IgG Food
Antibody Assessment Panels
Tests For IgG Antibody-Mediated Sensitivities
For doctor and patient convenience, US BioTek offers the Aller-Food
Check finger stick test. This quick and sensitive test identifies
for food-specific IgG antibodies from a patient’s blood spot
sample. Simply, a lancet is used on the finger to obtain a few
drops of blood, which are then absorbed onto our proprietary Micro-collection strips. These strips are then air-dried and sent in the mail to US BioTek for complete analysis. As with all of our
ELISA assays, each and every patient’s specimen is run in
complete duplicate as part of our QA. This ELISA food-specific
IgG is a semi-quantitative analysis that is both highly accurate
with results on par to that of liquid serum, and very economical.
Each patient report comes complete with a customized 4-Day Elimination/Rotation
Diet Guideline and an easy-to-read food family booklet.
Symptom presentation of delayed-onset IgG reactions may be
more obscure and long term compared to typical Type I IgE immediate
onset reactions simply due to the longer half-life of these IgG
antibodies. IgG antibody-antigen complexes may deposit in any organ/tissue
promoting a variety of symptoms. Symptoms here may tend to be chronic,
recurrent, and indolent associated with multiple organ, multiple
system and multi-mediator involvement. Consider IgG testing for
patients with chronic conditions involving any system – Gastrointestinal
(distension, bloating, cramping, colic, N/V, diarrhea), Respiratory
allergic reactions (rhinitis, nasal congestion, sinusitis, (S)OME,
Dermal (ECZEMA, angioedema), CNS (mood, behavior, learning difficulties,
H/A), Neurovascular (migraines, Meniere’s), Musculoskelatal
(weakness, feeling “below par”, arthralgia, myalgia).
Keep in mind that many patients may develop symptoms not usually
considered associated with immunoligic reactions!
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