> So, my questions (as I sit here almost in tears with confusion and
>worry of what the heck is wrong here) are: (1) how accurate are skin
>prick tests (he says they are very sensitive and have a very small
>false neg rate)??
Look in the archives of this list. The accuracy of these tests has been
discussed at length a couple of years ago.
>(2) Should I insist in further allergy
>testing/another allergist? (3) Should I see the gastro ASAP-- anyone
>know a good one in NJ or have ANY exper. at all with this?
Yes go see one. ASAP. Get the 2nd opinion. Most pediatricians handle
the normal childhood conditions very well, but the out of the ordinary
stuff, well that's why they have specialists. It may not be alergy
related, it may be GI related. It may be an intenstinal infection
after 5 days you need to see someone ASAP.
I am intolerant of certain foods, principally dairy. The GI system is
very complex and not alway predictable. While I was still discovering
this I had GI problems that I couldn't explain and the Doctors brushed
off as the "stomach flu". Finally I got to a GI specialist who was able
to start me off in the right direction. It's taken 15 years since then
but I have learned that all that "stomach flu" that I had wasn't the
"stomach flu", it was caused by my intolerance to food and the
complications from that. I can eat things today that I could't then.
Not dairy, of course.
> (4) should
>I talk to my ped further or just go over his head, as I did with the
>allergist since I do NOT need a referral?
Your choice. Maybe you can get him to get you a referral, sometimes
it's easier to get in to see a doctor with one.
> *ANY* advice anyone has, allergy-related, food tolerance-related,
>gastro-related, just a hug,......anything, please let me know.....I
>feel so terrible, as we sit here he has had diarrhea for 5 days and his
>butt is raw.....and I have no explanations.....and feel bad subjecting
>him to more tests that may tell me nothing.
Tyler has my sympathy, I've been there, get to a Doctor ASAP, please.
And don't take no for an answer.
Dennis.
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