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'''Vega machines''' are a type of [[electroacupuncture]] device used in pseudoscientific Vega testing, which proponents claim can diagnose [[Allergy|allergies]] and other illnesses. The forerunner to the Vega test was electroacupuncture according to Voll developed by Reinholdt Voll in the 1950s. Helmut Schimmel modified the technique in the 1970s and presented it under the name Vega test.<ref name="Katelaris91"/> | '''Vega machines''' are a type of [[electroacupuncture]] device used in pseudoscientific Vega testing, which proponents claim can diagnose [[Allergy|allergies]] and other illnesses. The forerunner to the Vega test was electroacupuncture according to Voll developed by Reinholdt Voll in the 1950s. Helmut Schimmel modified the technique in the 1970s and presented it under the name Vega test.<ref name="Katelaris91"/> | ||
Several medical associations have advised against their use, including the [[National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence]],<ref>{{cite web|title=NICE warns against the use of alternative testing for food allergy in children|url=http://www.nice.org.uk/newsroom/news/NICEWarnsAgainstTheUseOfAlternativeTesting.jsp|publisher=[[National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence]]|date=23 February 2011|access-date=7 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bowcott|first=Owen|title=NHS warns against complementary therapies for children's food allergies|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/feb/23/child-food-allergy-avoid-alternative-tests|access-date=7 February 2012|newspaper=The [[The Guardian|Guardian]]|date=23 February 2011}}</ref> the Australian College of Allergy,<ref name="Katelaris91">{{cite journal|last1=Katelaris|first1=CH|last2=Weiner|first2=JM|last3=Heddle|first3=RJ|last4=Stuckey|first4=MS|last5=Yan|first5=KW|title=Vega testing in the diagnosis of allergic conditions|journal=The Medical Journal of Australia|date=July 1991|volume=155|issue=2|pages=113–114|doi=10.5694/j.1326-5377.1991.tb142141.x|pmid=1857287|s2cid=34135200|url=http://www.mja.com.au/public/guides/vega/vega.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980630171124/http://www.mja.com.au/public/guides/vega/vega.html|archive-date=30 June 1998|url-access=subscription}}</ref> the [[Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Unorthodox techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of allergy, asthma and immune disorders|date=November 2007|url=https://www.allergy.org.au/health-professionals/papers/unorthodox-techniques-for-diagnosis-and-treatment|publisher=Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy|access-date=26 August 2017}}</ref> the [[American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology]]<ref>{{cite journal|last=Bernstein|first=IL|title=Allergy diagnostic testing: an updated practice parameter|journal=Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology|date=March 2008|volume=100|issue=3, Supplement 3|pages=S1–148|pmid=18431959|url=http://www.aaaai.org/Aaaai/media/MediaLibrary/PDF%20Documents/Practice%20and%20Parameters/allergydiagnostictesting.pdf|doi=10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60305-5|display-authors=etal}}</ref> and the Allergy Society of South Africa.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Motala|first=C|author2=Hawarden, D |title=Guideline: Diagnostic testing in allergy|journal=South African Medical Journal|date=July 2009|volume=99|issue=7|pages=531–535|url=http://www.mm3admin.co.za/documents/docmanager/8e7be0a4-2b8d-453f-875e-cd1e5132b829/00015029.pdf}}</ref> In 1990, a medical practitioner was censured by the Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Committee in New Zealand for using a Vega machine.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Committee: professional misconduct findings against Dr D W Steeper|journal=New Zealand Medical Journal|date=April 1990|volume=103|issue=888|pages=194–195|pmid=2330174}}</ref> Another practitioner was censured by the Discipline Committee of the [[College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario]] in 1999 for having "failed to meet the standard of practice"<ref>{{cite web|title=The Discipline Committee Of The College Of Physicians And Surgeons Of Ontario: Dr. Jozef Krop|url=http://www.casewatch.org/foreign/krop/krop.doc|publisher=College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario|access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref> in his use of the Vega machine in diagnosis.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Gray|first=C|title=Huge court fight may be in offing as Ontario college considers penalty for maverick MD|journal=Canadian Medical Association Journal|date=March 1999|volume=160|issue=6|pages=877–879|pmc=1230180|url=http://www.ecmaj.ca/content/160/6/877.full.pdf+html|pmid=10189439}}</ref> | Several medical associations have advised against their use, including the [[National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence]],<ref>{{cite web|title=NICE warns against the use of alternative testing for food allergy in children|url=http://www.nice.org.uk/newsroom/news/NICEWarnsAgainstTheUseOfAlternativeTesting.jsp|publisher=[[National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence]]|date=23 February 2011|access-date=7 February 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Bowcott|first=Owen|title=NHS warns against complementary therapies for children's food allergies|url=https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/feb/23/child-food-allergy-avoid-alternative-tests|access-date=7 February 2012|newspaper=The [[The Guardian|Guardian]]|date=23 February 2011}}</ref> the Australian College of Allergy,<ref name="Katelaris91">{{cite journal|last1=Katelaris|first1=CH|last2=Weiner|first2=JM|last3=Heddle|first3=RJ|last4=Stuckey|first4=MS|last5=Yan|first5=KW|title=Vega testing in the diagnosis of allergic conditions|journal=The Medical Journal of Australia|date=July 1991|volume=155|issue=2|pages=113–114|doi=10.5694/j.1326-5377.1991.tb142141.x|pmid=1857287|s2cid=34135200|url=http://www.mja.com.au/public/guides/vega/vega.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980630171124/http://www.mja.com.au/public/guides/vega/vega.html|archive-date=30 June 1998|url-access=subscription}}</ref> the [[Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Unorthodox techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of allergy, asthma and immune disorders|date=November 2007|url=https://www.allergy.org.au/health-professionals/papers/unorthodox-techniques-for-diagnosis-and-treatment|publisher=Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy|access-date=26 August 2017|archive-date=22 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822135835/https://www.allergy.org.au/health-professionals/papers/unorthodox-techniques-for-diagnosis-and-treatment|url-status=dead}}</ref> the [[American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology]]<ref>{{cite journal|last=Bernstein|first=IL|title=Allergy diagnostic testing: an updated practice parameter|journal=Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology|date=March 2008|volume=100|issue=3, Supplement 3|pages=S1–148|pmid=18431959|url=http://www.aaaai.org/Aaaai/media/MediaLibrary/PDF%20Documents/Practice%20and%20Parameters/allergydiagnostictesting.pdf|doi=10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60305-5|display-authors=etal}}</ref> and the Allergy Society of South Africa.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Motala|first=C|author2=Hawarden, D|title=Guideline: Diagnostic testing in allergy|journal=South African Medical Journal|date=July 2009|volume=99|issue=7|pages=531–535|url=http://www.mm3admin.co.za/documents/docmanager/8e7be0a4-2b8d-453f-875e-cd1e5132b829/00015029.pdf|archive-date=2018-10-23|access-date=2012-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023160557/https://www.mm3admin.co.za/documents/docmanager/8e7be0a4-2b8d-453f-875e-cd1e5132b829/00015029.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1990, a medical practitioner was censured by the Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Committee in New Zealand for using a Vega machine.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Committee: professional misconduct findings against Dr D W Steeper|journal=New Zealand Medical Journal|date=April 1990|volume=103|issue=888|pages=194–195|pmid=2330174}}</ref> Another practitioner was censured by the Discipline Committee of the [[College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario]] in 1999 for having "failed to meet the standard of practice"<ref>{{cite web|title=The Discipline Committee Of The College Of Physicians And Surgeons Of Ontario: Dr. Jozef Krop|url=http://www.casewatch.org/foreign/krop/krop.doc|publisher=College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario|access-date=8 February 2012}}</ref> in his use of the Vega machine in diagnosis.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Gray|first=C|title=Huge court fight may be in offing as Ontario college considers penalty for maverick MD|journal=Canadian Medical Association Journal|date=March 1999|volume=160|issue=6|pages=877–879|pmc=1230180|url=http://www.ecmaj.ca/content/160/6/877.full.pdf+html|pmid=10189439|archive-date=2019-12-08|access-date=2012-02-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191208011552/http://www.ecmaj.ca/content/160/6/877.full.pdf+html|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
[[Review article|Reviews]] of the available evidence in the medical literature indicate that [[Electrodermal response|electrodermal]] testing, such as that performed with a Vega machine, is ineffective at diagnosing allergies and recommend that it not be used.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Niggemann|first=B.|author2=Gruber, C. |title=Unproven diagnostic procedures in IgE-mediated allergic diseases|journal=Allergy|date=August 2004|volume=59|issue=8|pages=806–808|doi=10.1111/j.1398-9995.2004.00495.x|pmid=15230811|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Gerez|first=IF |author2=Shek, LP |author3=Chng, HH |author4=Lee, BW|title=Diagnostic tests for food allergy|journal=Singapore Medical Journal|date=January 2010|volume=51|issue=1|pages=4–9|pmid=20200768|url=http://smj.sma.org.sg/5101/5101ra1.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Waserman|first=Susan|author2=Watson, Wade |title=Food allergy|journal=Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology|date=January 2011|volume=7|issue=Suppl 1|pages=S7|doi=10.1186/1710-1492-7-S1-S7|pmid=22166142|pmc=3245440 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Wüthrich|first=B|title=Unproven techniques in allergy diagnosis|journal=Journal of Investigational Allergology & Clinical Immunology|year=2005|volume=15|issue=2|pages=86–90|pmid=16047707|url=http://www.jiaci.org/issues/vol15issue02/1.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Beyer|first=K|author2=Teuber, SS |title=Food allergy diagnostics: scientific and unproven procedures|journal=Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology|date=June 2005|volume=5|issue=3|pages=261–6|pmid=15864086|doi=10.1097/01.all.0000168792.27948.f9|s2cid=72156088}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Sicherer|first=S. H.|author2=Wood, R. A.|title=Allergy Testing in Childhood: Using Allergen-Specific IgE Tests|journal=Pediatrics|date=December 2011|volume=129|issue=1|pages=193–197|doi=10.1542/peds.2011-2382|pmid=22201146|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Patriarca|first=G|author2=Schiavino D |author3=Pecora V |title=Food allergy and food intolerance: diagnosis and treatment|journal=Internal and Emergency Medicine|date=February 2009|volume=4|issue=1|pages=11–24|doi=10.1007/s11739-008-0183-6|pmid=18709496|s2cid=126773|display-authors=etal}}</ref> | [[Review article|Reviews]] of the available evidence in the medical literature indicate that [[Electrodermal response|electrodermal]] testing, such as that performed with a Vega machine, is ineffective at diagnosing allergies and recommend that it not be used.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Niggemann|first=B.|author2=Gruber, C. |title=Unproven diagnostic procedures in IgE-mediated allergic diseases|journal=Allergy|date=August 2004|volume=59|issue=8|pages=806–808|doi=10.1111/j.1398-9995.2004.00495.x|pmid=15230811|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Gerez|first=IF |author2=Shek, LP |author3=Chng, HH |author4=Lee, BW|title=Diagnostic tests for food allergy|journal=Singapore Medical Journal|date=January 2010|volume=51|issue=1|pages=4–9|pmid=20200768|url=http://smj.sma.org.sg/5101/5101ra1.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Waserman|first=Susan|author2=Watson, Wade |title=Food allergy|journal=Allergy, Asthma & Clinical Immunology|date=January 2011|volume=7|issue=Suppl 1|pages=S7|doi=10.1186/1710-1492-7-S1-S7|pmid=22166142|pmc=3245440 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Wüthrich|first=B|title=Unproven techniques in allergy diagnosis|journal=Journal of Investigational Allergology & Clinical Immunology|year=2005|volume=15|issue=2|pages=86–90|pmid=16047707|url=http://www.jiaci.org/issues/vol15issue02/1.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Beyer|first=K|author2=Teuber, SS |title=Food allergy diagnostics: scientific and unproven procedures|journal=Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology|date=June 2005|volume=5|issue=3|pages=261–6|pmid=15864086|doi=10.1097/01.all.0000168792.27948.f9|s2cid=72156088}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Sicherer|first=S. H.|author2=Wood, R. A.|title=Allergy Testing in Childhood: Using Allergen-Specific IgE Tests|journal=Pediatrics|date=December 2011|volume=129|issue=1|pages=193–197|doi=10.1542/peds.2011-2382|pmid=22201146|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Patriarca|first=G|author2=Schiavino D |author3=Pecora V |title=Food allergy and food intolerance: diagnosis and treatment|journal=Internal and Emergency Medicine|date=February 2009|volume=4|issue=1|pages=11–24|doi=10.1007/s11739-008-0183-6|pmid=18709496|s2cid=126773|display-authors=etal}}</ref> | ||
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Vega machines are a type of electroacupuncture device used in pseudoscientific Vega testing, which proponents claim can diagnose allergies and other illnesses. The forerunner to the Vega test was electroacupuncture according to Voll developed by Reinholdt Voll in the 1950s. Helmut Schimmel modified the technique in the 1970s and presented it under the name Vega test.[1]
Several medical associations have advised against their use, including the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence,[2][3] the Australian College of Allergy,[1] the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy,[4] the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology[5] and the Allergy Society of South Africa.[6] In 1990, a medical practitioner was censured by the Medical Practitioners Disciplinary Committee in New Zealand for using a Vega machine.[7] Another practitioner was censured by the Discipline Committee of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario in 1999 for having "failed to meet the standard of practice"[8] in his use of the Vega machine in diagnosis.[9]
Reviews of the available evidence in the medical literature indicate that electrodermal testing, such as that performed with a Vega machine, is ineffective at diagnosing allergies and recommend that it not be used.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16]
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