Kim Sherwood wrote:

>I know someone who's daughter tested postive on the RAST for eggs, but very,
>very low, so she was told to try eggs.  The child broke out in hives
>immediately and went into anaphalaxis.  Contrarily, for wheat the child had a
>very high level on the RAST but shows very few symptoms upon eating it.  Go
>figure!  Basically, the numbers don't always mean much, unfortunately.  I
>would advise you to be very careful.

My son tested at 65 (a 5 on a scale of 0 to 6) for milk with the RAST test.
He's had hives and some coughing from milk product ingestion but never
anaphlaxis. We carry an Epi-pen anyway. Do the RAST test numbers tell me
how severely he COULD react, or do they really not mean much at all as far
as how severe his allergy is?