ALLERGY CLINIC:
Dr. Hilary Allen provides an Allergy Clinic for children and adults.
What to expect:
The allergy consultation takes approximately 1 hour. It involves a detailed history followed by skin prick testing and occasionally, blood testing. An allergy is then confirmed or outruled as a cause of the underlying symptoms. Some types of allergy are diagnosed on history alone and do not require testing. An individualised management plan is provided.
What conditions are treated:
- Anaphylaxis
- Food Allergy – immediate (rash, swelling, breathing difficulties) and delayed (colic,
reflux, constipation, diarrhoea) - Hayfever
- Asthma
- Eczema
- Urticaria (Hive-type rash)
Services provided:
- Comprehensive allergy assessment
- Allergy testing
- Individualised allergy management plan
- Education on allergy self-management
- Allergen avoidance advice
- Adrenaline Pen prescription and education on appropriate use
- Optimised management of Asthma / Eczema / Hayfever
- Oral immunotherapy for Hayfever
- A comprehensive report is sent to your GP
What conditions are not treated:
- Drug allergy testing
- Bee / Wasp allergy testing and immunotherapy
- Patch testing for contact dermatitis
What age can children be tested?
Food allergy usually presents at the age of weaning. Therefore, allergy testing is performed
on children as young as 5-6 months old.
Allergy can present prior to this age in the form of eczema or delayed allergy symptoms
such as colic, reflux, constipation and feeding difficulties. Therefore, a comprehensive
allergy consultation in very young babies with these symptoms is appropriate and testing
may then be performed when the child is 6 months old.
What should I do prior to my appointment?
- No antihistamines should be taken for 1 week prior to allergy testing. If it is
necessary to take them, then please contact the clinic to let us know in case your
appointment needs to be re-scheduled. - If you / your child has a fever or is unwell in the preceding 24 hours, then please re-
schedule the appointment.
COST?
Intial consultation : 150 euro
Review consultation : 100 euro.