allergy testing - anyone know what they do?
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My little one (9months) had anasty reaction to egg last week - apparantly quite common but a high risk of anaphylactic shock so also quite scary. Got referred immediately for allergy testing to confirm. well got phoned today and offered an appointment for 9am tomorrow and stupidly didn't ask what they will do and obviously can't phone now before the appointment. Just wondered if any other babies have had allergy testing and if so what they did. I know with adults they scratch your skin and rub on whatever it is they are testing (ouch!) and suddenly thought it may be a slightly traumatic experience for LO and me. so just want to be prepared.
THanks much appreciated
THanks much appreciated
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any help please?
If they do take blood, once the needle is in please encourage them to fill the bottle(it's only a tiny bottle for babies) - it's not more distressing for the baby if they fill it than if they half fill it. I used to work in a lab doing allergy testing, and unfortunatley it's done on a machine which needs quite a bit of blood - it's horrible saying we can't give a result because there's not enough sample, knowing that a baby has been bled for nothing!
Hope it goes ok x