HOW TO ASCERTAIN ASTHMA: THE DIAGNOSTIC TESTS - THE IGE TEST

The presence of asthma is very closely related to the serum IgE or allergic antibody level. The IgE blood test is an important blood test, which measures the amount of allergic or IgE antibody in a child’s serum or body. A small sample of blood is processed through an analyzer to detect and count the IgE count. A high IgE level indicates that the child is susceptible to allergies, and allergies play an important role in the asthma.The test is very helpful in predicting if infants or young children with asthma will ever develop asthma, hay fever, or allergies even at a future date. The IgE antibody levels tend to get elevated years before a child develops signs of asthma or hay fever. Studies have concluded that even wheeze free children with high IgE levels may have allergic or hyperresponsive airways.*50\260\8*

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