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When you get your results back, here is what to look at:
- The higher the Stimulation Index, the stronger the reaction to the allergen. A value of 2-3 is usually regarded as a weakly positive reaction (border line allergy), a value over 3 is a positive reacting (allergy found) and a value over 10 is a strongly positive allergy. In case you react positively to any metal, it is wise to try to avoid exposure to it as it will cause an inflammation in your body, which can lead to a variety of symptoms.
- The negative control is the normal reactivity of the blood sample, without any substance added to the cells. Normal values are between 1000-3000 cpm (counts per minutes). In case your value is higher, this means that you might be fighting an infection in your body and that your cells are more reactive than they should be.
- The positive control is a substance that all patients should react to. Normal values are anything over Stimulation Index 100. If this value is low, that is under 50, there is a chance that the patient is immunosuppressed (by medication for example) and that the reactions to the metals should be higher.
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