by Valeria Confalonieri | May 22, 2020
Probably due to an excess of caution, doctors too frequently prescribe tests to determine the presence of allergic reactions (allergy tests) and to identify possible drug or food allergies. This occurs even when a patient’s personal history (in medical terms: medical...
by Valeria Confalonieri | May 22, 2020
Today one out of four people attributes their symptoms of discomfort to food intolerances or allergies. Data suggests that this may only be accurate in a very small number of cases, around 3-5%. Pharmacies, health stores and herbal stores offer their often expensive...
by cristiano | Oct 17, 2018
Spirometry is the best tool for assessing lung function in asthmatic children, and allows to define the disease severity, monitor the response to pharmacological treatment and achieve symptoms control. Patient’s history and physical examination alone, not combined...
by cristiano | Oct 17, 2018
The diagnosis of acute urticaria is basically clinical and infections (in particular viral infections) account the far most common cause during childhood. Testing patients for allergies is indicated only when there is a close temporal relationship between food...
by cristiano | Oct 17, 2018
Several methods are constantly proposed to diagnose the so-called “food intolerance”; these procedures includes VEGA-test, Cytotoxic test, serum specific IgG4 dosage, hair analysis and “bioresonance” techniques. None of these procedure has sufficient scientific...
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