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Originally Posted by Xero  Are you sure? My little sister got tested for allergies when she was little because she had food problems, and the memory of it horrifies her because they had to stick her with needles all up her legs or something like that.
If it's just a fingerprick...well I could do that. I have insurance, hopefully it would be covered maybe. |
Its called an IGG food panel, its a relatively new test, its only been around for a few years.
Theres another one called an ALCAT, it requires 3 viles of blood, in a child they usually need two veins to get the amount, its a much more thorough test, despite the fact that it inly tests for the 50 most common allergens, it gives the exact severity of the allergy and whether the allergy is likely to get worse or better with age.
That said, personally, I think the IGG is better than the ALCAT, just because it tests for more.
The skin surface allergy tests are rarely done nowadays.
