Provocation test

A provocation test can indium special situations be required, e.g. at drug or food incompatibilities. The physician dribbles an allergen to which the patient skin test having been carried out at before has reacted into the external canthus at the conjunctival provocation test, for example. It is aim to secure the result the skin test. So the allergen is proved directly at the organ concerned, e.g. nose, eyes, bronchial tubes, or intestine.

The organ concerned is like in the real life " confronted with the corresponding allergen, e.g. by spraying into the nose, dribble into the eyes, breathe in into the bronchial tubes swallowing into the stomach intestine tract or by a stitch at insect venom allergy. E.g. the reaction to the provocation sneezes, swell up this one becomes mucosas etc. in the presence of the physician waited, eye tears, cough. Since also intense reactions like asthma, circulatory collapse can appear or the like at this test method, an emergency supply suitcase should always be handy! The test represents the most reliable allergic logical test method and a clear statement permits to the effect also at a negative test result that reaction doesn't trigger the symptoms substance can great safety with however positive reaction at, be responsible available troubles for negative at the tested.

For children the test is recommendable only for tests at eye, nose or at food allergy since although it can be extremely unpleasant not painfully but because of the arising reactions.

The provocation test should absolutely be carried out in front of a hyposensitization to ensure a sure test of the allergen. The test should be carried out, if heavy allergic reactions ares already known to The person to carbohydrate exchange unit tested from The anamnesis, since in no case the risk of triggering a heavy allergic reaction with anaphylaxis gets then too big.


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