An allergy is an abnormal reaction of your immune system to a substance that is usually harmless to most other people. These substances are known as allergens and in most cases are proteins found in our environment produced by plants (pollen) or animals (pets or dust mites).
You can test at any time of the year – you don’t necessarily need to be suffering from symptoms when you do the test but for your result to be meaningful it is essential that you have had symptoms relating to a specific sensitivity in the past.
There are different types of allergies but the most common are associated with asthma, eczema, hayfever (rhinitis) and food sensitivity. People with these allergies usually have high levels of allergy antibodies known as immunoglobulin E (IgE) in their blood. Once you know what you are allergic to, you can confidently seek further medical advice and take appropriate action to reduce or possibly eliminate your symptoms.
Imutest is a range of quick and convenient home allergy tests to help people with asthma, eczema and other allergy related diseases find out what could be triggering their symptoms.
Imutest is a clinically proven IgE allergy test, just like those used in hospital laboratories. In a study of 200 patients referred to an NHS allergy clinic for allergy tests we have shown that Imutest correctly identifies whether high levels of allergy antibodies (IgE) are present with an accuracy of 98 percent when compared to the gold standard laboratory test method.
