Allergy Screen (Food Panel - 20)

ALLERGY – SCREEN FOOD PANEL-20:

Why Allergy – Screen Food Panel - 20 Test?

CLINICAL INFORMATION :

Allergy–screen food panel -20 test is a part of the food allergy panel. The allergy – food screen food panel -20 test measures the level of allergen-specific antibodies. These substances may elicit a hypersensitive allergic reaction by the immune system (immunoglobulin IgE to specific food). Oral food challenge (OFC) is the most accurate test to determine food allergy.  Some of the most common food allergy tests used are skin prick testing, radioallergosorbent test, an oral food challenge, and atopy patch testing, etc.  Some of the symptoms of allergy screen food panel-20 test include hives, stomach upset, bloody stools – especially in children, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and clinical manifestation of signs and symptoms of anaphylaxis – a rare potentially life-threatening reaction that impairs breathing (swelling of airways – impairing the ability to breathe), sudden drop in blood pressure causing dizziness and fainting consequently leading to shock. Untreated complications of screen food panel-20 test food allergy can lead to consequences like rapid heartbeat, sudden drop in blood pressure, heart palpitations, trouble breathing, swelling in the air passage of the throat, slurred speech, swollen tongue, swollen lips, cyanosis around lips, fingertips or toes and loss of consciousness, etc. Hence the best way to treat allergies is to know the cause of that allergen and these food allergy tests help screen diagnose them.  

Following 20 food items are tested in this screening panel.

General instructions:

Sample Requirement: Specimen - Blood sample taken from the vein. Test Preparation: None.

NOTE - Sample for specimen collections may vary based on the patient’s condition/cases according to the patient’s presenting complaints/signs or symptoms:

SPECIMEN REQUIREMENT (Special or Rare Cases) - As instructed and guided by Physician / Clinician / Pathologist / as per Laboratory’s requirements, according to procedures and protocols.    

This Multi-Specialty Clinical Referral Laboratory  RTDIAGNOSTICS provides precise and accurate tests with an extensive range of testing services to the medical centers to help in the diagnosis and identification of pathology in the test specimens for infectious diseases and also to evaluate the function of organ systems of the patient. It prevents further complications and helps to stabilize and restore health to near normalcy at the earliest without delay.