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I have to go for allergy testing tomorrow. what happens if i have a really major reaction?

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Allergy Testing: Allergy testing is designed to cause a small skin reaction, but rarely ever causes any other symptoms. You have very very minimal chance of a "major" reaction. Only itching where the test is placed. This can be treated with topicals and an oral antihistamine and resolves fairly quickly.

Answered 9/28/2016

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