Hi --

If your ped. thinks you're imagining things, then start to keep a food
journal for your daughter.  List everything she consumes and, on the facing
page, information about her health.  After a couple of weeks of dairy
elimination, re-introduce the dairy.  After, perhaps, three days (and assuming
the problems recur) eliminate the dairy again.  Keep the journal going all
through this.  Then show it to the ped.  If you think the results are
obvious but the ped. disagrees, listen and find out WHY the ped. still
thinks there's not a dairy problem.  If you're not satisfied with your ped.
at this point, find a new ped.

Remember that many dietary intolerances won't show up on any allergy tests,
which is why people are routinely instructed to keep food journals.  The
double-blind food test is the gold standard, but most doctors don't do it.
Too difficult, I think.

It's great that your child is improving!
--Beth Kevles
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