I have much the same problem.  I cannot eat a myriad of food but yet when
food allergy tests were done there were no positive results.  I know in the
case of dairy that it's not the lactose that bothers me but the casein.  I
have learned that no matter what the tests say, if something bothers me, I
leave it alone.The number of items is becoming more and more.


At 08:55 AM 11/15/99 -0800, you wrote:
>> I am in desperate need of some emotional support!  Tested both boys
today on
>> their backs for allergies.  My oldest reacts to dairy, eggs, apples,
>> oranges, pineapple, cashews, brazil nuts, dyes etc.  He was NEGATIVE for
all
>> (except possibly shrimp and oranges...).  We saw a pediatric allergist at
>> the hospital I work at, who is WONDERFUL.  But I had two residents, two
>> nurses and the doctor looking at me with blank looks after the negative
test
>> as I frantically described his physical and emotional reactions to dairy.
>> They listened, but said that my story was not common at all.
>
>Not common?  My understanding was that unless the food allergy was
>likely to cause anaphylactic shock, or some other life threatening response,
>then the results of a skin test are not conclusive.  That's my experience.
>I know from reading this list that food sensitivities/allergies/intolerances
>cause a whole gamut of reactions.
>
>I test negative to all foods.  I *know* from physical responses such as
>pain that eating dairy is not good for me.  Whether this is an allergy
>or an intolerance is hard to say.
>
>Good luck with your ice cream challenge.
>
>
>Karin
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