Allergy testing - where?

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Please help.

My baby girl has has ezcema since around the age of a month. She has now turned 6 months and we started her on bananas as she previously had diarrhoea and the doctor said this would help. She has broken out in an awful rash around her eyes, mouth, and bottom. I feel so bad for her as she has just got over a 3 week viral infection so has really had a rough time.

Assuming this is a reaction to banana, I want to get her tested to see what else she is allergic to or intolerant of and hopefully put an end to her ezcema flaring up so badly.

Can anyone tell me who to go to to get a test done and any experiences that indicate the validity of such tests?

Thank you in advance!
 
Allergy Testing

Hello,

Sorry to hear about your baby.

My son went to see Dr Adrian Wu in the Princes Building in Central. His telephone number is 2818 0180. He diagnosed my son. I will also be taking my daughter there soon.

You dont need a referral to see him. However your insurance company may request it.

Good luck.
 
Yes he did. My son was 3 when he had it done, so I'm not sure whether it is the same for babies.

They simply make a small scratch on his skin (arm in my sons case) then dab a little of what they may have an allergy to in the scratch, then wait 20 minutes and see what the reaction is. My son was tested for 19 things! So 19 small scratches. He was really good, but dint enjoy it much obviously. But he understood why it had to be done.
 
I just took my 1 year old daughter for the same skin prick test at Dr. Wu's, she had it done on her back, also a patch test for milk, cos apparently the skin prick result for milk may not be completely reliable. My daughter was crying thru the entire test, but think it's more discomfort and a little stinging rather than any real pain. I have heard that the test is not as reliable for under 1.
 
Thanks both,

I'll give Dr Wu a call and see if it's worth getting my daughter tested at this stage as she is only 6 months old.
 
We had our son tested at 4 months and it turned out he was allergic to peanuts and egg white. Early diagnosis helped us to nip the eczema in the bud so I would highly recommend talking to a good doctor. The best I've found here in HK for skin prick/other tests so far is Dr Alfred Tam, his contact details are already on this site.

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I go to Dr. Lynn Lim of OT&P clinic in Central. Allergies can be treated where you can safely eat the food again that caused you allergic reactions before. I and my baby are being treated by her. Here's her contact details:-
OT&P
5/F, Century Square,
1 D'Aguilar Street, Central, Hong Kong
Tel: 2521 3181
 
I heard that skin prick test is not as accurate as a blood test. I also have a son at 10 months old with food allergy and I have been thinking of brining him to do a blood test. I heard of a place call HKBioTek. They send the blood to a lab in the US to get them tested. The only thing that I'm worried about is that they don't have a resident doctor and all the process are handle by a licensed technician. Did anybody bring their LOs to do a blood test instead of a skin prick test?
 
Thanks all.

I'm going to see Dr Adrian Wu tomorrow. I have to admit I am nervous about my daughter being uncomfortable and crying from having her skin scratched that many times with Adrian and I was looking into the US Biotek option but I need a quick fix! She's suffering alot. I went to a well baby clinic today and the doctor agreed the reaction was severe. Even though I knew it, it helped to have a doctor say it so you know it's not just in your head...if that makes any sense!!!

I've also heard the skin prick test isn't as reliable as a blood test and I read elsewhere that sometimes Dr Wu overanalyses. If that's the case, i'd rather eliminate more than necessary than see my baby girl go through what she has just endured. Just hope he doesn't miss anything out though.
 
When my son was tested by Dr Wu, he made sure he covered off as many options as possible, to avoid us having to do it again. A nurse administered the tests and she was very kind. I am sure they will be very gentle. Given the severity of your daughters reactions I think you are doing the best thing. Taking blood from a baby is not painless either.
 
My LO did a blood test but and it seems that he is allergic to egg white but doctors have told me that blood tests for babies below the age of 1 is not all that reliable.. My LO is still rather sensitive to a lot of things and I still have not been able to pin it down on anything concrete..
 
Hi sprawld, your son may outgrow some of the allergies he's having today. My boy had some nasty reaction to eggs at 9 months - swollen eyes, flare ups, vomit, cried whole night. He couldn't tolerate even tiny bit of egg yolk. At 2 yrs, he can eat eggs both white and yolk however can't tolerate raw eggs yet. Good luck with yours.
 
You can begin giving probiotics straight away, anyway, even before testing, in the case of eczema and other atopia symptoms. Severe Eczema in infants is almost always due to gut flora imbalances. The gut flora of someone that young is affected by

1) birth (colonization by the flora of the mother at vaginal birth, or poor colonization via ceserean, if vag birth and mother has a yeast problem or imbalances herself this might reflect in baby's gut flora as well)
2) antibiotic use (obviously alters gut flora negatively)
3) formula use (when looked at in large groups, breastfed babies have much more beneficial flora and fewer E Coli growth etc. than formula fed babies; studies looking at health differences in groups often have a cutoff of no more than one formula bottle per week - or is it every two weeks, I forget- to be considered breastfed, so strong is the influence of formula on gut flora)

just some considerations. There are lots of good probiotic formulations at Iherb.com. We like the shelf stable Jarrow EPS type with 8 strains, none of them are strep.
 
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