Does anyone know of a good allergist to see . I've been breaking out In Hives randomly since Monday . I was good since Thursday and started back up again just this...
Jenna M. replied:
I go to buffalo/Amherst allergy associates and see dr lilly. She's rough around the edges but very good. 631-0380
Jenna M. replied:
that is strange, Dr. Lilly or anyone else at the practice is very good.
Does anyone have an allergist to recommend that takes blood levels into consideration and doesn't only rely on skin test results? we see Dr. Lillie at Buffalo Amherst...
Karen J. replied:
Did your son actually react to milk or did you only find out bc of the skin test.. My son reacted to pb and tested pos for egg during the testing he was a 1 blood and skin for egg, he was already tolerating egg with no problems and dr lillie still had us eliminate it. He was 15 months. I am on our THIRD allergist (Dr Rockoff) and my son now has skin and blood tested negative for egg and Dr Rockoff said he would have never eliminated it because if they can eat it that is the ultimate proof of tolerance.
Rebekah K. replied:
We also had problems with Dr. Lillie's office (and I was not too keen on her) a few years ago and switched to Dr. Grabiek who we love. He seems to stay very current in the latest happenings in the allergy field. Karen, my daughter tested neg. via blood and skin test but failed the oral challenge horribly so I completely understand the fear.
Marcie K. replied:
We are doing a food challenge for peanuts on the 16 th. We are doing at Dr Rockoff's, I would never do i alone at home.
Molly H. replied:
We see Dr. Sloan- have only done skin testing 2 x's but blood testing every year. At first they didn't want to give me a script but I ask for one every year because I want to track his levels. We only skin tested 1 time for his most severe allergies dairy and egg. The other skin testing was for all the different types of tree nuts to see which he was allergic to. I think with all doctors you have to research and tell them what you want- I have never had a problem with Dr. Sloan when I approach her this way. I have even given her copies of articles I have read.
Jenny B. replied:
We go to Dr. Lillie too and I have seen Sarah (the PA) You may more luck with her. It seems like she works harder at figuring thing out rather than just "avoiding"
Larry W. replied:
Dr. Rockoff uses blood tests and skin tests in combination
Rachel A. replied:
We also see Dr. Rockoff (well, we saw his PA for our first appointment last year) and they said we'd alternate years for my now 4 year old, so this year we're due for bloodwork since we did skin testing last year. We had previously seen Dr. Sloan/Green and they only did skin testing on her and didn't even want to see her yearly (we were scolded by a PA for coming back a year after the diagnosis/initial test).
Jenny G. replied:
Dr. Lillie told us she wouldn't be testing him again for another 2 years. I just feel like if he could tolerate baked milk products, than he should be having it. It's not like I want to run out and have him eat a milk shake or anything!
Does anyone know of a good Dermatoligst or Allergist in this area? I have chronic hives and they are driving me crazy, but the doctor I am seeing now isn't helping much.
Heather H. replied:
Dr. Kulick, that's Brandon's, he's considered the best in Western NY. His PA Kristen is amazing she's the one that helped us through Brandon's skin cancer.
Kelly K. replied:
I've only gone for yearly check ups but I really like Dr. Elizabeth Conroy. She's part of Buff Med Group now.
We were advised to do a baked egg challenge at home for my dairy/egg/nut-allergic 4.5 year old. Anyone done this at home? I'm debating on the best day of the week to do...
Kelly K. replied:
What office to do you go to? We go to Buffalo Amherst Allergy. Dr. Long is wonderful there and she said the same thing about the most recent research, we ended up doing a peanut challenge and my daughter also passed that one, but that was done in the office.
Rachel A. replied:
We go to Dr. Rockoff, though both of our appointments have been with Tabrina, his PA. I'm going to call so I can write down the steps (though I'm pretty sure it was only up to 1 tsp) and ask their opinion about when to do it. I was just doing some searches and found a Hopkins study from 2004 about doing regular food challenges for milk, egg and peanut if the blood numbers were below 2, which her egg and peanut were. Her milk has almost doubled since her first testing at 11 months, from 24.9 up to 52.9! Yikes. They said we'll talk about a baked milk challenge after we see how the baked egg goes, but that seems awfully high.
Where would I go (who would i see) to figure out if someone is intolerant to a certain food? Our allergist says they only deal with food allergies, not intolerances....
Nicole D. replied:
I think a GI doctor would be the next stip. Dr. Thomas Rossi at Stron in Rochester is great.
Can anyone recommend a good allergist, I keep having allergic reactions and I can't figure out why. Mostly at work and I think I may be allergic to flame retardant...
Can anyone recommend a decent Allergist in Buffalo?
Dave has had hives for over a month. They die down an flare up and are driving him nuts. Had prednisone already and...