Allergies

[sobrique]

Well, I've had an allergy test thingy.
The results are graded as '0-4', with 0 being no reaction, to 4 being severe reaction.
I got
1: Egg White

0-1: (e.g. mildly reactive)
Mollusc Mix
Mustard Seed
Peanut
Yeast.

So, maybe I'll be thinking about how to avoid those.

Comments

[mister-jack.livejournal.com]

Who did you have an allergy test with? And what does 1 actually mean?

[sobrique.livejournal.com]

Company called 'yorktest', and it involves taking and sending a blood sample off.

They do a basic 'do you have a reaction' test, which is cheap. And a much more detailed 'and what of these hundred odd foods does it react to' that is not so cheap.

If the latter is within 21 days of the former, they can use the same sample.

[ammos.livejournal.com]

ITs not very reliable and if you're thinking theres a probplem get refered for nhs allergy tests. Honestly I don't know where the data is now but they did a scientific test of all allergy ttests and york were better than some but I know not good, but give it a try skipping those things as its not going to majorly efeect your life.

[mister-jack.livejournal.com]

I'd be deeply sceptical of the result then, especially such a minor reaction.

[sobrique.livejournal.com]

*shrug*. Egg white is one I've had flagged up before, and I do react to chicken for sure.

[mister-jack.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes, here

The ASA found that:

* YorkTest could not substantiate their claim to offer “clinically validated” testing.
* YorkTest could not substantiate their claims of clinical efficacy.
* The claims made in Yorktest adverts could lead to mistaken diagnoses.

[sobrique.livejournal.com]

There's not a problem per-se, just some curiousity. Egg white at least is something I'd vaguely had mentioned before. Just some minor reactions that suggest 'reacting to food' but no idea of what food it actually was.

[sobrique.livejournal.com]

Joy.

Looks like I've just been ripped off then :/

[sobrique.livejournal.com]

*shrug*. Although, the fact that egg white is one I was approximately aware of, would suggest it wasn't _total_ quackery. *shrug* we'll see I guess.

[mister-jack.livejournal.com]

Clearly what you need is a good curry, and a pint of beer.

[sobrique.livejournal.com]

With or without egg fried rice? :)

[sobrique.livejournal.com]

And actually, the fact that I noticed .. problems more on monday, may or may not have a link to the double fried egg in breakfast, that I tend to have ;p

[velvet-nothing.livejournal.com]

If you really think you have allergies, I think they do quite decent testing on the NHS. My mum just had it done and I'm thinking of it, because I seem to be allergic to allsorts.

[sobrique.livejournal.com]

They do. I've had a blood test for some various things I was having problems with - fatigue and losing weight being something that bothered me (falling asleep at work being generally a bad thing).

The doctor wasn't exactly helpful, in a 'well, have you tried not being quite so fat' kind of way.

[ehrine.livejournal.com]

http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Allergies/Pages/Whichallergytest.aspx

Apparnetly most methods of testing for food allergies are crap at proving you [b]do[/b] have an allergy and only good for finding you don't. Certainly that is the case of blood testing.

[fishrgreat.livejournal.com]

I'm about to go ask the doctor about testing, since I seem to be having odd reactions to things. Got an appointment tomorrow. So I guess we'll see what their testing is like!

[mister-jack.livejournal.com]

Wow, a 55% false positive rate. So, on average, Ed, you're allergic to half those things.

[cthulahoops.livejournal.com]

55% of what, I wonder. Are they quoting P(Positive Result|No Alergy) or P(No Alergy|Positive Result). It must be the latter I guess, the former would be incredibly bad.

[mister-jack.livejournal.com]

It's the latter.