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Diagnosis of allergies
The easiest way to identify allergies if symptoms occur shortly after the allergen zadziałaniu. Sneezing, leakage from the nose, burning and conjunctival tear on a sunny day, without colds to hay fever certainly. Attacks of coughing, shortness of breath, wheezing in a young man is probably asthma. Skin redness and itching after eating certain foods (such as kiwi fruit), it probably allergy diet. Swelling of the skin, pain, severe urticaria (skin rash), abdominal pain after the wasps użądleniu is also allergic reactions.
To confirm the diagnosis of allergies, the different types of tests. These include skin testing. These tests point and flakes consists of directly to the skin or applied to the allergens in the very low concentration. If you place a contact allergen skin appears red indicates a allergic to the allergen. Many are highly visible spot such as redness of the corresponding button on the metal adhesion to the skin trousers abdomen - it can provide about allergic to nickel in the rate of the button is executed.
Also examine the concentration of immunoglobulin IgE in the blood. After collecting the blood is carried out special research laboratory. High levels of IgE in excess of established standards, may provide for allergies.
In food allergy, to detect the sensitizing substance, the diet eliminacyjne. After the turn is to be excluded from the diet are suspected of food allergy induction. For example, in young children are often allergic to cow's milk protein or the substances contained in pieczywie. Odstawiając for some time with these products, you can check the menu, which caused problems in the child. Food allergies should not be confused with niestrawnością.
Asthma is recognized by examination spirometryczne. These are to measuring the performance of quantitative wdychanego and exhaled air, static and dynamic, taking into account the speed of the air traffic in the tract. As asthma is a significant reduction in the amount of air exhaled with maximum intensity during the first second. After using drugs that increase the bronchi is a significant improvement in speed. The tests also provocative inhalation causing bronchial spasm, and swelling of the nose śluzówek.
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