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...age 2) Management Avoid products with lactose If the infant is breastfed: Mothers should remove all milk preoteins from their diet, including “lactose-free” products or products with “whey” or “casein” on the label If the infant is bottle fed: Switch to a hypoallergenic amino acid-based formula such as Neocate How did you determine if you or your child had a food allergy or food intolerance? Did you find allergy testing to be reliable, or was...

...is the belief that testing can definitively confirm or rule out an allergy to a certain food. However, food allergy testing is not always 100% accurate. Sometimes allergy tests don’t identify a food allergy even though the patient appears to have an allergic reaction to that food (this is called a false negative). Other times an allergy test suggests a person is allergic to a food that they actually tolerate (this is called a false...

...means that traditional blood or skin testing will be negative for the foods that cause FPIES reactions. Unlike traditional IgE allergies, FPIES reactions do not manifest with itching, hives, swelling, coughing or wheezing. Symptoms typically only involve the gastrointestinal system, not other body organs or systems. Final Thoughts FPIES is a rare condition that often goes undiagnosed, or can take a while to diagnose. This is because traditional allergy tests are negative and diagnosis is...