Hi Eunice - welcome to the site 🙂 We do perform contact urticaria testing - mainly in patients with chelitis / history of lip swelling. Use the oral ...

I have the book so can look something up for u Avad if u get stuck…

Thank you Kate and Ying - really helpful 🙂

Thank you Kate and Ying - really helpful 🙂

Hi Susannah, the BSCA don't have a list of MI free products - basically as the situation/formulations change quite frequently, so keeping something u...

Hi Vesna, I think the majority of units use the BSCA baseline series for children without any issues. Some have a modified 'paediatric' series to make...

Does she use a sunbed Adam? I had a patient with eyelid eczema caused by acrylate in her eyelash glue and photos of stripes of eczema on her cheeks wh...

Hi Preshita, Our department is continuing with patch testing for urgent cases at the moment. We aren't doing Covid tests prior but being strict about...

Hi Elaine, sorry for delay in reply. Decimal point is in the right place...was tocopherol acetate 10% pet that was being tested. (T-037B) I’ll check ...

Hi Seau Tak, I think sodium metabisulphite is one of the most frustrating of allergens...so often a beautiful positive patch test reaction but no cle...

No...will be some time away I think!

Hi Carolyn, we have had a few eumovate oint positive patients - often with no other steroid reactions - neg to tixocortyl/budesonide etc - have wonder...

Hi Preshita, I've had a few patients - almost always children - with a rash caused by their shin pads. I haven't had a positive reaction to a shin pa...

Hi Preshita, We seem to be testing to the cyanoacrylate skin glues more often ...you could let it dry in the chamber first but there is a chance of a...