Allergy Center

1. After receiving your package, you first fill out the questionnaire. With this we chart your history and possible symptoms. Our doctor goes over your information.
2. We then schedule an online consultation with our doctor. During this consultation, the doctor will recommend testing for certain allergens based on the information available. Our doctor will create a lab form for your blood test.
3. Then you make an appointment for blood draw at one of PMO’s lancing locations, after which some blood will be drawn. You bring the lab form with you to the sampling appointment. You send the tubes yourself in the provided return envelope to the Easly laboratory. 
4. The test result appears in the online portal and the Easly app within a few working days. Congratulations: you now know if and to which allergens your body reacts.

Easly’s Allergy Center service has several key benefits:

• Want to take an allergy test? There is no waiting list. Your turn is immediate.
• There is always direct contact with a physician. Before the blood sample is taken, our doctor determines which allergens will be tested for in the laboratory based on a questionnaire and an online consultation in consultation with you. 
• The test takes little time and can be taken at your convenience. You don’t have to go to the hospital or doctor’s office or wait there in the waiting room.
• You don’t have to go to the hospital for the results either: you get the results nice and easy in our online portal and in the Easly app.

An allergy test is a test that tests for the presence of antibodies in your blood, which are produced in response to allergens (proteins) to which the body is sensitive. The production of antibodies does not necessarily mean that you also have (visible) symptoms of an allergic reaction. Examples include itching, watery eyes or a snotty nose. 

It is wise to take an allergy test when you experience symptoms that you suspect may be caused by an allergy. The allergy test will then help you determine if there is indeed an allergy and what allergens your body is reacting to.

When you are allergic to a certain substance, your immune system comes into action upon contact with these allergens. The immune system’s reaction manifests itself in the blood and thus can be determined with a blood test, which looks for the presence of antibodies (immunoglobulin/IgE). Sometimes a hair test, skin test or provacation test is also used.

Allergies often manifest at an early age. Especially when there are food allergies or severe allergic reactions, it is important to test early on. Typically, testing for allergies starts at six years old. If you were not tested for (possible) allergies as a child, it is still important to do allergy screening later, especially if you periodically experience symptoms that could belong to an allergy.

Testing for antibodies in the blood is the most accurate way to determine if your body is reacting to allergens.

The allergy home test looks at the presence of antibodies in the blood, which are determined in our ISO-accredited laboratory from your blood sample. Your sample is thus processed in a professional medical environment. The test, and its results, are therefore very reliable.

It is indeed possible to develop allergies later in life. Genetic predisposition is important here. If one of your parents is allergic to certain allergens, there is up to a 50 percent greater chance that you will be too.

Allergic reactions are hereditary. They almost never heal. Therefore, you will suffer from them all your life. However, when you know which allergens your body reacts to, you can avoid these substances and the associated symptoms of your allergy.