Medical actions
Anna Pananaki - Specialist Allergist for Adults - Children - Egaleo Attiki
Allergist Anna Pananaki provides specialized medical services in her private practice in Aigaleo, Attica, offering a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for adults and children. In detail, the medical operations he undertakes include:
- Skin prick tests (Skin Prick Test): Used for the development of respiratory, food and drug allergy. These are either standardized extracts of airborne allergens,
- of food, either fresh food, or already existing injectable drugs or pills.
- Intradermal tests: Performed to diagnose drug allergies and aspergillus.
- Ice Test: Performed to diagnose cold urticaria, a condition where direct skin contact with cold water, air, food causes either hives or swelling.
- Autologous serum test: Used to diagnose autoimmune urticaria, where the body reacts to its own components.
- Patch Test (Basic Series – Medicines): Tests to find the suspected allergen or product in contact dermatitis (Basic Series allergen testing) and the investigation of drug allergy.
- Atopy Patch Test: Fresh food skin tests to investigate food allergies of delayed type (allergic proctocolitis, enterocolitis, eosinophilic esophagitis) or food-induced Atopic Dermatitis flare-ups.
- Pre- and post-bronchodilator spirometry: A test that measures breathing function before and after the use of bronchodilator drugs, helping to diagnose and monitor diseases such as asthma.
- Immunotherapy for aeroallergens: Special treatment for allergic rhinitis-conjunctivitis asthma either with an injectable vaccine or with oral drops in order to completely eliminate the symptoms of these diseases.
- Biologic agent therapy: Used to treat conditions such as asthma, urticaria, atopic dermatitis, nasal polyps, and ringworm, using specialized drugs that target specific mechanisms of the immune system.
- Food & drug challenge: Gradual administration of suspect drugs or foods so as to safely confirm that the patient tolerates them or is no longer allergic to them.
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