Bit of background. I am allergic to peanuts, all tree nuts and fish. Have been since 6 mths old am now 41.
DD now 9 and ds 6 are both allergic to eggs. We discovered this when they both had reactions to eggs as babies. Anyway, because of my allergies both dcs have never eaten peanuts, any kind of tree nut or fish. Dr advised that we should avoid them until at least age 7.
I have been thinking about this more and more lately and have decided that we need to find out for sure if they are allergic or not. Obviously, I can't just give them these things to try due to my own allergies so want to have them allergy tested. I want to go down the private route for speed but I have no idea how to go about it and what allergy testing actually involves.
Any ideas from anyone greatfully received.
Thanks
Sarah
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cassgate · 14/01/2013 18:21
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