My 2yo son recently had a food allergy blood test done and came back with positive results for several nuts including walnut, almond, and cashew.
Based on what he actually eats, I suspect the almond is a false positive but feel like the cashew one might be the most dangerous for him. The thing is, in my area these allergies seem to be pretty rare and I’m getting a standard response of “just avoid all tree nuts and well follow up in July.”
I’m looking for a place that might do a bit more accurate testing and help us rule out the false positives, because they are 1) a significant part of my son’s diet …at least almond…and 2) from what I understand, avoiding a food that there is no dangerous reaction to but high immunity sensitivity might actually create more of a severe allergy to the food.
We live in Kanagawa (near the west side of Yokohama).
As these nuts are sometimes important ingredients in Indian food, perhaps a clinic that has a larger Indian population in the neighborhood would be helpful? (Not sure, just a thought). There seem to be many clinics that do more advanced testing for things like egg and soy, as they are more common here, but finding a bit of a void on tree nuts (outside of peanuts).
I’m grateful if anyone has anything that can help point us in the right direction. TIA.
by irishtwinsons