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HON Allergy Glossary Anaphylactic Shock
HON Allergy Glossary Anaphylactic Shock
Title: HON Allergy Glossary Anaphylactic Shock
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Description: HON Allergy Glossary, Anaphylactic Shock: The severest form of allergy which is a medical emergency. Type I reaction in Gell And Coombs Classification. An often severe and sometimes fatal systemic reaction in a susceptible individual upon exposure to a specific antigen (such as wasp venom or penicillin) after previous sensitization that is characterized especially by respiratory symptoms, fainting, itching, urticaria, swelling of the throat or other mucous membranes and a sudden decline in blood pressure. Shock, Anaphylactic, Type I, Reaction, System reaction
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