We got the results back from Hazel's most recent blood work this week. As far as pecan and hazelnut we were right. A new allergy has appeared and also to walnut which she has never eaten so we didn't know about that. The Cap Rast for those tree nuts, which have always been negative in the past for blood, skin prick and oral challenge, ranged from 1.5 -2.9.
Peanut has changed too. At 15 months the skin prick was neg, failed oral challenge and the RAST was 1.6
At 2.5 the skin prick was very positive and the RAST was 16.4 and most recently the RAST was 44. We are doing skin pricks for a bunch of stuff next week. I don't know if 44 is too high to risk a skin prick or not.
All the other stuff they tested, almonds and other tree nuts, shrimp, crab, soy, and few other things were still negative, although frankly, I am not sure how long that will be for. I am sure we will skin prick most of those as well and see, since shrimp has come up positive in a skin prick before, but never on the RAST.
Cats are worse again and allergic asthma, possibly to seasonal stuff or dust mites has definitely started as well.
Willa still reacts pretty strongly to dogs and cats and dust, but Singulair and occasional albuterol seems to be the magic wand for her. The boys seem to have avoided everything so far.
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We're still battling allergies here too with Anni. Her latest peanut RAST was over 50! She's also allergic to dust mites, tree pollen and cat dander. There still seems to be somewhat of a lingering reaction to dairy and eggs, but less so now than before. Technically she has outgrown those allergies, but her eczema has been out of control when consuming them daily. Okay, did I miss someone's birth??? How many kids do you have now? I feel so out of the loop!
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