As a primary care physician, you can play an important role in first-line management of allergies. Help manage your patients’ allergic diseases—whether triggered by environmental or workplace allergens—with a detailed medical history, a physical examination and an investigation of IgE antibodies through a blood test.
Allergic responses can develop to previously tolerated substances, and sensitization to seasonal and/or perennial allergens in the environment often accumulate to trigger allergic symptoms. Your patients may display symptoms of rhinitis, but non-allergic rhinitis and allergic rhinitis have different management strategies, underscoring the importance of an accurate diagnosis.
Possible allergic diseases found in the workplace, which include rhinitis, conjunctivitis, asthma, hypersensitivity pneumonitis, contact urticaria and contact dermatitis, can result in long-term health impairment yet many occupational allergic diseases are largely underrecognized.¹
Consider testing for allergic rhinitis in patients with asthma, eczema (atopic dermatitis), conjunctivitis, sinusitis, polyposis, upper respiratory tract infections, otitis media and sleeping disorders, as well as in children with learning and attention impairments.
For patients with suspected workplace inhalation exposure to specific allergens or suspected contact urticaria or contact dermatitis, IgE blood testing can establish IgE-mediated sensitization to allergens encountered in the workplace.
Get the answers you need to correctly diagnose and improve clinical management of your patients with an IgE blood test.
Between 2% and 15% of all asthma associated with industry are attributed to occupational exposure to chemicals.2 Labcorp offers quantitative allergen-specific IgE testing to help monitor workplace exposure to several chemical profiles.
Between 2% and 15% of all asthma associated with industry are attributed to occupational exposure to chemicals.2 Labcorp offers quantitative allergen-specific IgE testing to help monitor workplace exposure to several chemical profiles.
Contact a Labcorp representative to learn more about how we can help meet your allergy testing needs
