: Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 10:27:06 -0500
: From: Mark Feblowitz <[log in to unmask]>
: Subject: Re: allergy testing
:
: >
: >He tested positive to lobster, something he had never eaten. We wondered
: >about that.
: >
: Could he have been exposed in-utero?
:
: Our son hast tested positive (skin tests) to all nuts, but has never eaten
: them.
My daughter, Alyssa, tested positive (skin tests) to peanuts, but has never
eaten them. I suspect that her exposure was either (or both) in-utero or
through breastmilk. We've avoided all nuts so far, although she hasn't been
tested for the others.
Laurie