Indications
This test requires a blood draw, so please ensure you can refer to a phlebotomist in the clients area before you order this test.
(Nordic Laboratories accepts no cost or claims related to any phlebotomy services in the event of sample rejection or failure for any reason. By ordering this, or any test requiring phlebotomy services, you accept any inherent risk and any associated costs.)
• Aches in muscles • Acne • Aggressiveness • Anger / irritability • Anxiety, fear • Apathy • Arthritis • Asthma, bronchitis
• Belching • Binge eating • Bloating • Blurred vision • Canker sores • Chest congestion • Chest pains • Chronic coughing • Compulsive eating • Confusion • Constipation • Cravings • Depression • Diarrhea • Difficulty breathing • Dizziness • Drainage from ear | • Ear aches • Ear infections • Excessive mucous • Excessive sweating • Excessive weight • Fainting • Fatigue • Feeling of weakness • Flushing / hot flashes • Frequent illness • Gagging • Hair loss • Hay fever • Headaches • Hearing loss • Hives, rashes • Hyperactivity • Insomnia • Irregular heartbeat • Itchy eyes • Laryngeal edema • Learning disabilities • Lethargy • Limited movement • Mood swings | • Nervousness • Pain in joints • Passing gas • Phlegm • Poor concentration • Poor memory • Rapid heartbeat • Restlessness • Ringing in ears • Shortness of breath • Sinus problems • Sluggishness • Sneezing attacks • Sore throat • Stiffness • Stomach pains • Stuffy nose • Stuttering / stammering • Swollen eyelids • Swollen tongue/lips/gums • Underweight • Urgent urination • Water retention • Watery eyes • Wheezing |
Overview
Overview
The majority of adverse immune reactions to foods classified as type II, III, or IV with delayed system onset, are mediated by IgG and are termed food sensitivities. It has been estimated that 90% of immune reactions to foods are non-IgE or delayed symptom onset food allergies. A single blood test can identify patient’s food sensitivities. Recommended treatments for food sensitivities is elimination of reactive foods from the diet for a period of 3 to 4 months followed by reintroduction and rotation. This test, tests for 115 foods.
Practical
Practical
This test requires a blood draw, so please ensure you can refer to a phlebotomist in the clients area before you order this test.
(Nordic Laboratories accepts no cost or claims related to any phlebotomy services in the event of sample rejection or failure for any reason. By ordering this, or any test requiring phlebotomy services, you accept any inherent risk and any associated costs.)
Specimen requirements:
Serum. Blood drawn.
Average processing time:
14 ±7 days
Research
Downloadable research
• Eliminating Immunologically-Reactive Foods from the Diet and its Effect on Body Composition and Quality of Life in Overweight Persons
Other research
• Barnes RMR Harvey MM Blears J et al, IgG Subclass of Human Serum Antibodies Reactive with Dietary Proteins, Int Archs Allergy appl. Immun, 1986.
• Cohen GA Hartman F Hamburger RN et al, Severe Anemia and chronic Bronchitis associated with a Markedly Elevated Specific IgG to Cow’s Milk Protein, Annals of Allergy, July 1985.
• Haddad, Vetter, Friedman, Samz, Brunner, Detection and kinetics of antigen-specific IgE and IgG immune complexes in food allergy, Annal of Allergy, August 1993.
• Kemeny RD Urbanek R Amlot PL et al, Sub-class of IgG in allergic disease, I IgG subclass antibodies in immediate and non-immediate food allergy, Clinical Allergy, 1986.
• Morgan JE, Daul CB, Lehrer SB, The relationships among shrimp-specific IgG subclass antibodies and immediate adverse reactions to shrimp challenge, J Allergy Clin Immunol, September 1990.
• Niggemann, B. et al, Outcome of double-blind, placebo controlled food challenge tests in 107 children with atopic dermatitis, Clin Exp Allergy, January 1999.
• Rafei A, Peters S, Harris N, and Bellani J, Food allergy and food-specific IgG measurement, Annals of Allergy, February 1989.