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From: peg@linus.UUCP (Margaret E. Craft)
Newsgroups: net.med,net.kids
Subject: Re: Allergies
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Date: Mon, 13-May-85 12:27:05 EDT
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Summary: 

The shots helped me feel good the same way that glasses helped me see.
I'll never forget the day I got my glasses - my kid sister got hers too,
and all the way home we were saying things like "Hey look - there's wires
between those poles!!"  It was the same with the shots, after about 3 months.
"What - I can play in the field without sneezing for the next 4 hours??!!"

The testing isn't so bad now.  I was just retested a month ago.  20 or so
small scratches on upper arms, followed by mini-injections on forearms for
the ones that reacted.  The shots, as you know, are so painless that when I
get a REAL shot I'm very offended!

Many allergists try other treatments before shots.  Worth a try.

Summary - get them some treatment.  But be aware that it's still a lot of
black magic, and if the treatment (shots or pills or nasal spray) doesn't
work, try someone else.  A good allergist will admit that different
treatments work for different people.