Manxman27 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Does anybody know if anyone on the Island test for food intolerance? Or have experience or these types of tests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aquarius Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Probably a good bet is to get a book from Waterstones and test yourself. There is a certain method in testing which involves leaving out certain foods then re-introducing them. Just abstaining from the affecting food for a while and reintroducing can help food intolerance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebees Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Thats a good idea Aquarius. Failing that, I'm sure doctors do some kind of allergy test where they test patches of things on your skin but that might be for something other than food allergies come to think of it. The doctor would probably be able to put you in touch with a dietician who would certainly be able to sort you out. It's quite mad how many normal things cause chaos in your life, feather pillows kill me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gillf Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 I know a few people who been up this clinic Allergists and Allergy Testing Francis Galambos Springfield Grange Private Clinic Farmhill Mews Farmhill Douglas IM2 2EJ01624 671787 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manxman27 Posted August 8, 2012 Author Share Posted August 8, 2012 Thanks for the replies, my wife asked me to post the question so I'll refer her to the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merkin Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 I went to school with a Frenchie with a food allergy. He was huit intolerant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrighty Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Food intolerance and allergy can be two different things. If you're lactose intolerant, for example, you lack the enzyme to digest it, so you end up with a load of undigested sugar in your gut which draws in the water, with obvious effects when it reaches the other end. Allergies (seafood is a relatively common one) are when the immune system reacts too strongly to certain things, and causes symptoms like you may get with hay fever, or in more extreme cases anaphylactic shock and cardio-respiratory failure. To test for food intolerances you have to withdraw the substance from the diet, assess its effect on symptoms, then re-introduce it in a controlled way to see if symptoms reappear. As it's usually not an allergy skin testing won't help. Coeliac disease is a bit of both - it is an allergy to a particular wheat protein, but the upshot is atrophy of certain gut cells leading to malabsorption and malnutrition. Classically the diagnosis is made by introducing a gluten free diet, intestinal biopsy, then a 'gluten challenge' and another biopsy. Even though it's an allergy I don't think skin testing works, probably because it's mediated through immunoglobulin A rather than immunoglobulin E. (I may be a humble bonesetter, but I did a degree in immunology between my 2nd and 3rd years at med school, and can vaguely remember some of it!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I suffer from food intolerance every time I go to Mc *******. Although calling it food is stretching the truth a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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