Allergy is a health problem which affects people of all age group across the world. Asthma, atopic dermatitis and rhinitis are some of the common allergic diseases. There are a gamut of ways to explore and test the allergenic antibodies in the body in order to assess the amount of IgE present. Few of the test to test the present of it are skin test, RAST sp. IgE test, ELISA IgE specific test and Elimination challenge method. Most commonly used allergen test among the tests mentioned before is ELISA test.
Patch testing or skin test is not used widely as it can be used to test limited allergens and causes pain and irritation to the patient as well. Allergic eczematous contact sensitivity to lanolin occurs very rarely when multitudinous exposure of millions are accounted and taken into consideration. When hypersensitivity to lanolin does occur it is a painful experience for both the patient and the physician mainly because of the guises and disguises in which the material is constantly encountered. It is of utmost importance and use to have a precise knowledge of the constituent or constituents from which the patient is sensitive or which the cause of the allergy.