https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 21 May 2026 00:45:00 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2613429 Tue, 30 Aug 2016 13:19:37 +0000 Adira 2613429@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: Yeah, totally agree. I don't have a follow-up appointment scheduled for Logan yet, but Xander is seen every 6 months, so I'll just ask about bringing in Logan again during one of Xander's appointments. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2613421 Tue, 30 Aug 2016 13:15:32 +0000 T-Mom 2613421@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: definitely, I would too. It really depends on the allergist. My DD's very first allergist said for us to come back in a few years (she was 2 at the time, and they said maybe like at age 6). I was not ok with that. We got a new allergist who tests yearly after that and who was more forward thinking and involved in research. You have to do what makes you comfortable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2613413 Tue, 30 Aug 2016 13:09:17 +0000 Adira 2613413@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: Yeah, I'm bummed. I'm hoping I can convince them to do retesting in a year instead of waiting 2. I know the peanut allergy won't be outgrown (if ever), but I'd like to get an idea of what the numbers are doing sooner if I can. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2613408 Tue, 30 Aug 2016 13:05:45 +0000 T-Mom 2613408@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: that sucks, I'm sorry :-( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2613347 Tue, 30 Aug 2016 11:56:59 +0000 Adira 2613347@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>So I got the letter from the allergist. Positive for Peanut and Tree Nuts and we have to continue avoiding both. Retesting in 2 years. Womp womp. :bummed: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2608165 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 07:44:02 +0000 Andrea 2608165@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: thanks, will wall you at a later date to find out how it's all going! I know our allergist doesn't do it so we would have to go the private route, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2608158 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 07:36:09 +0000 T-Mom 2608158@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Andrea: not at all, we got a new allergist for OIT on our own intiative, not based on her challenge or numbers. My understanding that high numbers are not a barrier to doing OIT. Our old allergist was running clinical trials for OIT, though. We waited two years to try to get in before deciding to go the private practice route. Feel free to wall me if you have questions, we have only had our consult so far, awaiting scheduling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2608153 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 07:14:18 +0000 Andrea 2608153@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: don't mean to thread jack, but quick question about OIT that I've been wondering about. Was she offered the therapy because her numbers were low enough for the food challenge? Best of luck with the therapy!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2608138 Mon, 22 Aug 2016 05:47:44 +0000 Adira 2608138@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@T-Mom: Thanks for the info. I'm really hoping the OIT goes smoothly for you and she can start eating peanuts! Good luck! And that's good to know about younger siblings. I hope his tree nut numbers are really false positives - that would be great! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2608115 Sun, 21 Aug 2016 22:54:02 +0000 T-Mom 2608115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: she failed the food challenge at age 7 and is about to turn 8. She will be embarking on OIT (oral immunotherapy) this fall for peanuts and I am cautiously optimistic. I hope for your LO that many of those numbers are just false positives. There was a study recently that said younger siblings have a very high rate of false positives (such as in the case of my DS who has the very low numbers but does not react. He is almost 5) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2608058 Sun, 21 Aug 2016 19:42:33 +0000 peaches1038 2608058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Following. We might be doing allergy testing soon with my almost 10 month old. Great info on this thread </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2608034 Sun, 21 Aug 2016 18:53:04 +0000 charlotte 2608034@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@DesertDreams88: our allergist skin and blood tested our LO2 at 6 months. Her results were that she had no allergies so we were instructed to immediately begin feeding all of the "allergy" foods and she has not reacted to peanuts or any of my son's allergy foods. She did react to egg at around 8 months old and was offered a food challenge at 9 months old. We decided that for that one we would wait because the allergist said it wouldn't hurt anything and a food challenge can take 4-5 hours. That would be a very stressful appointment for her based on her current nap needs. All of this said, if I was in your shoes I might consider seeking a pediatric allergist willing to do testing at a young age. It could give you more information and help you be prepared if an allergy does exist (or give you the go ahead to feed all of the foods!) hope that makes sense. All in all I am a huge believer in having a great allergist in your corner to give you good options and information on your specific situation. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2607997 Sun, 21 Aug 2016 15:34:47 +0000 Adira 2607997@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@charlotte: Thanks for that information! I hope we can do a food challenge with the tree nuts. I'd love for him to be able to eat tree nuts at least! And OMG!!! So sorry about your peanut numbers! :( And YES! We got a steroid ointment for his eczema and it has really cleared up!!</p> <p>@Andrea: Thanks for sharing your experience! I hope Logan outgrows his tree nut allergy at least!</p> <p>@MrsADS: Good luck!!</p> <p>@T-Mom: Ugh, that's depressing that her Peanut IgE is down to a 2 and she still can't eat them. But maybe she eventually will outgrow it? How old is she? As for what our allergist recommends, I don't know yet. I just saw the test results on-line, but still haven't received the letter from the allergist yet.</p> <p>@DesertDreams88: With Xander's milk allergy, we did his first food challenge at almost 3. His first blood test was close to 2 and then his next one was close to 3, which is when his number was low enough for a food challenge. This is Logan's first blood test (again, at almost 2), so I'm not sure what they'll do. He's not a consistent eater either, so I might not even be able to convince him to eat whatever he's supposed to for the challenge. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2607970 Sun, 21 Aug 2016 13:25:12 +0000 DesertDreams88 2607970@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In regards to all the food challenge mentions, how young will your allergist allow children to do food challenges? LO (7m) has green mucusy diapers when exposed to peanuts / hazelnuts via my breastmilk, but DH's allergist seems unconcerned and won't test until 2. Both DH and BIL have peanut &amp; tree nut allergies. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2607930 Sun, 21 Aug 2016 08:54:34 +0000 T-Mom 2607930@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Numbers are very hard to interpret ... The only way to truly know whether it's an allergy is based on his reaction. My DD is the one with peanut allergy in the family. Her ige started at 12 and had gone down to a 2. Yet she still failed her challenge last fall. My DS tested in very low (less than 1) numbers for milk, wheat , and egg and he has always eaten them so he continues to eat them. False positives are very common. What does your allergist recommend? Food challenges are always great if your allergist agrees. It's really the only way to truly know. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2607914 Sun, 21 Aug 2016 07:29:33 +0000 MrsADS 2607914@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@adira we're getting our blood test results tomorrow so i will try to remember to come back and post. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2607909 Sun, 21 Aug 2016 07:08:15 +0000 Andrea 2607909@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, he could possibly have the tree nuts with low values if he passes a food challenge for them. The problem is finding brands of those nuts that aren't cross contaminated.</p> <p>My daughter grew out of her tree nut allergy (according to the bloodwork), but we still mostly avoid eating them because she has a high value for peanuts and there's a lot of cross contamination. But for example, we did an almond challenge and she does eat those quite frequently because it's easy to find the brands Wonderful Almonds and Barney butter that are safe for her to eat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2607553 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 21:52:19 +0000 charlotte 2607553@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Based on those results our allergist would say the &lt;.35 are negative and let us food challenge all of the others except peanut! Food challenge is the gold standard since bloodwork can give information but not an exact diagnosis. Sooo like my son has scores between 1 &amp; 2 for almond and sunflower seed but he passed food challenges to them in the office and can eat them! And cross contamination does rule things out sometimes but occasionally there are things that he can have based on knowing each specific nut (like Barney butter almond butter which is peanut free!). Definitely speak to your allergist about the results. </p> <p>And to make you feel better about the peanut value, our most recent one is &gt; 100 :crying: </p> <p>Is his eczema getting any better (re: previous thread)? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2607293 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 13:26:39 +0000 Adira 2607293@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HappyBaker: Damn! I was so hoping he wouldn't be allergic to tree nuts! Oh well. Keep doing what we're doing, I guess! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2607289 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 13:22:13 +0000 HappyBaker 2607289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: Yea I'm sure they will give you a detailed write up! Almost all nuts are processed in a plant where the other nuts he is allergic to would also be processed so you probably still have to avoid them all unfortunately!</p> <p>ETA - posted at the exact same time as you :-) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2607288 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 13:21:19 +0000 Adira 2607288@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HappyBaker: Oh yeah, good point - if something has one tree nut, it might've had cross-contamination with other tree nuts. So I'm guessing I'll have to avoid all tree nuts still. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2607287 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 13:20:28 +0000 Adira 2607287@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HappyBaker: Hmm... so many of these tree nut results are class 2, but I'm wondering if that means we have to avoid all tree nuts? Or could have have walnuts and pecans since his IgE levels were low for those?</p> <p>Hopefully the allergist is sending me a letter so I know what it all means!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2607286 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 13:19:40 +0000 HappyBaker 2607286@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I'd say yea he probably isn't allergic to the nuts that are &lt;.35 but unfortunately the labeling for tree nuts is usually too generic to know what nuts it was possibly manufactured with. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2607283 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 13:18:19 +0000 HappyBaker 2607283@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is on our lab results -</p> <p>REFERENCE INTERVAL: Allergen Interpretation<br /> Class 00: Less than 0.35 kU/L Absent or Undetectable<br /> Class 01: 0.35 - 0.70 kU/L Low<br /> Class 02: 0.71 - 3.50 kU/L Moderate<br /> Class 03: 3.51 - 17.50 kU/L High<br /> Class 04: 17.51 - 50.00 kU/L Very High<br /> Class 05: 50.01 - 100.00 kU/L Very High<br /> Class 06: greater than 100.00 kU/L Very High </p> <p>Results with allergens scoring in Class 1 should be considered weakly positive or equivocal. Class 2 or higher should be considered positive. Although increasing class ranges (01-06) are reflective of increasing concentration of allergen specific IgE, this may not correlate with the degree of clinical response when challenged with this specific allergen. The correlation of allergy laboratory results with clinical history is essential. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2607214 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 12:10:52 +0000 Adira 2607214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Truth Bombs: Hmm... coconut is included in the classification of Tree Nut when it comes to allergies. So if something contains coconut, the allergen info would say that it contains tree nuts. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2607195 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:52:32 +0000 Truth Bombs 2607195@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: I know nothing about these tests, but I'm pretty sure coconut is considered a fruit. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2607186 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:44:01 +0000 Adira 2607186@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh, and I guess they didn't test coconut?? Which I thought was a tree nut? But I guess it isn't? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/peanuttree-nut-ige-values#post-2607185 Fri, 19 Aug 2016 11:43:15 +0000 Adira 2607185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Anyone have any information about what the IgE values mean for peanuts and tree nuts? I know, in general, whether they are class 2 or 3 or whatever, but I don't really know what that means for my kid.</p> <p>Logan had a blood test on Friday. His results are as follows:</p> <p>Almond IgE = 1.09 kU/L<br /> Brazil Nut IgE = 2.35 kU/L<br /> Cashew IgE = 1.38 kU/L<br /> Hazelnut IgE = 0.35 kU/L<br /> Macadamia Nut IgE = 2.09 kU/L<br /> Pecan Nut IgE = &lt;0.35 kU/L<br /> Pine Nut IgE = &lt;0.35 kU/L<br /> Pistachio IgE = 2.61 kU/L<br /> Walnut IgE = &lt;0.35 kU/L</p> <p>Peanut IgE = 11 kU/L</p> <p>Soooo... what does this mean? Obviously he's allergic to Peanuts, which we already knew, but does this basically mean he's also allergic to Tree Nuts? Although he COULD probably have Hazelnuts, Pecans, Pine Nuts, and Walnuts?? </p>