Skin prick testing (SPT) is the preferred method for determining food allergy. It’s safe for most patients, including babies, and results are available quickly.

If you’ve had an allergic reaction to shellfish or seafood, even if mild, you may want to consult a healthcare professional for allergy testing. Proper diagnosis may avoid future emergencies, as ...

Skin testing is the most common and quickest food allergy test. Your doctor can test you for several foods at once. First, they'll put a small drop of liquid containing the food on your skin and ...

A deep dive into shellfish allergy symptoms, causes and risks. From itchy hives to full-blown anaphylaxis, why seafood ...

Australia has some of the highest rates of food allergy in the world but the way we test for these potentially fatal conditions is unreliable and leading to misdiagnoses, say experts.

SAN DIEGO — Shellfish sensitization in adults was linked to younger age, male sex and area-based socioeconomic disadvantage, according to a poster presented here. “A lot of the sensitization ...

The season for sneezing and wheezing is here. If you're unsure about what's causing your allergy symptoms, there is a unique test that can help.

BLONZ: A series of reactions had my family physician order allergy testing. The results were a bit surprising because they identified items I had never reacted to before. Why might I have developed an ...