I don't know if food allergies act the exact same way as drug allergies, but for my drug allergies, the problem with just doing a challenge (with penicillin, for example, or eggs in baked goods) is that you might calm down the reaction while exposure is constant, however, if she didn't continue to have them in small amounts every single day, the tolerance is lost/reset and you have to start over (and risk having a reaction again).
I'm surprised they haven't mentioned allergy shots, but I guess it could be because her numbers are so high. They do them in teensy teensy amounts, and you have to sit in the doctor's office for a certain amount of time afterwards to make sure that you don't have a reaction, so it's slightly safer.
I read that book at least a year or so ago, so I don't really remember the exact content in terms of what might be triggering. But, what I enjoyed about it was that it was a good mix of personal story and scientific stuff.
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Date: 2013-08-26 07:29 pm (UTC)I'm surprised they haven't mentioned allergy shots, but I guess it could be because her numbers are so high. They do them in teensy teensy amounts, and you have to sit in the doctor's office for a certain amount of time afterwards to make sure that you don't have a reaction, so it's slightly safer.
I read that book at least a year or so ago, so I don't really remember the exact content in terms of what might be triggering. But, what I enjoyed about it was that it was a good mix of personal story and scientific stuff.