I had not found as an adult an allergist that would test me for food allergies other than have me try an elimination diet. Those never seemed to help me. I already had figured out due to reactions some food allergies. I had moved and my new allergist did test me. I had wheat, soy, egg white, and a dozen other food allergies. I was able to eliminate these foods and immediately felt better. Not only that, but during the first appointment after questioning, my doctor ran some tests on me. I had a long history of being sickly. Since infancy, I had frequent infections such as ear, sinus, throat, conjunctivitis, pneumonia, bronchitis, and others. I tested positive for a Primary Immune Deficiency Disorder, CVID. I am getting treatments for that now and my health has improved dramatically.
I have about 20 food allergies and intolerance, and a total of 107 known allergies. I had moved to different areas and over seas as a.military wife, and found new allergies where ever we went. Many are plant or tree pollen based ones.
I am managing it well now, and the asthma also. I haven't gotten infections in 6 years. That is major for me. The year before my CVID treatments, I had bronchitis 6 times and pneumonia. Since it all effects the autoimmune system, it helped me stabilize the allegeries some as well. I am not in overload, so my body can handle it normally.

Even with doctors who are experienced with food allergies, it doesn’t mean that they will be able to help you. A lot of it comes from self awareness, monitoring what you eat, keeping track of what’s in your food, and understanding that allergies may not be outgrown. We found our allergist through a recommendation from a friend. What I like about him is that he excercises caution at all times, makes me a aware of financial help or deals for epipen/Auvi Q. Right now Auvi Q has a special offer where you can get them for free. And I did get them for free for this year‘s ephenedrine medication. I would never have known about it without him.

I struggled to get help or anyone to listen. It was a fight. I asked for a second opinion so I was sent to another hospital for a new doctor to assess my son. She looked at his history: low birth weight, extreme eczema, asthma, failure to thrive, dairy and egg allergy confirmed, permanent diarrhea etc. She said I don't know why you are here, your son clearly has multiple allergies. The special follow on milk should never have been given to you as he is to old to be introduced to it. Your son needs to see a multiple allergy specialist. 3 months later we were on a two hr train journey to st Thomas hospital. They have been amazing. I advise any hospital with a dept just for allergies.

When I lived out in BC the dermatologist that I was seeing for my eczema recommended me seeing an allergist to determine the exact cause of my allergies because he had me try food tests which did help to alleviate some symptoms but felt the allergist would help more. The allergist did and I found out everything that I needed to know as to what I had an allergy too as well as the food allergies. Did you know that the birch tree family can trigger a multitude of food allergies including strawberries & kiwi (anaphylatic to those). Good luck on your search, I hope the best for you.

I was lucky enough to have worked for a doctor that treated food allergies and sensitivities. He did a blood test (which was very expensive). He also stated that tests are only a starting point, they are not a flawless. An elimination diet is the only true way to determine food allergies and considerably cheaper. This was backed up by many doctors I have seen since. I switched to a 100% clean diet, absolutely no processed food whatsoever to start. There are several things that it turned out I'm very sensitive to that didn't show up on the blood test. Some of my allergies turned out to be wheat, eggs & milk. I was still having reactions even though I had eliminated them from my diet. I figured out it was my vitamins, skin care products and makeup. So far I've found that dextrose, maltodextrin, modified food starch and cellulose is made from wheat. Also don't trust people that SAY something is wheat free. Too many think gluten free and wheat free is the same thing. It is not. I hope this helps someone.