Inhalant Allergies 30

Timing and itch are the clues. Allergic symptoms run for weeks or return every year at the same time, the discharge stays clear, the eyes and palate itch, and there is no fever. A cold clears within days. Testing settles it by naming the allergens your immune system has reacted to.

Thirty in total, arranged as indoor and outdoor. Indoors: two house dust mite species, cockroach, cat and dog epithelium, feathers, cage birds, camel hair, cow / sheep and five moulds and yeasts. Outdoors: tree pollens such as olive, cypress, mulberry and white oak, grass pollens, and weeds including ragweed and mugwort.

Mite exposure concentrates where you sleep. Doctors usually suggest mite-proof covers on the mattress and pillows, hot washing of bedding, keeping indoor humidity down and taking soft furnishings out of the bedroom. Single measures help modestly on their own, so they work best combined with the treatment your doctor prescribes.

Not automatically. Sensitisation to dander is common and does not always translate into symptoms, so the first question is whether your symptoms track your time with the animal. Where they do, many households start with keeping the pet out of the bedroom and off soft furnishings, and take it from there with their doctor.

The Inhalant Allergies 44 panel is wider, adding storage mite, more trees, latex, stinging-insect venoms and further animal epithelia. It is not a superset, though: timothy grass, ragweed, wall pellitory, sweet vernal grass, goosefoot, wormwood, chicken feather and cage-bird allergens sit only on this one.

Often, yes. The upper and lower airway respond to the same allergens, and knowing which ones matter gives your doctor something concrete to work with when control is poor despite treatment. It does not measure lung function or replace spirometry, so it complements rather than substitutes for your asthma review.

It means your immune system has met that mould and made antibodies to it, not that your walls are damp. Alternaria and Cladosporium are largely outdoor moulds, while Aspergillus and Penicillium turn up indoors around damp, air-conditioning and stored food. Checking the building is a separate exercise from testing you.

Your doctor may look at an absolute eosinophil count, which rises with allergic inflammation but never names the trigger, and may add a food panel if symptoms follow meals rather than places. The inhalant results and your history usually decide what, if anything, is needed.

There is no need. Neither changes the allergen-specific IgE circulating in your blood, which is exactly why this test suits people who cannot pause treatment for the days that skin testing would require. Nor is fasting needed; book whatever time of day is convenient.

It is AED 299 with free home sample collection anywhere in Dubai, taken by a DHA-licensed phlebotomist at a time you choose, seven days a week. Results are ready in 3 – 5 days. Message us through contact if you are unsure which allergy panel fits your symptoms.