Diagnosing food allergies accurately remains one of the biggest challenges in allergy medicine. Traditional approaches like skin prick tests (SPT) and specific IgE blood tests can tell us if someone is sensitized to a food, but they don’t always predict whether that person will actually have an allergic reaction. Meanwhile, oral food challenges (OFCs)—the gold standard—are time-consuming, expensive, and carry real risks of severe reactions. Enter the Basophil Activation Test (BAT): a revolutionary diagnostic tool that’s changing how we approach food allergy diagnosis. 🧪 What Makes BAT Different? BAT is…
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