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Allergy testing: have your kids been tested?
Filed under: Health & Safety: Babies
I read a story recently about a group of 50 children who were stung by bees while at their day care center in South Africa. It is uncertain what exactly provoked the attack but amazingly none of the kids proved to be allergic to the stings, though almost all visited the hospital afterwards.
This just made me think about allergy testing. My daughter isn't allergic to anything (as far as I know) but she has also never been tested. She's never been stung by a bee either, so I have no idea how her system may have reacted had she been in the above situation.
Have any of your kids undergone testing, and if so, was it because of a reaction they had to foods / allergens, or just because you wanted to know and prevent a possibly life-threatening situation?
This just made me think about allergy testing. My daughter isn't allergic to anything (as far as I know) but she has also never been tested. She's never been stung by a bee either, so I have no idea how her system may have reacted had she been in the above situation.
Have any of your kids undergone testing, and if so, was it because of a reaction they had to foods / allergens, or just because you wanted to know and prevent a possibly life-threatening situation?
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1-31-2007 @ 8:44PM
Katheryn said...My son had a reaction to yogurt when he was almost one, so we had him tested and found out he is allergic to dairy, egg, and peanut. He was only tested for a dozen different things though, so he could be allergic to more, and we just don't know yet.
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