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Anaphylaxis (Allergy and Immunology)Portier and Richet first coined the term anaphylaxis in 1902 when a second vaccinating dose of sea anemone toxin caused a dog's death. They named this ...
Exercise-Induced Anaphylaxis (Pediatrics: General Medicine)Exercise-induced anaphylaxis (EIA) is a syndrome in which patients experience the symptoms of anaphylaxis, which occur only after increased physical ...
Anaphylaxis (Emergency Medicine)Anaphylaxis is a severe allergic reaction that is rapid in onset and may cause death. There are usually prominent dermal and systemic signs and symptoms. ...
Pediatrics, Anaphylaxis (Emergency Medicine)Anaphylaxis is an acute, potentially life-threatening syndrome, with multisystemic manifestations resulting from the rapid release of inflammatory ...
Drug-Induced Bullous Disorders (Dermatology)Bullous or blistering drug eruptions and drug-induced anaphylaxis and hypersensitivity syndromes are among the most serious types of adverse drug ...
Hypersensitivity Reactions, Immediate (Allergy and Immunology)these types of reactions.Allergic reactions manifest clinically as anaphylaxis, allergic asthma, urticaria, angioedema, allergic rhinitis, some types ...
Fire Ant Bites (Emergency Medicine)exist; Soli 1-4 induce immunoglobulin E (IgE) responses, including anaphylaxis, in patients who are allergic. Antigenic similarity exists between ...
Angioedema (Emergency Medicine)permeability. Angioedema, generalized urticaria, and, in severe cases, anaphylaxis will occur.[5 ]The allergen binds to the mast cell, causing ...
Protein Intolerance (Pediatrics: General Medicine)IgE-mediated (eg, skin rashes, urticaria, angioedema, wheezing, anaphylaxis), and slow-onset reactions, which take hours or days to develop and ...
Transfusion Reactions (Hematology)but rarely, fatal. The only fatal case of anti–IgA-related anaphylaxis identified in the medical literature by the authors involved a patient ...

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