This test only requires a small amount of blood and it is able to detect the 52 common allergens in the region.
Allergens are substances that can cause an allergy. An allergy occurs when our body immune system exerts excessive response towards a normally harmless substance (allergen) by producing IgE (immunoglobulin E).
When we are exposed to the similar allergen in the future, the body’s immune response will trigger the production of histamines, other inflammatory reaction and discomfort which may lead to a severe life threatening reaction like in the case of a bee sting.
Allergens being tested:
Latex (1 allergen)
Foods (29 allergen)
– Rice, Wheat, Cow Milk, Goat Milk, Cheese, Soybean, Peanut, Hazelnut, Chocolate, egg Yolk, Egg White, Chicken, Beef, Mutton, Pork, Crab, Shrimp, Lobster, Mussel, Oyster, Codfish, Tuna, Salmon, Tomato, Carrot, Potato, Garlic, Baker’s Yeast, Strawberry
Grasses Pollens, Tree Pollens & Moulds (12 allergens):
– Bermuda Grass, Timothy Grass, Short Ragweed, Common Mugwort, Goldenrod, Acacia, Pine, Penicillium, Cladosporium, Aspergillus, Candida, Alternaria
Pets, Pests & Mites (10 allergens):
Cat Fur, Dog Fur, Chicken Fur, Duck Fur, German Cockroach, Oriental Cockroach, American Cockroach, Dust mites D Farinae, Dust Mites D.pteronyssinus, Dust mites Blomia tropicalis
Preparations
No fasting is required.