Food allergy and intolerance testing kits: are they worth it?

Allergy and intolerance test kits can cost hundreds of pounds – but they might not provide the answers you're hoping for ...
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Allergy testing | Healthwatch 16

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Springtime is prime time for allergies, but if you don't know what's triggering them, you can always get a prick test. "So allergy prick testing is a type of allergy skin test that ...
Healio

Q&A: Oral food challenge alternative may ‘revolutionize’ allergy testing

The next-generation basophil activation test is currently only for use in research. FARE supported the development of this test with a $1 million research award. A new food allergy diagnostic test ...
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Q&A: How can clinicians be proactive about back-to-school allergies, asthma?

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Allergy testing should be a part of back-to-school ...
The Michigan Daily

New technology may help decrease the severity of allergic reactions during food allergy testing

A Michigan Medicine study concluded transepidermal water loss can be used to effectively measure the severity of a patient’s ...
Medscape

How Reliable Is Intradermal Testing in Macrolide Allergy?

In children evaluated for a possible macrolide allergy, intradermal testing with a suspected culprit drug at 0.05 mg/mL showed high specificity (92.7%) but limited sensitivity. To confirm an allergy ...