News tagged with hypersensitivity
Heparin can cause skin lesions
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Heparin, a commonly used anticoagulant, can cause skin lesions, reports a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Skin lesions caused by heparin may indicate the presence of a life-threatening decrease in t ...
Is somatic hypersensitivity a predictor of irritable bowel syndrome?
Jul 22, 2009 |
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Although visceral hypersensitivity is considered a hallmark feature of IBS, conflicting evidence exists regarding somatic hypersensitivity in this patient population. Several investigators have found no evidence for heightened ...
Patients with depression frequently suffer from medically unexplained pain
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 16, 2009 |
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Pain symptoms that cannot be attributed, or at least not fully attributed, to an organic origin are more frequently and more severely experienced by patients with depression than by those without.
Hypersensitivity reactions to the quadrivalent HPV vaccine are rare
Medicine & Health / Medications
Dec 03, 2008 |
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Hypersensitivity reactions to the quadrivalent HPV vaccine (4vHPV, Gardasil) are uncommon and most schoolgirls can tolerate subsequent doses, finds the first evaluation of the quadrivalent HPV vaccine published on bmj.com ...
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European scientists call for more systematic diagnosis of aspirin hypersensitivity
Medicine & Health / Medications
May 29, 2007 |
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A position paper on the diagnosis of aspirin hypersensitivity by a team of European scientists from the Global Allergy and Asthma European Network (GA2LEN) has just been published on the Allergy Journal website. Designed f ...
Common chemotherapy drug triggers fatal allergic reactions
Jun 08, 2009 |
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A chemotherapy drug that is supposed to help save cancer patients' lives, instead resulted in life-threatening and sometimes fatal allergic reactions.
Study calls cell towers safe
Jul 26, 2007 |
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A study funded by the British government says mobile phone towers are not harmful to human health.
Imaging tests identify role of allergies in chronic sinus disease
Dec 21, 2009 |
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Exposing patients with chronic sinus disease to allergens and then obtaining repeated images by X-ray or ultrasound reveals that nasal allergies may be involved in some cases of chronic sinus disease, according to a report ...
Researchers find cause of severe allergic reaction to cancer drug
Mar 12, 2008 |
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Clinicians have been perplexed by the fact that some patients given the drug cetuximab—an immune-based therapy commonly used to treat persons diagnosed with head and neck cancer, or colon cancer—have a severe and rapid adverse ...
Regulatory B cells exist -- and pack a punch
May 27, 2008 |
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Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have uncovered definitive evidence that a small but potent subset of immune system B cells is able to regulate inflammation.
Scientists puzzled by severe allergic reaction to cancer drug in the middle Southern US
Aug 20, 2007 |
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A patient’s expectations about the side effects of chemotherapy usually focus on nausea, hair loss, fatigue and other side effects. Worries about severe allergic reactions to their therapy is usually not a concern.
FDA warns of HIV drug mix-up
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Apr 12, 2007 |
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that bottles of HIV drug Ziagen may have been mislabeled as Combivir, another HIV drug.
A scientist probes the origins of 'ouch!'
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Skinning a knee, swallowing habanero salsa, and installing snow chains bare-handed might seem pretty different at first. But all have one thing in common -- they're guaranteed to hurt.
Improper consumption of acidic foods could lead to destroyed enamel
Jun 25, 2007 |
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Fruit, yogurt, citric and soft drinks, may seem like harmless snacks and beverages, but improper consumption and overuse may lead to devastating and permanent damage to teeth. It’s known as tooth erosion, the break down of ...
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