Can someone explain to me what this is?

[LisaH]

We have an appointment with a dr on Nov 8th. She was listed on the environmental and DAN lists, she's 4hrs away but worth it if we can get some help for dd. Anyway she wants to do skin test for histimine. What exactly is this and how is it done and what will it show?

 

Thanks to this site I have taken lots of notes to discuss with the dr., no more going in and saying "help, what can we do" and getting no help. I really appreciate everyone sharing whats helped or hasn't helped, it is so much better going in to the dr armed with info instead of blindly trusting what a dr says.

 

Thanks,

Lisa

[Claire]

We haven't done a skin test for histamines, but we did a blood test. It was to see if my son was under or over-methylated. Here is a thread I created long ago with the information I had at the time.

 

http://www.latitudes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=837

 

My son was undermethylated, and they gave us TMG. Since we were doing so much and he didn't tic at the time, I can't say what difference it made. We still do the TMG.

 

4 hours is a heck of a long drive. I hope that she does phone consultation appointments after the first visit, like mine does. Do post what tests she wants to run (and ultimately what you find out and if it works....), we all learn from this. Good luck with the new doctor...I hope that if she hasn't dealt with tic syndromes that you tell her that many of us find many similar immune issues as ASD, even if it is a different condition.

 

Claire