insect venom and drug allergies. A positive result is a typically raised wheal and red flare reaction on the skin. Skin prick tests are cheap, safe and simple to perform if the tester has been ...

2 The term “allergy” was introduced in 1906 by von ... or airway to a single dose of allergen produces a cutaneous wheal-and-flare reaction, sneezing and runny nose, or wheezing within minutes.

The latter had an allergy to fish ... provoked a localized wheal-and-flare reaction. The experimenters were immortalized in what came to be known as the P-K test, and the skin-sensitizing ...

In her laboratory, Cecilia Berin, Ph.D., the Bunning Professor of Food Allergy ... it causes a wheal and flare reaction if there are IgE antibodies present. There are also blood tests that can ...

Could you have an allergy to grass ... After 15 minutes the test is read, with positive reactions showing a "wheal and flare" response (a lump like a mosquito bite and redness).

In vitro tests have demonstrated that second-generation ... Investigational models like the histamine-induced skin wheal-and-flare model are limited in predicting the efficacy of an antihistamine.

Some may complain that the resulting allergy is due to heat ... asthma and hepatocellular injury. The wheal-and-flare allergic reaction is typical of cholinergic urticarial and is caused by ...