A View on Allergy Testing
As we may have some sort of an allergy to certain substance or type of food, therefore allergies can also trigger asthma particularly in the middle aged and young. So it is vital to recognise and get treatment for such conditions as well as know how to avoid provoking allergens where possible. Food intolerance can be difficult to access at times as the symptoms of which do not often show up until much later. Sneezing is often due to a very mild case of allergy to some inhaled or ingested airborne substance, that is why at times we have a runny or blocked nose.
There is a variety of allergy testing but the ones that are most effective in profiling a person’s tolerance to allergic substances include the prick-skin test. This kind of allergy testing involves placing a drop of the substance being tested on the patient forearm or back, and then prick the skin with a tiny amount to enter the skin, within roughly about 15 minutes a mosquito bite-like bump or weal will form at the site if a patient is allergic to that particular substance. This sort of allergy testing is normally carried out by a doctor or consultant.
The other allergy testing method is radioallergosorbent test, in short RAST. With this test, a blood sample is sent to a medical laboratory and they carry out tests with specific foods in order to determine if the patient has antibodies to that particular type of food. Apart from these two conventional allergy tests, there is a number of other natural alternatives like auricular reflex, in short ACR. This test the practitioner checks for any variance in a person’s pulse, that is when food or chemicals thought of being harmful are placed within the body’s electrical field.
