Skin reaction to face.

[0vikki95]

Hi. I keep having allergic reactions on my face only. Its like a rash and is quite blotchy and very red. I have a severe allergy to peanuts (which i avoid all nuts). I've been to the doctors (as im discharged from the hospital) about my reactions as they happen now on a daily basis, which they've been giving me antibiotic steroid cream which helps my reaction calm down. I have run out of this now and I've booked another doctors appointment but they only help for a couple of weeks and boom the reaction comes back up again? Any help? :S

[Paderla Anitha, DNB]

Hello and hope you are doing well.

Try to detect the allergens. Consult an allergy specialist. First he may do a blood IgE levels to see if they are raised. Next, he will do skin testing. This test is painless, in which a very small amount of certain allergens are pricked into the surface of your skin. If you have allergies, just a little swelling will occur where the allergen was introduced.  Reactions occur within about 15 minutes.  If needed more sensitive intradermal tests will be used in which a small amount of allergen is injected within the skin. Based on this he may plan for immunotherapy.

Hope this helped and do keep us posted.

[0vikki95]

Hi thanks for the advice. I'm going to ask my doctor for another allergy test. I've had a round 3 skin ***** tests done before, for the blood lgE levels do that require taking a blood test? Im off to the doctors tomorrow night.