Immunoglobulin E (total)
The antibody class behind allergic reactions, reported here as the total across everything.
The antibody class behind allergic reactions, reported here as the total across everything.
It rises with allergy, asthma and eczema, and also with parasitic infection.
A total tells you nothing about what you react to -- only specific IgE testing does that -- and a normal total does not rule allergy out. It varies over a very wide range in healthy people, so read it as an order of magnitude rather than a precise number.
Worth discussing a high value together with the eosinophil count.
On a report in another language.
A lab report names this analyte in its own language. Vitals Vault recognises each of these and files them all under Immunoglobulin E (total).
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