"Ranée at Arabian Knits" > wrote in message
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> In article >,
> Nad R > wrote:
>
>> I would think that blood test could be done first.
>
> As I understand it, doing the elimination diet and "testing" each
> allergen afterward is the standard of practice, partly because the tests
> can miss some things. We'll do the blood test to see if there is
> something else we might have missed.
>
>
>> Their was one test that
>> my family members are going through and each one of us had a major
>> Vitamin
>> D deficiency. My doctor has me on 3,000 IU per day of D3. Seems my skin
>> problem are clearing up. It seems that everyone these days are using
>> heavy
>> sun blockers. But I burn so easily when outside. Or it is a genetic trait
>> among us.
>
> We live in a place that has sun 300 days a year. :-) We let them go
> outside a lot. When they are indoors a lot we give a vitamin D
> supplement.
>
>> Are your kids teenagers going through that phase of life where pimples
>> and
>> dry skin is a part of life. It may go away after time after the hormones
>> settle down.
>
> The oldest with the skin problems is 11. He was diagnosed with
> eczema at age three or four. The youngest of the three will be five in
> August. They all have inherited my dry skin, but to an extent I never,
> ever had. I'm actually hoping that hormones will make their skin
> produce more oil.
>
My younger son had eczema as a child and the Dr told us that a high % of
such cases went on to become asthmatic until adolescence when it was
replaced by chronic hay fever.