allergen. 1. a substance, protein or nonprotein, capable of inducing allergy or specific hypersensitivity. 2. a purified protein of a food (such as milk, eggs, or wheat), bacterium, or pollen. adj., adj allergenÂ´ic. Allergens are used to test a patient for hypersensitivity to specific substances (see skin test).. an extract of any substance known to cause allergy. Allergens are used to test a patient for hypersensitivity to specific substances (see skin test). They are also used to densensitize or hyposensitize allergic individuals. See immunotherapy. Almost any substance in the environment can be an allergen.
The prognosis of Kidney stones may include the duration of Kidney stones, chances of complications of Kidney stones, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Kidney stones, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Kidney stones.
since many kidney diseases do not cause symptoms in the early stages your doctor can do screening tests to see if you have kidney disease the main tests for kidney disease are blood tests to measure the level of creatinine a chemical normally found in the blood measuring blood pressureiabetes and high blood pressure hypertension are the most common causes of kidney disease not everyone with diabetes or high blood pressure will develop kidney disease it s important for those with these conditions to be checked regularly to find out if their kidneys are affected