Can you test for allergies at home in the UK?

Children and families have ever increasing demands upon their time and well-being. We know that juggling a professional career in conjunction with a busy home-life creates a mountain of hurdles with knock-on tasks. Proactive Allergy therefore offers a remote consultation service, compete with home blood testing kit for confirming diagnoses and recommending treatment. Some high-street …

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Which is better for diagnosing allergies; skin or blood testing?

Allergic reactions are triggered if someone has been producing IgE antibodies which recognise a tiny protein allergen. When the person is exposed to enough allergen by eating, touching or breathing it in, the IgE antibodies may bind on its surface, cross-link making a bridge with allergen blood cells and trigger them to release allergy mediators …

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