Guest guest Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Balant wrote: > > Does anyone know if allergy testing is safe for people with Graves'? That would depend on the method of testing. Skin testing is dangerous for anyone with severe allergies (peanut protein allergies can trigger terrible responses from trivial amounts), I doubt it is especially dangerous for the autoimmune patient but who knows. The NIH have given some sort of blessing to immuno-cap testing, meaning they accept it isn't complete hocus pocus like some allergy testing methods I suspect. This is a screen for reactivity to wide number of allergens using a blood sample, this avoids putting the person in touch with the allergens, which is safer. It isn't cheap (150GBP so about 200 to 250 USD?), but typically will highlight a selection of food that might be a problem for you. Some labs offer a moderate 50 foodstuffs test, and a full 200+ items. " might be a problem " is a key aspect as there are issues over interpretation, still when I pondered allergy testing this looked like the right sort of approach. Simon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+hIs5GFXfHI9FVgYRApmNAJ9nIL0PDHCMQNGQ0MHcc0X+09IHjQCcCnSb OCZCDHE2bgYh2rtlc9YMYU0= =rBuv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 28, 2003 Report Share Posted March 28, 2003 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Balant wrote: > > Does anyone know if allergy testing is safe for people with Graves'? That would depend on the method of testing. Skin testing is dangerous for anyone with severe allergies (peanut protein allergies can trigger terrible responses from trivial amounts), I doubt it is especially dangerous for the autoimmune patient but who knows. The NIH have given some sort of blessing to immuno-cap testing, meaning they accept it isn't complete hocus pocus like some allergy testing methods I suspect. This is a screen for reactivity to wide number of allergens using a blood sample, this avoids putting the person in touch with the allergens, which is safer. It isn't cheap (150GBP so about 200 to 250 USD?), but typically will highlight a selection of food that might be a problem for you. Some labs offer a moderate 50 foodstuffs test, and a full 200+ items. " might be a problem " is a key aspect as there are issues over interpretation, still when I pondered allergy testing this looked like the right sort of approach. Simon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+hIs5GFXfHI9FVgYRApmNAJ9nIL0PDHCMQNGQ0MHcc0X+09IHjQCcCnSb OCZCDHE2bgYh2rtlc9YMYU0= =rBuv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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