By getting injections
of small amounts of an allergen, a person's body slowly develops non-allergen antibodies and has other immune system changes that help ease the reaction to that allergen.
In this case,
a small amount of an allergen (in this case food) can trigger a major reaction.
In contrast to an IgE — mediated food allergy, in which the ingestion of even
a small amount of the allergen elicits symptoms, in histamine intolerance, the cumulative amount of histamine is crucial.
Locally produced honey, which will contain pollen spores picked up by the bees from local plants, introduces
a small amount of allergen into your system.
The veterinarian will show you how to give your dog a shot with
a small amount of allergen (storage mite waste) daily, adding a bit more each day to desensitize your dog to storage mites gradually.
We use this vaccine to expose the patient to
small amounts of the allergens, in order to desensitize their immune system to these allergens.
Anyone with a peanut allergy knows that
a small amount of allergen residue is enough to set off an allergic reaction and the same goes for a pet with a true food allergy!