Does Dr. Neustadt test for food allergies?
Yes. Dr. Neustadt can order both immuneglobulin E (IgE) and IgG food allergy tests. Eighty percent of the immune system is clustered around the intestines. Frequently, people react to foods that they crave or eat frequently, such as milk and eggs, which can be detected through a special blood test. In these instances, running an IgG Food Intolerance Test to evaluate how your immune system reacts to 88 specific foods yields better clinical information than ordering an IgE test. Conventional doctors only test for IgE-mediated allergies; IgE-mediated allergies cause anaphylactic reactions, which are the life-threatening reaction some people experience to bee stings or peanuts. IgG, on the other hand, is a delayed-type hypersensitivity reaction that is not immediately apparent and not immediately life threatening. An IgG reaction causes a chronic inflammatory state in the gut, which creates damages the intestinal lining. Over time this can create malabsorption, sometimes called “leaky gut,
