Milk intolerance is mostly known as lactose intolerance. It is NOT an
allergy.  It is the inability of the digestive system to digest the lactose
(and probably other substances too) in milk and most milk products mostly
for lack of the proper enzymes, like lactase.  For lactose intolerance you
do a fecal test, not an allergy test.  Behavioral problems could be caused
by the sugar in milk or by other allergies, not by the milk intolerance.
That is just my own opinion, based on personal experience and 25 years of
informal research.
Monica
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> From: Heidi  Loncosky <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Fwd: Allergy Testing
> Date: Wednesday, September 24, 1997 4:07 PM
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> Forwarded message:
> Subj:    Allergy Testing
> Date:    97-09-24 19:00:31 EDT
> From:    RALXTRM
> To:      NO-MILK @maelstrom.st.johns.edu
>
> I finally decided to take my son to an allergist and get him tested to
find
> out "exactly" what part of milk  that he is allergic to.  Many of you on
the
> list probably know what the results were because you've heard this
> yourselves.  He's not allergic to anything according to this doctor.  I
asked
> her how she explained the reaction that occurs when he drinks milk (IBS
and
> behavioral changes) and she had no answers other than," if that's what
> happens then don't feed him milk, but he is not allergic".  Boy was I
mad.
> The tests that were done were the skin prick tests.  I know that I should
> have known better because of all that I read on the list but that's the
tests
> that they did and I couldn't remember what the other tests were.  If
someone
> could remind me of the best tests to have done I'd appreciate it.
>  I got a recommendation for a dr. that tests using the methods that Dr.
Doris
> Rapp does ( provocation/ neutralization) and I plan to give them a call.
>   The dr. that we went to said that this method is not scientific but Dr.
> Rapp sure is helping alot of people and at this point I'm not sure if I'm
> worried about how scientific things are.
> I watch my son react to milk and I didn't have to be a scientist to
figure
> that out.
> If anyone is familar with this method of testing, I'd like to hear about
it.
>
> One more thing that I was thinking about is the fact that my son has
diarrhea
> every time he eats or drinks anything orange.  I thought I remembered
some
> talk about citrus and milk allergies running together.  Or could this
just be
> a digestive thing.
> Any help would be great.
>
> Thanks,  Heidi L.