Allergy testAt our clinic we have the most modern and accurate method to do allergy tests with blood. All the pollens, and other allergens are detectable and food can be detected in groups. Also there is a possibility to detect cross-allergies between food and pollens. We also make skin test.
Allergen specific IgE antibody test
It is examined in blood, numerous allergens can be tested. It is recommended to make it beside the skin test.
Advantages:
- young children can be examined this way when skin test is technically obstructed
- it can be used even if the patient takes anti-allergic drugs
- it can be made in pollen season
- it is informative beside immunotherapy
- anaphylactic reaction cannot occurs, so it is advisable to use this method in case of patients who have already had this kind of reaction before.
We send the results in e-mail in one week after taking the blood sample.
The method is accepted by the Hungarian Allergy Society, it correlates well with Prick test.
Skin test
We put different inhalational and nutritive allergens to the blending side of the forearm, and after a while we see the results. Results are quite reliable. It can be done if the patient takes anti-allergic drugs. At our clinic 50 allergens can be detected this way.
Examination of cross-allergies
It is a biochemical process, when certain materials are resemble to allergens and cause allergic reaction or enhance the allergic symptoms. For example if someone allergic to mugwort he/she should avoid celery and lovage because these plants are closely related so they can cause the same symptoms. Cross-reaction can be caused by food which contain much histamine, because histamine works as a mediator so it provokes or enhances allergic reaction.
Food and drinks which contain much histamine: tomato, alcohol, coffee, fish, citrus, hazelnut, smoke-dried food, chocolate
Known cross-allergies:
- ragweed – melon, cucumber, zucchini, chestnut, latex, watermelon, banana
- birch – apple, pear, tomato, carrot, celery
- grasses – rye
- peach – apricot, banana, plum, guava
- cashew – cocoa, coffee
- mugwort – dill, carrot, celery, apple, kiwi
- dill – celery, mugwort, banana
- fish – other kinds of fish, seafood
- nuts – sesame
- hazelnut – nut, almond, other seeds which contain oil
- pollen of grasses – pollen of corn
- dust mite – crustaceans
- latex – citrus
- apple – potato, carrot, pollen of the birch
- garlic – onion, asparagus
- pollens of cereals – pollens of grasses
- pea – pulse
- carrot – celery, anise, apple, potato, rice, wheat, pollen of birch, avocado, pineapple
- cereal – other kind of cereals
- lactose intolerance – soy, milk of other animals, the meat and skin of the cow
- egg – the egg, meat and feather of other poultries
If you find out what you are intolerant of, then ask your doctor which food you should avoid.
Examination of food intolerance
If you have experienced fatigue, headache, an unpleasant feeling, or spots after a meal, you probably have some kind of food intolerance.
Food intolerance and food allergy are not the same but a lot of people use them as synonyms. In case of food allergy the symptoms are caused by our immune system. But in case of food intolerance the digestive system and the immune system affect each other which cause chronic intolerance and unpleasant symptoms.
If you have food allergy, the allergen provokes immediate immune response, such as itching, spots or shortness of breath. These symptoms are intense, they occurs even if you ate just a small amount of the allergen.
If you have food intolerance the symptoms occur slowly, in hours maybe in days. The seriousness of the symptoms depends of the amount of the food you have eaten. Usually cause an inflammatory process in the bowels, and activate the immune system of the bowels. In some cases it may resolve itself for example after recovering from enteritis. Food intolerance can lead to food allergy if it is not treated.
The difference between the two problems can be illustrated easily on the example of milk.
Some people are allergic to milk protein (casein). Their body responds with an allergic reaction after a sip of milk.
Some people suffer from lactose intolerance. The occurrence of the symptoms depends on how much milk they have consumed. These symptoms are usually bloating, diarrhoea, cramping, etc. In this case the lack of an enzyme causes the problems.
The food intolerance is quite common in Europe; the 15-30% of the population suffers from it.
Usually the symptoms occur in half an hour after meal but sometimes they appear 48 hours later. They can affect the skin, respiratory system and digestive system.
The most common symptoms are:
enteritis, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, diarrhoea, constipation, problems with digestion, bloating, cramps, problems with weight, obesity
Other symptoms attached to food intolerance:
- in the central nervous system: insomnia, chronic headache, migraine
- on the skin: eczema
- arthritis, joint pain
- in respiratory system: sinusitis, asthma, chronic bronchitis, permanent coughing
- menstrual disorders
- palpitation
Food intolerance can affect very young children too. Their symptoms can be: insomnia, fatigue, attention disorders, eczema, and loss of appetite, abdominal problems (nausea, bloating, diarrhoea, or constipation), headache, and decreased performance. In case of young children there is a difficulty in describing the symptoms, so it is often difficult to detect the problem. Babies can suffer from food intolerance too, because they can receive what the mother consumed in the breast milk.
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