Beef (f27) IgE details
What Beef (f27) IgE shows
Beef is the meat of cattle, eaten in many forms and found in many processed foods. This test measures IgE antibodies specific to beef in your blood. It is used when hives, swelling, stomach upset or breathing problems follow eating beef, including reactions hours after a meal. Delayed reactions to beef and other red meats can be caused by alpha-gal, a sugar in mammal meat that some people become sensitized to after certain tick bites, which is why beef is often tested with alpha-gal. A positive result shows sensitization, meaning your immune system has made IgE to this allergen, but not necessarily an allergy, so it needs to be read against your symptoms and history.
Tests that include Beef (f27) IgE
This test measures the body's immune response to beef by checking for specific IgE antibodies in the serum. It's useful for identifying beef allergies and guiding dietary recommendations.
- Beef (f27) IgE Measures IgE antibodies to beef, used to check for allergic sensitization that may explain your symptoms.
This in vitro allergen-specific IgE panel is used to quantitatively measure an individual's IgE response to alpha-gal, an allergy component, and 3 meats (beef, pork, and lamb) that commonly trigger alpha-gal-associated meat allergy. This IgE panel may be used in conjunction with other clinical information to aid in the diagnosis of alpha-gal syndrome, a severe allergic reaction to mammalian meat induced by past tick bites [1].
- Beef (f27) IgE Measures IgE antibodies to beef, used to check for allergic sensitization that may explain your symptoms.
- Galactose-Alpha-1,3-Galactose (Alpha-Gal) IgE Measures IgE antibodies to alpha-gal, a sugar found in red meat, used to investigate delayed allergic reactions linked to tick bites.
- Lamb (f88) IgE Measures IgE antibodies to lamb meat to check for allergic sensitization, including as part of testing for alpha-gal (red meat) allergy.
- Pork (f26) IgE Measures IgE antibodies to pork, a meat allergen, often tested alongside alpha-gal to look into delayed reactions after eating red meat.
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