My son is suffering from dairy allergy. How do i know if one has outgrown dairy alergy?

Question

He has stayed away from dairy products for nearly 2 years now.

Answer 1

Give him tiny amounts and keep track of when and any side effects.

Answer 2

A visit with a board-certified allergy and immunology specialist would allow for the appropriate testing, via either a simple skin or blood test, to determine his allergic status with regard to milk protein allergy.

Further testing, including a challenge procedure, where a patient is given a suspected food allergen in a controlled medical setting to determine if they are able to tolerate the ingestion of a suspected food allergen may be done.

You can be reassured that milk allergy, almost without exception, goes away as a child grows, and if he still demonstrates allergy to milk, he will eventually outgrow it.

An earlier answer mentioned desensitization- this should not be performed in the case of food allergy, as it it potentially dangerous, and any physician performing this treatment for food allergy is practicing an unconventional and unproven treatment method and is practicing outside the bounds of what is accepted as the standard of care of food allergy- basically, at this point, a physician practicing food allergy desensitization is a poor physician at best, and a (potentially dangerous) quack at worst.

Answer 3

Having him tested by an doctor who specializes in allergies would be the best way. If he is allergic, the doctor may know of methods to de-sensitize him to dairy products. Short of that, if the allergy is mild and his reactions non-life threatening, you might give him a very small amount and see if he has a reaction.