Mark said:

> >Our son is anaphylactically allergic to milk. But he tested negative to
> >milk in both skin and RAST tests. His allergist blythely said he wasn't
> >allergic. We foolishly went ahead with an oral challenge; on a Sunday; when
> >the allergist's office was closed; we had a quick trip to the ER on that
> >one. They told us we shouldn't have believed the negative results.

Strange question, was he a breastfed child at the time of the tests?  I
have had several people tell me about false negatives before - and in
almost all cases the baby/child was still breastfed at least partially.

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