allergy scratch test results

Hello everyone,



I was wondering if anyone has any experience reading the test results of scratch tests.



I had a scratch test done a while back and was told I was allergic to cats and some variety of mold, i think. . Today I went to my doctors office and asked for a copy of those results because I wanted to see exactly what it was I was allergic to and because I wanted to see if he had tested me for food allergies. Turns out I wasn't ( the nurse said so) I suspect I'm allergic to wheat.



The things I was allergic to have numbers on them I'm assuming the higher the number the worse my reaction?



My results:



It says cladosporium clad. U(o) - 1+

penicillium notatum U (i) - 1+

A. fumigatus U (i) - 1+

EH - 1 Cat Hair - 2

EP - 1 Cat Pelt - 1+

Grain s m u t mix o - 2



I have no idea what the grain s m u t mix means and I looked online but can't seem to find anything on it.. Has anyone else had this on their results?



Also on the beginning of the list is listed things like : HR-G , HR-A, Dil(A), HA etc.



it shows a 3 next to the HA but I have no idea what this means....



I wish they would use plain english on these tests lol





Can anyone help?



P.S. I had to right the grain word with spaces cause it censored me ...

Post Edited (leenainverse) : 5/28/2008 1:19:12 PM (GMT-6)

I think the "HA" substance is probably histamine... my doctor it is normal to get something like a 3 for a reaction to histamine, since histamine is the substance your body releases in response to an allergen.

I got 3+'s and 4+'s to 35 of 45 items on my allergy test :(