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I had a 2nd opinion recently regarding my chronic hives. The allergist recommended I have the following test: Anti IgE Receptor Anti. My PCP, my treating allergist and three (3) labs have no idea what the test is, the ICD9 code, and who performs same? I have had so many blood tests, diagnostic tests, xrays, skin tests, medicines and the like that one (1) more unknown test is really stressing me. Oh, you should know that I take meds for depression/panic attacks and I have Celiac Disease, hence I am gluten-free. I am allegic to a host of things: latex, lanolin, sunflower, hops, coffee, cashews, mushrooms, soy, bananas, brazil nuts, yeast, roses, strawberries, tomatoes...dust/pollen/trees/grass/straw/hay...the environmental list goes on and on...so, what is the Anti IgE Receptor Anti test and what can/will it tell us? What is the purpose of the test? What will this test tell us? Where can I get the test done?

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Medications, Food Abstience, tons of tests, blood, diagnostic.

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Hi,
Since you are online, could you please give some more information:

Did the allergist say it was a test or a treatment?

Was not the exact wording 'anti IgE receptor anti body'? You perhaps left out the last word, 'body'.

I am available online to help you further after I get this info.

Opps! I did forget "body" at the end. The correct wording was "Anti IgE Receptor Antibody." This was listed on my Lab slip, along with my other labs, i.e. bleeding time, CBC w/ diff, Mono Panel, etc... Everyone I have spoken with (my PCP, allergist, lab techs) have treated it as a "test," however, my allergist (Dr. Temple) commented "interesting, I did not think of that...you will probably have to go to a teaching hospital or an R & D clinic for this particular test... and possible treatment." Dr. Temple did not elaborate and stated that he is interested in seeing the results.

Yes, it is actually a form of treatment, not a test.

The correct wording, as I said, is anti IgE receptor antibody.

In this, antibodies to the receptors to which the IgE binds are injected into the blood. The antibodies then bind to these receptors and make the IgE which is the main factor responsible in allergies, ineffective.

This is the treatment which was recommended for you, you can try it.

You can read up about tis treatment here:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/483809
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/494543
http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/341/26/2006

(If these links do not work, they might not since they are encrypted links and difficult to get them to work, then simply type Anti IgE antibody in Google to get these links in Medscape and NEJM).

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Obviously no one around here is "hip" to this treatment. The only two (2) facilities I can think of nearby are Johns Hopkins in D.C./MD and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in PA. Is this treatment program new and in its research stages? I hate needles (I have a wicked right hook & left hook if need be), it mentioned "injecting the ...into the blood..." that means needles right? a lot?

Both the centers you mention are certain to have this treatment on offer.

It is still being researched but at the same time it is being done on quite a lot of patients already.

And yes, it does mean needles, I am afraid, but no pain, no gain.

Sorry I cant get the links for you but they were nice links, only dont work in this way. you have to go to google an type out the words like I said, the links will appear then. Do read it up, you will find it encouraging.

Dr. D. Evans - THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!! I am so glad I found this site, but I am MORE GLAD, no estatic that I finally have an answer to my questions regarding Anti IgE... It is a shame when the people who should know don't, and the patient has to take the proverbial bull by the horns and find some answers. I will continue my research regarding the above treatment. Thank you for setting me on the right course. I have never been happier to pay a bill for medical information than I am right now! I will most certainly recommend JustAnswer.com to my friends, family and my DOCTORS...maybe they should do the same research I am doing. Take care and have a wonderful summer!

Tammy ;-)

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