Allergies can be triggered by a variety of things, including indoor and outdoor irritants, as well as foods. If you notice allergy symptoms in your child, make an appointment for them with a ...

PENNSYLVANIA, USA — Springtime is prime time for allergies, but if you don't know what's triggering them, you can always get a prick test. "So allergy prick testing is a type of allergy skin test that ...

In young children with atopic dermatitis, cells from normal skin can predict sensitivity to food and aeroallergens, and the degree of sensitivity, according to research by a team from Cincinnati ...

Q: I’ve been told I may need to have an allergy skin test to determine what I’m allergic to. Are these safe? A: During allergy skin testing, your skin is exposed to suspected allergy-causing ...

Allergy tests can help identify the source of an allergic reaction. This is especially important if someone experiences severe or repeated allergic reactions. Allergic reactions have a variety of ...

Last year, experts suggested in an article published in Clinical Infectious Diseases that pharmacists should have a bigger role in penicillin allergy skin testing. The authors said it would expand ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with a reaction of grade 2 or higher were 19.9 times more likely to develop persistent allergy.

All skin tests doctors commonly use to check for food allergies can provide false negative results, the Food and Drug Administration has concluded — meaning people with potentially life-threatening ...