend switching to a good allergist for your seasonal allergies if the ENT isn't able to treat you sufficiently and I'd just go on eating dairy.
I'd recommend switching to a good allergist for your seasonal allergies if the ENT isn't able to treat you sufficiently and I'd just go on eating dairy.