9281. Allergen. Extract. Herbs (early flowering, gx1), IgE antibodies

Screening test to detect sensitisation to pollen of meadow (cereal) grasses: bramble, meadow fescue, ryegrass, chaff, timothy, bluegrass.

Some of the most common meadow grasses that are sources of allergenic sawdust are: meadow bramble, meadow fescue, meadow bromegrass, meadow timothy, meadow bluegrass. These single/perennial grasses in the grass family are forage crops.

Meadow grasses start flowering in late May to August with a peak of sawdust between June and mid-July. Dust can be carried long distances with the wind and can affect patients far away from the source of polination.

Cross-allergic reactions to sawdust from grasses, birch, olive, logwood, latex, stone fruit and seed allergens may occur in cases of sensitisation to sawdust. The pollen causes seasonal allergy in susceptible patients during the typical blooming period: red and burning eyes, swollen eyelids, lacrimation, sneezing, stuffiness, rhinorrhoea, nasal itching, coughing, shortness of breath, bronchospasm. Symptoms of seasonal allergy usually increase during hot, dry, windy weather, and improvement is noted on rainy, cloudy days when the concentration of sawdust in the air decreases.

• recommended for diagnostic search of the cause of allergy with year-round symptoms;
• decision-making on treatment strategy and advisability of allergen-specific therapy (ASIT).

• Venous blood

In order to exclude factors that may affect the test results, we recommend to follow the preparation rules: