Re: allergy

[Guest guest]

Hello there,

I really need to do some research on allergy shots and oral

tolerization, cause it stills doesn't make complete sense to me,

either. How is it that when you have an allergic reaction you can have

the reaction neutralized by ingesting more of the same? Yet when I had

a systemic reaction and a VV flare (after the testing) they were

reduced by more of the same thing or eating the food I'm allergic to.

I'll post anything online stuff I find.

I think allergy drops work in the same or similar way than the shots,

but are more convenient that going in for shots. As far as I know my

drops will always be the same strength, my neutralization dose, and

not increase (I could be wrong though...)

" Does a regular allergist test for

> food allergies? She mentioned the gluten to him & he never heard of

a blood

> test for this although I've read there is one. Eating a small amount

of the

> food your allergic to neutralized the reaction? I guess that's what the

> shots do but it just seems that the irritant would be harmful. "

>

> Yes, a regular alergist tests for food allergies. I have gotten

food allergy

> (and other allergy) tests from 3 different allergists over the past

15 years

> and all of them used the skin test. This is where they draw a grid

on your

> arm, inject a small amoung of serum made of the potential allergen

into each

> square of the grid and wait to see if there is a reaction and to

what. Some

> allergists are not going to have some " unusual " serums on hand --

mine just

> happened to have candida because of a previous patient requested it

-- but

> they can order the serums to test you.

>

> Immumotherapy is where you get an injection of the allregen to build

your

> resistance to it. The injections start out with a small amount of the

> allergen, and gradually increase to larger amounts as immunity

builds. I did

> this for pollen and dog allergies, now I get injections for candida.

Until I

> read the list today, I hadn't heard of using drops or eating

allergens to

> build immunity.

>

> I hope this is helpful.

>

> in NYC