15-mnth-old tested for allergy diseases

Hyderabad: For the first time in Telangana, a 15-month-old who travelled from Ireland was successfully tested for allergy-related diseases at a private healthcare centre in Chikkadpally. This was done through use of allergy skin testing method and allergen-specific immunotherapy. She was suffering from atopic dermatitis and eczema.
The team of allergy experts from the city who dealt with the child said that the test will help enable the baby not to fall into the routine allergy-related sufferins that might turn into serious medical conditions in the long term.“The test will play a massive role in identifying the medical conditions that might be affect an individual in future and help stop it at the initial stage. Allergy skin testing and allergy specific immunotherapy is a game changer and long-term target oriented treatment. All the remaining treatment strategies that are available come under symptomatic treatment relief which will be for short duration,” Dr Vykarnam Nageshwar, allergist and immunologist, Aswini Allergy Centre, Chikkadpally told TOI.
Some diseases which may be avoided in childhood through allergy skin testing and allergen immunotherapy include Allergic Atopic Dermatitis, Allergic Rhinitis, Allergic Asthma