Allergies in family - what next?

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I have no experience of allergies myself except that DH and some other family members have various allergies.

As DD (6yo) has had various admissions to hospital for wheeziness, and also suffers from eczema we were advised due to the family history not to allow her to eat nuts until she was 5 (DH is allergic to nuts).

Time has ticked on and she has been 'confirmed' as asthmatic although suffers fewer problems as she gets older. I feel that I need to confirm whether or not she has an allergy as we can't carry on avoiding nuts without a good reason but I have no clue how to proceed.

Feed her a minute amount and monitor her?
Have her tested - can this be done via the GP or do we need to go privately?

The trouble is as the allergies vary through the family she could have issues with other types of food we haven't even considered.

Any help or information gratefully received.

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Thanks for the response but I know my husband's allergy is inherited and wanted to know what steps to take to find out if my daughter had also inherited an allergy.

Obviously I am careful with nuts but have little other information to go on.

Hi perfectview. I have a dd with severe nut allergy but only found out she was peanut allergic after her bro gave her one to eat one at a wedding reception (without our knowledge) and consequently ment a trip to A and E. Usually they say people would need to have eaten the food beforehand and it is the second time eating it when a reaction would occur. Having said this, I had not knowingly fed my dd peanuts prior to her responce but she had previously handled peanuts feeding squirels. Obviously she may have had trace amounts from foods with may contain warnings on. I would chat with your doctor and maybe he could refer you to the hospital department dealing with allergies for better and more indepth advise as I don't quite know if skin prick tests would show anything if she has never eaten nuts. My dd was diagnosed very young (2.5yrs old) after the reaction but we still insisted a skin prick test later to confirm it incase it had been caused by something else. We did not know alot about peanut allergies back then.
Today I believe things can be delt with quite differently as I have even heard of children being told to still eat foods with the may contain nut trace warnings on, if they have never had a severe reaction. I presume this is if they have had a test showing some sort of positive result. I don't quite understand this as we have had to avoid things strictly as dd reacts so strongly. But I suppose if your child can safely keep eating trace amounts safely it is a good thing. But something I strongly feel should be said by qualified doctors etc

Yes, we ve had skin prick tests done due to a dermatologist refering dd to the hospital for these specific tests but she did have severe eczema at the time. But I am sure a doctor could do it and refer you, if you can find a good one! My dd does have lots of food allergies but only anaphylactic to peanuts. Also dustmite allergic, asthmatic, pollen allergies and drug allergies. Goodluck

Thanks for your responses. It certainly gives me some ideas. She tells me she has eaten a nut and I am suspicious she had a mild-ish reaction to something containing nuts at Xmas. I think I might make an appt with gp as just too many variables at the moment. Thanks to all again.