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We are the only Michigan food allergy specialist. Treat and diagnosing allergy / allergies symptoms to milk, nuts, tree nuts, fish, shell fish, egg, wheat, soy, fruit, gluten. There is no cure for food allergy / allergies but we can train you how to live with a food allergy and be safe with. Only location in Oakland County, Michigan to specialize in Food Allergy. Patients from all cities in Michigan are welcome: West Bloomfield, Wixom, Franklin, Novi, Northville, Farmington, Birmingham, White Lake, Fenton, Brighton, Pontiac, Troy, Royal Oak, Oak Park, Clarkston, Livonia, Ann Arbor, Ypsilanti, Plymouth, Southfield, Walled Lake MI, Commerce MI, Waterford MI, Flint MI, Lansing MI. We teach you how to survive with food allergy and multiple food allergies. Food allergy recipe / recipes many times taste poor we are building a food allergy recipe sharing web site. I am the only allergist in Oakland County Michigan to specialize in Food Allergy. A food allergy Specialist can accurately diagnose and treated for food allergy. Food allergy is a sub specialty that most allergists do not have enough experience or training. Symptoms seen anaphylaxis, nausea, eczema, atopic dermatitis, rash, vomit, vomiting, hives, dizziness, light headed. We treat adults, kids / pediatrics for food allergies that resolve and life long allergy. We test for food allergy at our specialty clinic.
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Comprehensive Food Allergy Clinic of Michigan Skin Prick Testing (SPT) is the preferred method for evaluating patients with food allergies. This can be done in children as young as a few months of age. Tiny drops of purified allergen extracts are scratched into your skin's surface (virtually pain free). The site is then monitored for the development of redness and swelling at the site of administration over the next 15-20 minutes (results in 15-20 min). A positive SPT indicates a possible association between the food being tested and a patient’s reaction to the suspected food. In general only about 50% of patients with a positive SPT will have symptoms to that food. A negative SPT is about 95% predictive (if it is negative 95% chance that there is no clinical symptoms). In some instances we will use fresh fruit or vegetables (prick to prick method) to test for certain allergies. RAST Testing is a blood test (more painful than SPT) whereby a patient’s IgE, the allergy antibody, is measured against a specific food. This is considered less reliable than the SPT because there is a higher false positive rate than the SPT (a smaller chance that a positive test will correlate with symptoms). A negative test is similar as SPT. This study is sent to a laboratory therefore the results and the results take approximately 2 weeks (SPT results are available in 15 min). This test is generally used when there are other factors that preclude the use of the SPT such as severe atopic dermatitis (eczema), anaphylaxis to the suspected food, patients that cannot discontinue antihistamines. RAST tests can be monitored over time. If the value decreases to an acceptable level, a food challenge can be performed under physician supervision in the office. ***Important point: All positive tests must be confirmed by
either a strong history (i.e. a significant reaction after eating a walnut), or
by a food challenge. A positive test only means sensitivity but may have
no clinical signs if ingested. A food allergy
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We are also a full service allergy and immunology practice.
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