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Originally Posted by jammies

Sounds like you are being reasonable about the risks, and are weighing them sensibly. If I had a kid with a serious allergy I'd be equally careful, but I wouldn't expect the entire world to revolve around his/her special needs, which is the main issue I have with all the hysteria.

Plus, if my kid was diagnosed with any allergy, I'd get a 2nd, informed opinion from another doctor (preferably a specialist), as there is a big difference between a mild allergy which might make you break out in hives, and one that is life-threatening. Your story of your doctor and the 1 in 100 chance of dying sounds like it is pulled out of thin air by a physician who isn't much of an allergy authority, or even more likely, one who is deadly afraid of lawsuits and figures going way overboard in stating the risks is covering his/her ass.

PS: I'm not criticizing and I have no idea whether you've consulted a specialist or not. It's just what I would do, as I've personally had experience with doctors who overdramatize test results as if your immediate death was staring out of the paper.

PPS - this guy's blog pretty well sums up how I feel, and has some good links about the subject too.

Sorry I should have been more specific. The specialist told my wife and I that our daughter was still allergic to tree nuts. That was after the 50 (or is it 100?) needles in the back to test what she is and isn't allergic to. I don't know much about medicine and doctors, but I would think that it is standard policy for a family physician to send a patient to an allergy specialist if he thought his patient was showing signs of having an allergic reaction.