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Who do you see when you have food allergies?
We recommend that you take a multi-practitioner approach. Start by discussing your food allergy issues with a primary care physician or other qualified health care practitioner, for example a D.O.M. Most managed care health insurance programs will require you to do this anyway.
Once you have discussed your issues with your primary health care provider, seek their advice on seeing a specialist. We support this because most PCPs (primary care physicians) are not trained in the specialty practices of allergies and nutrition. They are, however, very versed and familiar with specialists in your area.
Using their advice, make an appointment to see both an allergist and a nutritionist. The allergist will help you cope with your symptoms and your nutritionist will help you develop a new eating lifestyle. Please be advised that your allergist may require you to participate in allergy testing. Some insurance companies cover this testing and some do not. Make sure that you check with your insurance provider before having any testing preformed. Also check with your health insurance company to see if they cover nutritional counseling. These services, while invaluable, can be costly. Make sure that you prepare for your appointments by doing some background reading and printing out your Nutrition Reports.
If you do not have health insurance or are not required to see a PCP prior to seeing a specialist, you may want to go ahead and book an appointment with an allergist first and a nutritionist second. We understand that these appointments can be expensive, so we highly encourage you to make sure that you do your background reading and provide your allergist and nutritionist with as much upfront information as possible. This will help prevent the high costs of unnecessary tests and extra food tracking appointments. Nutrispot is designed to arm you with the information you need to make the recovery process as thorough and efficient as possible. So, if you are currently experiencing mild to moderate food allergy symptoms, start tracking and producing your reports before you see a health care professional. However, if you are currently experiencing severe or life-threatening allergic reactions, please contact a health care provider or 911 immediately!
