<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Recap: I posted a little while ago with a question about a red itchy blotch that appears on my hip whenever I accidentally ingest gluten. I had decided to schedule an appointment with an allergist to look into other food allergies and to see if I have a wheat allergy and not necessarily CD (my gastro never saw a reason to do a biopsy since my symptoms resolved on the GF diet). I had several e-mails from people asking me to summarize what the allergist said, so here goes: I had my appointment with the allergist this morning and she did a full exam plus 20 skin tests. I tested very positive for allergies to milk, shellfish, peas, and mango. Importantly, I tested negative to wheat, oats and rye. The allergist explained that a wheat *allergy* is completely separate from a gluten intolerance and its very common for celiacs to test negative to the *allergy* but continue to react to gluten. See feels that this test excluded the possibility of a wheat allergy and further backs up the presumption of CD in my case. She suspects that my itchy skin blotch is most likely either a "precursor" to DH or part of the reaction to milk. In addition, I suffer from frequent sinusitis and ear infections and she said this is frequently how a milk allergic reaction presents itself - she expects my sinuses to improve within the next 6 weeks provided that I remain dairy-free. So now I will further restrict my diet to exclude all dairy and will see if my symptoms improve. If anyone has questions, I will happily answer as many as I can via e- mail. No lectures, please. Thanks as always for all of your help! Stefanie (Virginia, USA)