I have to go for an allergy test tomorrow morning at 9:30. They are doing the arm test, not the back test. How long do these tests usually take, assuming they do find something you’re allergic to?
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The back test usually takes a couple hours. The arm test takes about 15 minutes to set up, a couple minutes to administer and 15 more minutes of waiting to see if anything shows up. Depending on what shows up (how many positives you have) will determine what they want to do. Inhalant allergies – they usally recommend allergy shots
Food/latex/work exposure allergies – avoidance
I’d say you’ll be there about an hour.
maybe 1/2 hour at most once you are in there.
for me, it didn’t matter what they found. they did the test, then scheduled a followup to go over the results. i had the full back + arms (like 140 pricks). the dr. didn’t even know what was being pricked. they just record that results … prick 10×12 showed reaction, prick 34×3 did not, etc.
anyway, the pricking takes like less than a second per prick. and then maybe 10-15 minutes waiting for a reaction, and maybe 5 minutes to record the results.