had him tested because after spending thousands on vet bills and meds...(steriods, antibiotics, anti-itch creams, ear gels, eye drops) and having him scratch all the fur off of his belly, and no fur under his arms...he is up all night itching and rubbing and really is miserable...
His food allergy includes chicken and turkey...he poops blood when he gets that, and he vomits alot.
So....when I taught asthma and allergy classes ( I have both)I learned and I am a firm believer that meds are just a bandaid to the problem underneath...You have to discover the triggers or allergens and immunize, and avoid as much as possible.
He starts allergy shots in a couple of weeks. If not, as he gets older, he will get worse...everytime someone is exposed to an allergen, the mast cells build up more histamines, more luekotrines more every thing. In other words, the body, percieving the trigger or allergen is BAD, will build up more and more of a defense, causing a whopping attack.
Antihistamines? He takes 2 a day...they barely touch him now. We need to change his whole IgE profile (Immunoglbulin profile)
...shots will do that for him, hopefully. Not all immunizations for this stuff takes.
Of note, a human can have a RAST test and test for foods...a Dog cannot. For some reason the test becomes unreliable.
Can you tell that I love immunology? I would have loved to be an immunologist!