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Auckland Allergy Clinic |
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The Auckland Allergy Clinic is the oldest private allergy clinic in Auckland, New Zealand. It is situated at 2/187 Jervois Road, Herne Bay, Auckland, New Zealand. The clinic was established with the view to providing efficient treatment to allergy sufferers and ensure relief for them from allergy. They provide specialized treatment against allergies for both adults and children, with special provisions for the disabled. They have patients hailing from all over New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. Before your first visit to Auckland Allergy Clinic, make sure you tale along a printed and filled-in copy of the online form, so that the practitioners can acquaint themselves with the history of your allergies.
The Auckland Allergy Clinic follows precise and routine steps in the treatment of allergies of patients who come to the Auckland Allergy Clinic.
- Case history is given foremost importance, wherein details about the patient's home and work environment, family history of allergies, hobbies and interests, dietary factors etc. are given foremost importance.
Skin Prick Tests is the best test for immediate hypersensitivity (Type 1 allergy). It demonstrates tissue bound IgE and identifies the atopic state. An accurately performed and expertly interpreted prick test with a concentrated extract of high quality allergen is a simple, quick, cheap and safe method of diagnosing allergies with a high degree of specificity and sensitivity. Therefore prick testing with a battery of routine allergens is still the first and basic procedure in diagnosing allergic diseases.
- The radioallergosorbent test (RAST) is meant to measure the amount of IgE that is directed to a specific allergen. This blood test is directed towards those patients who present a good history of sensitivity to a particular allergen, and yet produce consistently negative skin test results.
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- Patch testing is the diagnostic test of allergic contact dermatitis and differentiates it from irritant dermatitis.
- Allergen desensitisation and immunotherapy work like a vaccination to prevent allergies.
All the methods of investigation and treatment adopted by Auckland Allergy Clinic are those recommended by The Australasian Society of Allergy & Clinical Immunology (ASCIA) and The American Academy of Asthma, Allergy & Clinical Immunology (AAAA&I), of which their Allergists are members. So if you are suffering from allergies, you know where to go.
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