That is why allergy testing otherwise healthy individuals should be discouraged, as results are often misleading ... A positive result is a typically raised wheal and red flare reaction on the skin.

Patients with an SPT higher than 6.7 mm were 3.08 times more likely to develop persistent allergy. Perspective from Jay A. Lieberman, MD Reaction severity and skin prick testing results predicted ...

21 Participants were stratified into two study cohorts on the basis of the results of a skin-prick test for peanut allergy (no measurable wheal after testing versus a wheal measuring 1 to 4 mm in ...