2006-08-17 06:24:52 · 20 answers · asked by ballergrl25 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
They draw blood
2006-08-17 06:29:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
An allergy test is when the allergy specialist will stick you with little needles on your back, arms, maybe legs, that have some type of allergen on it and wait to see what gives you a reaction. If you have an allergy to lactose, nuts, berries, wheat, etc. you will have a skin eruption that will raise and itch where you were stuck with the needle. Most of the time it will take a little while to preform the test and you will most likely be laying down. It really doesn't hurt, from what I've been told, but just like anything that pokes you, will be uncomfortable.
2006-08-17 06:33:31 · answer #2 · answered by brittme 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Allergy tests involve several different procedures. First a doctor does a scratch test, which is where you lay down on a table on your stomach and the doctor lightly scratches the skin on your back with many different allergens. It doesn't hurt that much, just a little uncomfortable. The second part of the test is slightly worse. Everything that you initially reacted to on the scratch test is then given to you in a higher dosage by a subcutaneous (under the skin) injection. It's not like a shot (it's not as bad), and the needles are really small, but it's not really pleasent, and depending on how many things you react to, you can get quite a lot of these injections. I ended up getting about forty of them in one go. You lay down for the first part, and then sit for the second.
2006-08-17 06:40:56 · answer #3 · answered by shawna 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had an allergy test. I sit in a chair and put my arm on a desk with the inside of my lower arm facing upward. The doctor then put about 10 needles in your arm. Five on one side and five on the other (like two rows). Of course, he put them in one at a time. Each needle has some type of serum or something relating to whatever they are testing you for. So you would have one needle for grass, one for pollen, one for dust mites, one for dog, one for cat, one for roach, just different things that most people are commonly allergic to. The doctor will use a pen and put a little mark next to each spot where he inserted the needle to mark what it was for. He only uses the very tip of the needle, which will not be left in your arm. It is not like an acupuncture where they leave the needles in your skin. He will then let you wait for approximately 30 mins and then he will look at your arm to see which ones swell up (like a bump from a fly bite). He will then measure some of them with a little ruler if he is not sure that it is swollen beyond a certain size to determine if you are allergic. The ones that stay flat is negative. There might be one or two that my have a little bump, but not big enough to say that you are actually allergic to it. It does not hurt, but it itches like crazy while you are waiting and you can not scratch it or he will have to do it over again on the other arm.
2006-08-17 06:49:33 · answer #4 · answered by killerlegs 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
most allergy test are a skin tast they dont hurt that much. Its done on the arm with very tiny needle that have different chemicals to test for food alleries and enviromental allergies like pollen, dust, ect. and it takes a few hours
2006-08-17 06:35:20 · answer #5 · answered by I'm Bob 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well allergy test can be done differently how i have seen them done is they take little needles with different things that will or will no react to you in row on your back and that determines what your are allergic to it doesn't hurt and you can be laying or standing
2006-08-17 06:33:15 · answer #6 · answered by mario c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
a bit of both
,if you are a guy you can stand up to pee in the bottle.
for the tube into your rectum it is better to lay down ,for both sexes.
the injections all over your body with the alergic agents is also done lying down
and you actually may fall down at the end
or they can drive you out in one of those chairs .
that is the fun part
if you survive ofcourse.
the mental anguish is far worse than the actual pain .
so dont worry about that
good luck ,
is your insurance up to date
better check to be on the safe side
this is all true
trust me
GWB
2006-08-17 06:37:47 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think an allergy test is where you have blood drawn and they test that for adverse reactions to whatever you're being tested for. Shouldn't hurt a bit.
2006-08-17 06:30:46 · answer #8 · answered by spyker_roughie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well for my allergy test they took 12 different allergens from weed, rag weed, dust and so on. They prick you in twelve different places on usually your forearm palms up, wait a certain amount of time and check them.
If you are allergic, you'll have a reaction, and if you don't then nothing happens.
Nothing too bad.
2006-08-17 06:31:48 · answer #9 · answered by blessed_11706 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You lie down on your stomach. I had about 30 at the same time. They are like little spears in your back. They can hurt yes. If you are allergic, your back welts up in the area of the specific test. The larger the welt, the more allergic you are.
2006-08-17 06:30:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a test to check what items irritate you.The doctors put in your arms and back, around 100 needles with different things...This test is seat, it's itchy but not painful.
Check it at:
McGovern Clinic in Houston TX.
2006-08-17 06:32:33 · answer #11 · answered by Gabrio 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋