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Are there any home allergy testing kits that can be bought that work just as well as allergy testing at docs?

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Dr. Michael Zacharisen answered

Specializes in Allergy and Immunology

Unfortunately no: It would be nice to have allergy testing that can be done at home. Unfortunately, no reliable test kits are available. The most reliable test is a skin test applied and interpreted by an allergist. Even specific ige blood tests can have "false negative" results. Igg blood tests are essentially useless.

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Answered 3/6/2020

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