Hi Wahine!
Several years ago I began seeing an acupuncturist who did a lot of work with discovering and treating food and environmental allergens/sensitivities. If you are interested in that type of approach, finding a good acupuncturist who works with NMT or NAET techniques could help you. I don't know any in the Gorge area but I could ask my acupuncturist if she has anyone she could refer you to out there. Or you can message me and I can give you her contact info and you can call her and see if she has a referral. I'll see her this Friday so just let me know. : )

Another approach could be to get a food sensitivity test done by your physician. My daughter had this done (at age 2, not fun) but it helped us discover why she had a constantly runny nose and some skin symptoms. The test was a simple (unless you're 2!) blood draw. Then the doc sent it to a lab that analyzed it and sent us back a complete explanation of the sensitivities that came up for her. I can't remember exactly what it tested - the IgA, or IgE, or IgG in the blood...my microbiology class was a LONG time ago...but it showed she had sensitivities to eggs, soy, cheese, and peanuts. Not true allergies, but sensitivities.

We did an elimination diet for her for about a month last summer. We gave it up when we discovered she had some cheesy snacks at summer camp, and went back to using those things in her diet. We successfully cleared up the constant runny nose, although her skin is still a little sensitive so we are going to try to eliminate those 4 things again this summer and see if we can get that cleared up too. She'll be 3 soon so she'll have a better understanding of why she can't eat certain things for that time period.

If you're interested in more info, I can go dig up the paperwork we got from her test and tell you more details about the lab and what they tested exactly, but that paperwork is in the room she's napping in right now so I'm not going to risk waking her up.

Hope this helps! Good luck.
Susan