Editing Allergy (section)

===Other testing===
'''Challenge testing:''' Challenge testing is when tiny amounts of a suspected allergen are introduced to the body orally, through inhalation, or via other routes. Except for testing food and medication allergies, challenges are rarely performed. When this type of testing is chosen, it must be closely supervised by an [[allergist]].

'''Elimination/challenge tests:''' This testing method is used most often with foods or medicines. A patient with a suspected allergen is instructed to modify his diet to totally avoid that allergen for a set time. If the patient experiences significant improvement, he may then be "challenged" by reintroducing the allergen, to see if symptoms are reproduced.

'''Unreliable tests:''' There are other types of allergy testing methods that are unreliable, including [[applied kinesiology]] (allergy testing through muscle relaxation), [[cytotoxicity]] testing, urine autoinjection, skin [[titration]] (Rinkel method), and provocative and neutralization (subcutaneous) testing or sublingual provocation.<ref name="Allergy Diagnosis"/>