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How do you find if you have food allergies

NormInv
NormInv Posts: 3,303 Member
edited February 22 in Food and Nutrition
What is the right process. Is it lengthy? What doctor would you go to for it?

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  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 8,135 Member
    Get your GP to refer you to an allergist. The test consists of a lot of skin pricks on your back that are exposed to known allergens. Then they examine how much swelling you have at the various sites. Takes maybe an hour if I remember correctly.

    If you have hayfever you are likely to have a cross allergy to nuts and fruits or stuff that grows on the same trees.
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