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Food allergies18 June 2026

Skin-prick testing: what it feels like and how to prepare your child

It looks more dramatic than it feels. What happens during a skin-prick test, why antihistamines matter beforehand, and how results are read.

This is placeholder article copy for the design build — the real article will be written and published through the CMS in phase 2.

Written by Dr Elize O’Reilly

Paediatric immunologist and allergist, general paediatrician — BMedSci, MBBS(Hons), MHL, FRACP.

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