Allergy - Chilipepper Test

Chili pepper allergy affects up to 3 percent of people and can adversely restrict their everyday life. Spices are one of the most commonly used products and are found in foods, cosmetics and dental products. While spice allergy is considered to be mostly rare, affecting between 2 to 5 people for every 10,000 people, it is most of the times under-diagnosed. Many species have biological functions that improve their ability to result in sensitization.

Allergy Chili pepper test is conducted on a sample of skin to record the level of Allergic Skin Reaction in the skin. It is done to confirm Chili pepper Allergy and also during the treatment and after the treatment of Chili pepper Allergy. No special preparation is required for Allergy Chili pepper Enzyme Assay Skin. Just check if you are on any medications or have any underlying medical conditions or allergies before undergoing Allergy Chili pepper Enzyme Assay Skin. Depending on your condition there will be given specific instructions.

Most individuals with suspected chili pepper allergy can be adequately controlled with medicines, appropriate advice and reassurance, without it being necessary to specifically identify the allergen. If medications are not alone enough to control symptoms, and identifying the likely cause would benefit management, then allergy testing for some conditions may be appropriate. Skin prick testing is the preferred first test.

The testing of Chili pepper allergy is discovered by the symptoms that an individual experiences with exposure to the Chili pepper. It is also possible to conduct allergy testing to most of the spices, either with a commercial allergen extract or by making a homemade extract with a fresh spice. Blood testing for the presence of allergic antibodies to spices is also available to some limited extent. Patch testing to spices can be performed to diagnose contact dermatitis to spices, likely with homemade extracts given the lack of commercially available options. Allergy Testing starts with a prick, puncture or scratch method, which includes the putting of a drop of the chili pepper on the skin and eroding the skin of the patient with a needle. This testing is not so painful and there is no or very less bleeding involved as the needle only scratches the upper surface of the skin. After the skin is eroded, the testing take around 20 minutes to establish. There can be more skin tests performed, depending on the individual’s age, symptoms and other biological factors. A positive skin test forms as a raised, red itchy bump, similarly to a mosquito bite. The test then is continued to be evaluated to the positive and negative controls, which are two other types of skin tests placed along with the allergens to be gone for testing.

If the prick skin test results are not positive i.e negative to various allergens, but a person’s case history of allergies(history of his parents , grandparents and other ancestor) suggest that these results may be positive, then another test, known as an intradermal skin test, can be done as well. Intradermal skin testing, which includes the injection of a diluted chili pepper extract over the top layer of the skin with a needle, may be able to diagnose more people with the chili pepper allergic disease than with the prick test alone.