My daughter (age 8) has been referred to an allergy clinic because she had a bad reaction to (we think) to cashew nuts which necessitated a trip to A&E (very scary). We have had to wait 6 months for a referral and I'm now querying what they actually do. Apparently we need to come for 3 visits in a week a day apart. A plaster is put on her back and this is checked on day 3 (wed) and 5 (fri) to see if it has caused a reaction? To a non professional this does not seem a very thorough form of testing - how many different things can they test off one plaster? Would n't a more thorough test be some kind of blood test where blood can be tested against a whole variety of things which I know other children/adults have had? I am just concerned that this is a rather basic test and we will be left with a very overall picture but nothing specific. Does anyone have some knowledge of this? Thanks.
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Allergy testing - does this seem very thorough?
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longerdays · 07/11/2016 09:33
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