My 6yo DS is, we think, somewhat intolerant to a variety of foods and usual "allergens" such as dust mites. Our reasoning is that he has eczema and unexplained tummy aches, but the GP refused to give him allergy tests because she said that it would probably just show up the usual suspects (wheat, dairy, egg etc) and to limit his diet would be too limiting, so not to bother.
I wasn't happy with this but I really pushed it, and she totally refused. In the end I went to our local Chinese doctor who did a screen using a lock of his hair. Now I am totally skeptical about this, but at the same time my father did the same thing (he has eczema and psoriasis) and by cutting out the main things they recommended it's made an absolutely massive difference to him.
So we've cut down, but not removed dairy, giving him skimmed milk for instance instead of full cream. These things seem to have helped his skin a lot.
However, he's still showing other signs of what I believe are food intolerances and looking online today other things which I'd not known about and seem rather odd - like a spotty botty!! Also black smudges under his eyes, looking drawn and tired although he gets a good 12 hours at night, itchy skin (aside from the eczema) and eczema itself. He gets unexplained tummy aches which he's been twice refered to a paed consultant for but they can't find anything wrong. He's not coeliac - that's been tested by the paed consult.
And to top it all we've just had complaints from school that he's not concentrating well and is being aggressive to other children (hitting them when they don't do what he wants). He seems rather OCD to us - gets something in his head and gets upset if that doesn't happen. Not autistic (not that I'm an expert) but just he likes to be in control if that makes sense.
I've made an appointment with the GP (a different one) but would really like some guidance as to what I should ask for, if that's ok. I don't know whether the behaviour is linked. I don't even know if he's intolerant of anything, only what the Chinese doc's testing came back with (which was a long list). I don't want to start to cut out foods on the basis of an alternative medicine recommendation, but at the same time I'm at a loss as to how to move forward.
Incidentally, DS2 who is 3 months and EBF appears to be dairy intolerance via my milk, showing signs of reflux if I consume dairy products. DS1 had reflux as a baby and I simply treated it with Gaviscon, and weaned at 4 months per HV's advice. Formula was introduced then, although I BF until he was 15 months. This time I've researched it all endlessly and refused Gaviscon for DS2, treating instead the cause apparent, not the symptoms.