Anyone Tried Both Mainstream and Alternative Allergy Testing?

I've not ever gone to a doctor that does muscle testing alone, but my chiropractor has done it and it has always really seemed effective and helpful. I say it's worth a try before seeing a traditional allergist for your baby. It's far less invasive and painful. If it doesn't work, then you can always still go see the allergist. But that way you've tried the least invasive thing first. And if it works, you've saved your son the pain of the traditional allergist!

Also, a person doing muscle testing is more likely to prescribe natural rememdes instead of chemicals & drugs. I think our society is far too medicated, and a natural alternative is often more effective anyway!

Good luck!

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J.,
I have a four year old daughter with many allergies (peanut/tree nuts, has asthma, eczema, etc.) so I know how frustrating it is to see your baby suffer and not know how to fix it. My daughter has been treated at National Jewish for many years and I highly recommend having your son tested there. I haven't gone the holistic route but definitely prefer to keep everything as natural as possible and don't like to have my girls on medication if at all possible. I don't even like to take meds for a headache. I did find that testing for allergies was very helpful and although elimination diets do work, I think it's helpful to have the right info about the allergy and then you can decide what the treatment would be, holistic or other forms. At least that way you know what foods you won't be feeding to your son. By chance have you eliminated wheat/gluten products from his diet to see if he is gluten intolerant? Just an idea since you are going through a process of elimination and this seems to be a highly undetected allergy. I hope this info helps and good luck. MM

Hi J.--

I've lived your situation and can tell you all sorts about it. We've been the western medical route and the alternative route--I wouldn't go back to western medicine unless forced. My son was so allergic that he was covered in rashes and his digestive track so swollen that he couldn't poop for 14 months of his life without the help of a suppository. He's now 3 1/2, and other then dairy and peanuts he's allergy clear--when we started the list had 40 things on it!! No more rashes and he poops great!

His original pediatrician told me he had sensitive red head skin and would probably just have rashes and could develop asthma--Basically, live with it. When Joshua started waking up every 1 1/2 hrs. screaming in pain he finally referred me to children's hospital--they couldn't see him for 6 weeks. National Jewish wanted to poke and prod and this certainly isn't fun with a baby!! At my wits end, I finally found a chiropractor that uses a diagnostic tool called Electral Dermal Screening (EDS). It is a non-invasive diagnostic technique that, among other things, does allergy testing. After months of problems and lots of doctors, I found this doc who was able to tell me in about 15 minutes what was wrong and how to fix it. He also does something called allergy elimination--works great!! I have used muscle testing--it works but is not as reliable as this machine because it is prone to human error. Still, I think it is more worthwhile than the blood tests an allergist will do. You see, the blood test does not always catch the allergy. And sometimes it is not an allergic reaction (when the body releases histamine), it is sometimes a sensitivity (causes gastric distress or other stress to the body). The blood tests cannot tell you the sensitivities, whereas muscle testing or EDS can. Also, we've been able to use natural medicine (vitamins, minerals, homeopathics) to get our son back in balance rather then something like claritin or benadryl that has unwanted side effects.

I believe this doc saved my son's health and highly recommend him. If you're interested please email me and I'll get you his information. There are other doctors who do EDS in the Denver area. My doc is off of I-25 and Colorado Blvd.

Hope this helps!
J.

I would do both. It's nice to have both opinions to choose from and decide which one you want to start with.