Inhalant Allergies 44

Storage mite, birch, alder, hazel, plane, eucalyptus, desert palm and acacia / mesquite pollens, weed mixture, plantain, Russian thistle, oxeye daisy, maize, cultivated wheat, horse, rabbit, hamster and guinea pig epithelia, latex, bee and wasp venom. The Inhalant Allergies 30 keeps a handful of its own, including timothy grass and ragweed.

Because they belong with the same workup, even though you meet them by contact and by sting rather than by breathing. Grouping them here saves a second sample when the history is unclear, and the report simply lists them among the environmental allergens for your doctor to read in context.

Ask your doctor for an allergy referral, particularly if a sting has ever caused swelling beyond the sting site, hives elsewhere, breathing trouble or faintness. A raised value in someone who has only had a local swelling is common and often untroubling. Venom immunotherapy is an established option a specialist can discuss.

It is the usual starting point. Immunotherapy is prescribed against named allergens, so a specialist needs to see which ones you react to and how the pattern lines up with your symptoms and the seasons. The decision, the extracts and the schedule remain theirs; this 44-allergen test supplies the evidence they work from.

Acarus siro lives in stored flour, grain and dried food rather than in bedding, and it shares proteins with house dust mite. Testing both tells your doctor whether a mite reaction really tracks the bedroom or also follows kitchens, pantries and workplaces where grain and feed are handled.

That is pollen-food syndrome. Proteins in birch, alder and hazel pollen resemble those in some raw fruit and nuts, so a pollen-sensitised immune system reacts to the food. Cooking usually destroys them. If food symptoms go beyond an itchy mouth, ask about the Food Allergies 44 panel.

Tell your surgeon, anaesthetist and dentist, who can arrange a latex-free setup as a precaution. Mention it to your doctor as well if banana, avocado, kiwi or chestnut make your mouth or throat react, since latex sensitisation and those fruits are linked.

Then the cause is probably not allergic. Non-allergic rhinitis reacts to temperature swings, dust, perfume, smoke and air conditioning, and sinus disease, nasal polyps and some blood pressure or decongestant medicines produce the same congestion. Your doctor can work through those with an examination.

Neither. Allergen-specific IgE persists between seasons and is unaffected by antihistamines, nasal sprays or inhalers, so any week of the year and any usual treatment is fine. No fasting is required either. Do mention oral steroids or immune-suppressing drugs when your doctor reads the report.

The panel is AED 499 and home sample collection anywhere in Dubai costs nothing extra, seven days a week, with results in 3 – 5 days. Every allergen is reported individually within that price. Reach us through contact if you would like help choosing between the environmental panels.