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Delayed Hypersensitivity - Articles
Fragile X and Tactile Hypersensitivity
by
Your Therapy Source
Posted
Fri 12 Feb 2010 11:19am
New research regarding Fragile X syndrome and sensory hypersensitivity to touch has been discovered. Using a mouse modelscientists have determined that there is a delay... this delay period a therapeutic intervention can take place to help lessen the symptoms of tactile hypersensitivity.
Reference: Northwestern University (2010February 11). New clue
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Are all autoimmune diseases caused by hypersensitivity reactions?
by
pathologystudent
Posted
Thu 06 Jan 2011 3:51pm
) hypersensitivity reaction.
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia ( warm and cold ) has a type II hypersensitivity thing going on.
Type I diabetes mellitus involves a type IV hypersensitivity...
From time to time, I get questions regarding the connection between hypersensitivity reactions and autoimmune diseases. We discuss them one after the other in class
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Hypersensitivity pneumonitis sec ...
by
Annet Lenderink
Posted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:03pm
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis secondary to lovebirds: a new cause of bird fancier’s disease
Funke,M., Fellrath,J.M.
European Respiratory Journal 2008;32:517-521
Patient... negative against other avian antigens.
Diagnosis: The patient was diagnosed with hypersensitivity pneumonitis to lovebirds.
Treatment: Avoidance of lovebirds and steroid treatment
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Definitions of Hypersensitivity, Allergy, and Atopy
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Neil Kao
Posted
Sat 24 Oct 2009 10:03pm
. Hypersensitivity causes objectively reproducible symptoms or signs, initiated by exposure to a defined stimulus at a dose tolerated by normal subjects. There are allergic and non-allergic subtypes (e.g. aspirin reactions). This definition does not accommodate classical responses to infection, autoimmunity, or toxic reactions.
2. Allergy is a hypersensitivity
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Definitions of Hypersensitivity, Allergy, and Atopy
by
Neil Kao
Posted
Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:01pm
. Hypersensitivity causes objectively reproducible symptoms or signs, initiated by exposure to a defined stimulus at a dose tolerated by normal subjects. There are allergic and non-allergic subtypes (e.g. aspirin reactions). This definition does not accommodate classical responses to infection, autoimmunity, or toxic reactions.
2. Allergy is a hypersensitivity
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Panic and hypersensitivity to ph...
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Eric W.
Posted
Wed 22 Oct 2008 6:16pm
Panic and hypersensitivity to physical symptoms.
"Are you tuned into your heartbeat?", post at the British Psychological Society Research Digest, discusses recent research into how different populations (people who are particularly afraid of anxiety-related symptoms, people with "normal" levels of fear of anxiety-related symptoms, and people who
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Bacterial Hypersensitivity in Pets
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heru m.
Posted
Wed 18 Feb 2009 12:02pm
Bacterial hypersensitivity in pets is a very rare and uncommon skin condition, but it can attack either your dog or your cat. Both are equally at risk as this condition does not seem to be prejudice to either.
This condition is generally caused by a hypersensitivity (or in other words, an allergy), to certain types of bacteria.
While it is believed
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Bipolar Patients May Experience A Hypersensitivity to Sound
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Mom, Interrupted
Posted
Thu 06 Apr 2006 12:00am
hypersensitive to sounds. It was important for me to reaffirm this is the nature of my illness, bipolar disorder. The nature of a biochemical disease.
Had I not remembered... changes, "There may also be hypersensitivity to sounds, tastes, and smells. A ringing telephone might seem as loud as a fire alarm bell, or a loved ones voice as threatening
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Fungal Hypersensitivity, Part 2
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Andrea Fabry
Posted
Wed 14 Oct 2009 10:02pm
This is a continuation of the article on Fungal Hypersensitivity by the late Dr. Vincent Marinkovich.
These are only excerpts. I highly recommend reading the article... describe to their physician (Von Pirquet, 1951).
Since hypersensitivity states develop only after relatively long exposure times, normal children under 10 years of age do not have
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