ALLERGY SPECIALIST doctor in bangalore
Allergy evaluation
When the body’s immune system considers a substance as harmful to the body reacts and it throws symptoms as a reaction to the substance is referred to as allergies. The 10 most common allergies include – Foods, Animals, Pollen, Mold, Dust mites, Medications, Latex, insect stings, Cockroaches, Perfumes/household chemicals.
The widely used evaluations to diagnose Allergies are:
- Skin Prick Test (SPT) Skin testing can confirm many common types of allergies.
- Intradermal Skin Test.
- Blood Tests (Specific IgE).
- Component-resolved diagnostics (CRD)
- Respiratory Allergy.
- Skin Allergy.
- Food Allergy.
SPT, ss IgE
Skin Prick Test (SPT) also known as Allergy skin tests is an allergy test where your skin is exposed to some allergen to find out whether there any allergic reactions to these allergens.
SPT, ss IgE: Serum-specific immunoglobulin E (SSIgE) measurement is a complementary test.
SLIT (Sublingual immunotherapy)
Sublingual Immunotherapy (SLIT) is an alternative way to treat allergies without injections and is well-suited to the needle phobic, children, travellers, and the elderly. An allergist gives patient very small doses of an allergen sublingually to boost tolerance to the substance and reduce symptoms.
