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What Happens Inside an Allergy Testing Clinic? Everything You Need to Know

Jivana Care is a leading allergy testing clinics in Bethesda, providing comprehensive care like diagnosis, consultation and timely manner for patients suffering from allergies.

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What Happens Inside an Allergy Testing Clinic? Everything You Need to Know

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  1. What Happens Inside an Allergy Testing Clinic? Everything You Need to Know Your immune system is like the security centre of your body. It protects your body by fighting infection-causing pathogens and keep it healthy. Sometimes, your defence system doesn’t behave normally when exposed to a known substance. When that happens, your body starts overreacting, causing a runny nose, uncontrollable sneezing, itchy & watery eyes, sinus blockage and many more. The process that causes your body to act abnormally is called allergy and the substance causing allergies are known as allergens. In reputed allergy testing clinic like Jivana Care, certified allergy specialist is to perform an examination of your body and figure out the reason behind the allergy. The Test is often conducted in three forms like a blood test, a skin test or an elimination diet.

  2. How to Prepare for Allergy Testing Preparing for an Allergy Test An allergy test is conducted under great precaution. Your doctor will start by enquiring about your family history, medical history, lifestyle, etc. Your doctor might ask you to stop taking a few medications since they interact with the test results. If you are taking medications like antihistamines, heartburn medications like famotidine, asthma medications like omalizumab, antidepressants, diazepam, lorazepam, etc., then you have to stop them before the allergy test. Skin tests Skin tests are conducted to identify contact allergens as well as airborne and food- related allergens. This test includes three tests called scratch, patch and intradermal, the doctor will first try a scratch test. An allergen will be introduced into the skin and the doctor will observe the reaction of your skin to the allergen. If your body doesn’t react well, then the doctor will move to the intradermal test. In this test, the doctor will inject the allergen in your body and monitor the body’s reaction. Patch Test The doctor will put allergen-loaded patches on to your skin and ask you to keep the patch for 48 hours. The first review takes place within 48 hours and then the second is scheduled within 72 to 96 hours. Blood Tests People facing severe allergic reaction to skin test might have to go for blood tests. The sample is then sent to the laboratory for any sign of antibodies fighting with allergens. Elimination Diet Your doctor might remove some food from your diet to determine the food that causing these reactions. Jivana Care is a leading allergy testing clinics in Bethesda, providing comprehensive care like diagnosis, consultation and timely manner for patients suffering from allergies.

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