Our history: DH is severely allergic to peanuts and tree nuts. He had a near-fatal reaction at 17 (full anaphylactic shock - regained consciousness in A&E, just as they were getting the defibrillator out).
DD1 had an odd reaction to a bee sting when she was 2. She has never (to my knowledge) eaten nuts - we have kept them out of her diet, on Dr's advice.
After the bee sting, we saw a paediatrician who prescribed an Epipen and Piriton and suggested we seek a referral for allergy testing when she reached 5yo. She's now 5.5 and we have an appointment next week with a different paediatrician. I'm hoping that we can arrange RAST testing for bee stings (to confirm whether it really was an allergic reaction) and nuts (to see whether she has inherited anything). But I know that the RAST testing won't tell us much if she has never been exposed to the allergen in the first place. Like as far as I know, she has never eaten a nut.
So I'm hoping we can also persuade the hospital to support us in doing a food challenge to find out whether she has inherited any nut allergy. Is that wishful thinking? Are they likely to have the resources, when it is only based on family history? Or what else might I expect/should I ask about?
We are in Surrey (Epsom and St Helier NHS Trust), if that's relevant.