well I got the allergy patch today for the test and asked if there was any reason to worry about anaphylactic shock - it's a one in 100.000 chance so exceedingly rare. which is why the use this kind of test nowadays. I can expect itching, a burning feeling stuff like that but I'm to phone if it gets unbearable.
I'll be ok - it's burning nicely now, but staying at a steady burn as it were LOL
Ugh! What are they testing for?
I get to keep the patch on till Wednesday and get to not have showers till then too... luverly!
But how do they tell which things you react to? Is it a very big patch? Roberta in D, dealing with midge bites
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the patches are about 3 x 6 inches each and I have 2 on me. each patch has a grid of allergens embedded in them and the patches are always placed in the same way - then they can see what I react to by the reaction of my skin - red/other nasty reaction = allergic normal = not
all I have now is a bit of nausea, a slightly itchy throat and the burning sensation I'm watching me all right :-)
My daughter had some testing done for allergies this past winter. They had a grid of 6 or 8 common allergens. They put the grid on her back and gently pushed in into her skin. She was 6 at the time and didn't complain about the little pricks that occurred from the pushing. It was then removed and we waited 15 minutes for any reaction to occur from which they could make a positive identification to what was the most likely allergy she was experiencing. Living in the woods leads to lots of stuff floating around in the air.
After 30 minutes, the positive allergens had pretty much disappeared and we were free to go with a diagnosis. It is interesting to hear how different parts of the states and countries go about diagnosing ones allergies.
Marilyn
Jessamy wrote:
Whereas, Thomas had the little pricks done on his back to various foods and we had to sit there for 20-30 minutes. Rebekah was watching a video, and I had Thomas wrap his arms around me then I held him by his upper arms...only way to get him to stay still. My turn is in November, then Rebekah is in December....I'm fgoing to have the do food AND environmental on me - my back is big enough...there are a total of 60 food tests that they can do, but they don't do all of them - some are secondary if you hae a reaction to the main allergen. Gotta get this all figured out. By the end of the year, I should have a working diet, that is free from food that we are allergic to, low in salt, high in fiber, decent proportion of protein for the growing children, low fat for the adults.....sheesh, maybe we should just move into a sterile bubble :-)
Larisa
it is indeed interesting to hear how it's done elsewhere :-) thanks for sharing!
they don't go this test till blood work has proven that you do react to stuff - they only test for the general stuff then. then one goes to the allergy doc and they do a second more comprehensive blood test along side the skin test.
a lot of fun LOL
ouch! poor mite!
you will get it all sorted out to every ones satisfaction I know you will!
don't do the sterile bubble it causes more problems than it solves ;-)
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