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Epinephrine autoinjectors are hand-held devices carried by those who have severe allergies; the epinephrine delivered by the device is an emergency treatment for anaphylaxis. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] When anaphylaxis is suspected, epinephrine solution should be given as soon as possible as an intramuscular injection , in the middle of the outer side of the ...
Anaphylactoid reaction, non-immune anaphylaxis, or pseudoanaphylaxis, is a type of anaphylaxis that does not involve an allergic reaction but is due to direct mast cell degranulation. [ 10 ] [ 42 ] Non-immune anaphylaxis is the current term, as of 2018, used by the World Allergy Organization [ 42 ] with some recommending that the old ...
Type IV hypersensitivity, in the Gell and Coombs classification of allergic reactions, often called delayed-type hypersensitivity, is a type of hypersensitivity reaction that can take a day or more to develop. [1] Unlike the other types, it is not humoral (not antibody-mediated) but rather is a type of cell-mediated response.
It is an important step in ALK’s strategic efforts to establish leading positions in anaphylaxis, food allergy, and new disease areas such as urticaria, supplementing our core allergy offerings. Emergency treatment of life-threatening allergic reactions has strong scientific and commercial ties to our existing portfolio and prescriber base.
Anaphylatoxins are able to trigger degranulation (release of substances) of endothelial cells, mast cells or phagocytes, which produce a local inflammatory response.If the degranulation is widespread, it can cause a shock-like syndrome similar to that of an allergic reaction.
Pseudoallergy, sometimes known as nonallergic hypersensitivity, is a type of hypersensitivity reaction mostly described in the context of drug allergy.The mechanism is somewhat similar to the type 1 hypersensitivity in the Gell and Coombs classification in that the effector cell is also mast cell.
Gymnast Levi Jung-Ruivivar, a former U.S. national team member who now represents the Philippines, said she suffered a "severe allergic reaction" in the Olympic Village on Monday.
Shellfish allergy is among the most common food allergies."Shellfish" is a colloquial and fisheries term for aquatic invertebrates used as food, including various species of molluscs such as clams, mussels, oysters and scallops, crustaceans such as shrimp, lobsters and crabs, and cephalopods such as squid and octopus.