We just spoke to our team at UNC and our son's IgE level has continued to drop. He started at 8.52 and then it went up to 16 and back down to 8 and then in February, to 4.21. His IgE is now 3.38!
I am very excited to see it continue to drop. Remember that the golden ticket is for it to fall below 2. Once it gets below 2 AND we have been on maintenance for at least a full 12 month period, then we can start the food challenges. We will return in October for more bloodwork and to see how his IgE looks. He also had skin tests in June. Those didn't really look like they were changing much, but they didn't get any worse. They said this is typical and that many will actually still test positive on a skin test even though they are no longer allergic. This is why the food challenge is so important to really know what they can tolerate or not.
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