allergy testing

[igH]

other factors could be at play too...

Atopy and contact sensitization in psoriasis.

The allergen-specific IgE antibody was determined in 20 men and 120 women with psoriasis and the results were correlated with a history of current and previous allergic disease. Allergic disease was reported in 21% of the patients, but a positive RAST test was obtained in 44%. In chronic plaque-type psoriasis a positive RAST test was significantly more common (58%) than in active psoriasis (22%). Grass pollen and house dust mite were the most prevalent sensitizing allergens, with frequencies of 64% and 53%, respectively in the sensitized subjects. Sensitization increased with age and polysensitization was common. Contact dermatitis was verified with patch tests in 12 men and 20 woman, of whom 10 had chronic plaque-type psoriasis and 22 active psoriasis. Tar, nickel sulphate, corticosteroid mixture and thiomersal were the most common allergens. No irritant reactions were seen at the concentrations used. Atopic allergic diseases and contact sensitization were therefore common among our psoriatic patients.

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[Hanna]

Thanks for all the info igH 


I have another card yp my sleeve if she says no, my Mum has excma (spell??) my Dad has P....my Dad is now on loads of drugs and P clear apart from he kept getting some "wierd" skin he saw a derm and it has turned out to be gravitantional excma......

I have had soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo many allergic reactions to steriod creams and moisturises that they have made my P even worse before in the past as I also have thay affect where P appears after an injury to the skin.

so with that history I'm hoping it will be in my favour more 

[igH]

you're welcome... i hope so too... but you can also print it You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login and take it with you, just in case...

best of luck 

[Hanna]

well the answer was no, but I really wasn't in the right frame of mind to agrue my case much 

Now starting UVB again 

I just hope that with stopping smoking and better diet it stays away a bit longer than normal!!

[NYGuy11]

I hear allergy testing isn't very reliable, that things will come up that the person is allergic to, even when they have no reaction whatsoever, so who knows.

I think the best way is to eliminate something for a while and then reintroduce.  Go on a Pagano or elimination style diet for a few months and if you see improvement, you know it's your diet.  Then you can start adding things and seeing if it's a trigger for you.

[Eveloftus]

I agree with nyguy, tests to detect food intolerances are unreliable. ( but frank allergy testing is reliable, especially the skin prick test and the IgE blood test) but you would probably know you had an allergy from your symptoms--itchy rash after consuming the food).
For food intolerances it's best to do as nyguy said, eliminate a food for awhile, then reintroduce it and see if your P reacts. It is known that some psoriatics are sensitive to gluten, so that's something to experiment with first. (although I'm still not sure I am sensitive to gluten after much experimentation! I don't notice much difference!)

[NYGuy11]

I'm in the same boat Eve...I eliminated gluten and didn't see anything change.

December 2010: I eliminated gluten for 1 month.  No change except 2 spots on my hip that looked like they were clearing.  No change to the other spots.

January/February 2011: I started eating gluten again, but only very sparingly.  My spots did not get worse.

March/April 2011: 2 straight months without gluten and I did not see a lick of improvement.  I started eating gluten again in May 2011, without any worsening of the spots.

I no longer eat as much gluten as I did before, but I've come to the conclusion it's not a problem for me.

[igH]

gluten sensitivity/intolerance is specifically related to the anti-gliadin antibodies...

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but the testing for presence of ige antibodies is related to allergies in general