You've got to scratch and claw

[cyrano]

Allergy tests today--126 pokes. And in the end, I have a mild reaction to mold and a reaction to dust mites. No pollen or dander, which surprised me.
I also have prescription level antihistamines and a nose squirter.

Comments

[amanda_lodden.livejournal.com]

Point of clarification: the reason they do the needles AFTER the pokes in the back is that the needles are a higher dosage-- if you're allergic via the poke on the back, there's no need to check via the needle, it will just make you miserable and possibly send you into anaphylactic shock. They use the needles only for things you didn't react to. John, who reacts to lots of things on his back, only gets 11 of the needles.

Thus, you have a mild reaction to dust mites (because you didn't react to the poke version, but you did react to the needle) and a stronger reaction to mold (because you reacted to the poke version, and you reacted almost as strongly as you did to the control positive.)

[cyranocyrano.livejournal.com]

That is an excellent thing to have clarified, and something I probably should have inferred from the procedure.