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Skin test
One normally states once the main allergen it himself with a skin test, i.e. whether e.g. around an allergy against animal hair, pollen, mold, house dust, acts etc..
It is then tried in further tests to identify the exact allergen that birch or hazel is the allergy triggers, e.g. at tree pollen especially. Skin test becomes the different introduced here briefly:
Prick test
Epikutantest
Intracutaneous test
Scratchtest
Rubbing test
Patchtest
The allergist (physician for allergies) can arrange for a skin test as a so-called confirmation test if he suspects certain substances as allergens after the thorough interview of the patient. As a rule, they are carried out as a so-called exploratory studies to find out as many substances as possible as possible allergens. At the different tests the allergist (physician for allergies) exposes the skin of the patient to the substances specifically, which is suspected as allergens and reads whether become the skin after applying on these with red, wheal formation, and pruritus reacts at the appropriate contact points. The result then gets appropriately weighted. A skin test has led to a positive result to the detection of allergic immediate reactions, by laboratory this should checked be tests.
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