What are the diseases known to be allergic in nature?
The common allergic diseases are :

Allergic rhinitis - sneezing, watery eyes and nose, post - nasal drip, nose block, congestion.

Allergic bronchial asthma - cough, wheeze, breathlessness and tightness of chest.                                

Atopic dermatitis - itching, reddening and feeling of flaking of the skin.                                                    

Allergic rhino - sinusitis - headache, congestion, throbbing pain in and around the eyes & cheeks, nose block, and post-nasal drip etc.

Urticaria & angioedma - itchy hives and non-itchy swelling of lips, eyes etc.                                                                                        

Anaphylaxis - a violent allergic reaction to insect stings, food, drugs and latex.                                                                          

Food allergy – can induce recurrent urticaria, laryngioedma, atopic dermatitis, anaphylaxis etc e.g. peanut, fish, etc.                                                                          

A.B.C.D. (air-borne contact dermatitis).                                                                          .                                                                          

Allergic conjunctivitis - itchy, red watery eyes..                                                                          .                                                                          

Contact allergy (chemicals etc).

How to get prepared for allergy testing?

Allergy test is done preferrably when patient is free from symptoms.                                            

Avoid all oral antihistaminics 5 days prior to allergy testing.                                                                

Atopic dermatitis - itching, reddening and feeling of flaking of the skin.                                                    

Remove hair from forearm flexor aspect with a trimmer if necessary.( please don’t shave as shaving can increase the sensitivity of skin and give false positive results).

Avoid tranquilizers ,cimetidine and ranitidine 1 week prior to test.                                                                                        

Longacting antihistaminics to be avoided 1 month prior to test.                                                                          

Shortacting antihistaminics to be avoided 3 days prior to test.                                                                          

Bronchodilators, adrenaline and steroids do not affect the sensitivity of skin test with allergen extract , hence a gap of 12 hrs is sufficient.

Patient is not permitted to use steroid creams or any other topical application drugs for allergy at the site of allergy testing.

Oral steroids to be stopped 2 days prior to testing.                                                                          .                                                                          

Antigens are administered in the volar aspect of the arm or on the back of the patient and reading is taken after 20 min.

Patient can continue inhaled medication and nasal sprays.

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