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Posted: 01/31/07 - 04:03
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norrie
Joined: 16 Sep 2005

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Hi, I have daughter which is 6 years old and she had allergy reactions several times till now. Fortunately these reactions weren't so dangerous but anyway her doctor suggested us to make allergy testing. As her allergy appeared under different circum stances every time I am not sure what cause it. I would like to know something more about these tests.


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Posted: 02/14/07 - 19:46
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cheri
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Hi, allergy test are good way to discover what substances you are allergic to. There are two main types of allergic tests: skin tests and blood tests. Skin tests are more frequent because of their price and they are easy to be done. Main idea of these tests is to see if allergen causes some irritation on the skin where it is implicated. It may be tapped on the skin or injected. Depending which method is used we have skin prick test, intradermal test or skin patch test.


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