How can a DNA test help manage your allergies?
Everyone with an allergy has an interesting story about how they discovered that their body reacted violently to seemingly harmless
allergens. Once an allergy is triggered, the symptoms can range from being annoying to life-threatening.
Evolutionarily, allergies provided an alarm that kept humans away from toxic chemicals, either from venomous animals or plants.
Gene variations are partly responsible for the risk of allergies. Other factors include environmental triggers, stress and the presence of
In this report we profile genes that are associated with the risk for various indoor, outdoor and food allergies.