Allergy Milk Panel Enzyme Assay Skin
What is this test?
Allergy Milk Panel Skin Test is used to test the sensitization of your skin to milk. This test helps in knowing the immune response to the milk and milk products. In this test, your skin is slightly pricked and introduced to the milk or its proteins.
What is milk allergy?
Milk allergy is a reaction to the milk, milk products, or the products containing milk by the body’s immune response. Milk allergy is one of the most common allergies seen in children. Mostly milk allergy is caused by cow’s milk, other than cow’s milk goats or sheep or buffalos or other mammal’s milk also may cause milk allergy. This reaction is experienced soon after the intake of the milk or milk products.
Milk allergy symptoms which appear immediately include wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath, itching or tingling sensation on the lips or mouth, swollen lips, tongue or throat, hives, or vomiting, runny nose, watery eyes, abdominal cramps, loose stools, blood in stools, or colic in infants, etc.
Sometimes milk allergy can be life-threatening causing narrowing of the airways, making it difficult to breathe. Milk is the most common food that causes an anaphylactic reaction. Anaphylaxis is a medical emergency condition which leads to facial flushing, itching, shock, sudden fall in blood pressure, constriction of airways, swollen throat, or difficulty to breathe, etc.
Why this test is performed?
This test may be recommended to you if you are suspected to have a milk allergy. This test is also recommended if you experience certain symptoms like wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath, itching or tingling sensation on the lips or mouth, swollen lips, tongue, or throat; hives, vomiting, runny nose, watery eyes, abdominal cramps, loose stools, blood in stools, colic (severe pain in abdomen caused by gas in the intestines) in infants, etc. This test may also be performed to evaluate the effectiveness of the treatment of milk allergy.
Test Preparation
Inform your doctor if you are on any medications, have any allergies or underlying medical conditions before your Allergy Milk Panel Enzyme Assay Skin. Your doctor will give specific instructions depending on your condition on how to prepare for Allergy Milk Panel Enzyme Assay Skin.
No specific preparation is required for this allergy milk panel skin test.
Understanding your test results
After getting exposed to milk or milk proteins if you develop hives, which are raised bumps at the test location that are at least 3mm may indicate that you have the milk allergy. If you receive a positive test result, consult with your healthcare provider.
If there is no reaction or hives present on the skin after getting exposed to the milk or its proteins then it may indicate that you are not allergic to milk.
| Gender | Age groups | Value |
| UNISEX | All age groups | A wheal and flare reaction of atleast 3mm indicates that the patient is allergic to the substance |