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Episode 4: Allergy Testing in Children: Which Tests Actually Work?
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Is allergy testing for your child worth it, and which results can you trust? Paediatric dietitian Lucy Upton and Consultant paediatrician Dr Nick Makwana explain food allergy testing in babies and children. What skin prick tests and blood tests can and can't tell you, why a positive result doesn't always mean a true allergy, and why home intolerance tests leave so many families confused. In this episode: IgE vs non-IgE food allergy, and why it changes how we test Skin prick tests and specific IgE blood tests explained Why your child's history matters more than any single result Oral food challenges: what happens and when they're used IgG, hair, kinesiology and home kits: what the evidence…