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Identify and potentially reduce relevant allergens and irritants that increase symptoms.
Find the source of your food allergy, such as milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, fruits, vegetables, sesame seed, soy or wheat.
Skin irritation, rashes, swelling or hives may be related to an allergy.
Pets are considered part of the family but may be a source of allergy symptoms.
Identify allergic reactions to venom from stinging insects, such as honey bees and wasps.
Identify and potentially reduce relevant allergens and irritants that increase symptoms.
An allergy to an over-the-counter medication or prescription drug typically appears as a skin reaction, such as a fever, rash or hives, but a drug allergy can also cause a serious condition called anaphylactic shock.
Indoor allergies, in the workplace or in school, may cause year-round symptoms, which may get worse with environmental or seasonal allergies.
Distinguishing allergy-like symptoms from those of other conditions can be challenging. Primary care providers are often the first ones to accurately diagnose an underlying allergy and determine the next steps for their patients.
We’re here to help you get the information you need to manage your patients. Learn how blood-based specific IgE allergy testing can enable a more refined diagnosis, assess the risk for a systemic reaction and prepare a comprehensive management plan.
patients with respiratory tract and/or skin symptoms may have an underlying allergy with specific triggers.²
Many patients and providers may skip allergy testing and move straight to pharmacotherapy to treat allergy symptoms, typically using antihistamines for respiratory symptoms.
Empiric symptom management seldom uncovers the cause of patient’s symptoms and may result in overtreatment, ineffective treatment, repeat office visits and high medication costs.1
Get the answers you need through blood-based testing to better manage patients’ underlying allergies.
Blood-based specific IgE allergy testing can be conducted in a primary care setting. In combination with a detailed clinical history and physical examination blood-based testing helps identify an individual patient’s allergy triggers. With ImmunoCAPᵀᴹ specific IgE allergen component testing—the gold standard for in vitro diagnosis of allergic conditions3—you can:
Reveal the root causes of an allergy at the molecular level
Test for sensitivity to antigenic components, allowing for a more precise way to evaluate an allergy
Differentiate between species-specific allergy and cross-reactivity
Assess the risk for more severe, future systemic reactions
Results from blood-based specific IgE allergy testing includes interpretive reports that help you understand the implications for management.
Beyond the results that display the normal and abnormal levels of specific IgE, the Labcorp Allergy Report provides educational information to share:
If the abnormal protein levels may be associated with more severe, systemic reactions or a higher risk for anaphylaxis
If the results suggest that the patient is at risk for clinical reactions to all forms of an allergen
Relevant sensitization rates and cross-reactivity of proteins
If any related allergens are associated with the allergy, such as a fruit and tree nut allergy that is associated with birch pollen allergy
If clinical correlation is required to determine if the patient will react to other foods containing a similar protein due to cross-reactivity
If you should seek additional tests, such as an oral food challenge or a skin prick test through a specialist referral
Watch our allergy webinar discussing the primary care approach to personalized asthma and allergy management.
We’re here to help you identify relevant allergens so you can select the appropriate therapeutic interventions for your patients, such as allergen avoidance, medications or immunotherapy.
Allergies affect more than 50 million people in the U.S. each year and are the sixth leading cause of chronic illness in the U.S.1 Over-the-counter medicines like antihistamines might not help ease allergy symptoms. Whether you are exposed to pollens, certain foods, dust mites, pets or mold, it’s important to understand what is causing your symptoms by performing allergy testing.
Get the answers you need through allergy testing to feel more informed and empowered with your health.
Normally harmless substances, also called allergens, can be found inside and outside of your home. If you are exposed to allergens and your immune system identifies them as a threat, then your body will produce antibodies called immunoglobulin E (IgE) and these IgE antibodies can trigger your allergic symptoms.
Getting answers about your allergies can start with your primary care provider. Along with a physical exam and medical history, your provider can order a simple blood test—called a specific IgE blood test—to better understand your allergic triggers and:
Watery eyes
Sneezing
Runny nose
Wheezing
Rashes
Hives
Scratchy throat
Coughing
Congestion
Stomach pain
Swelling of lips, tongue and/or throat
Whether you are exposed to pollens, certain foods, dust mites, pets or mold, it’s important to understand what is causing your symptoms by performing allergy testing. Find out what is causing your symptoms.
Anyone can request (or obtain) IgE allergy blood testing from their primary care provider. A wide range of tests can identify 500+ relevant allergens—including grasses, foods, molds and animal dander—to help you get the allergy answers you need.
Labcorp OnDemand offers you several allergy tests that you can order yourself—from food allergies, Celiac Disease, to a full range of indoor and outdoor allergies.
