Drug hypersensitivity reactions are drug reactions which are unpredictable. They result from an interaction between a drug substance and the immune system of a hypersensitive person. Hypersensitivity ...

—An analysis of registry data concluded that hypersensitivity reactions in patients with mastocytosis are caused by exposure to certain triggers, including low tryptase levels and stings from certain ...

Cutaneous reactions to metal implants, orthopedic or otherwise, are well documented in the literature. The first case of a dermatitis reaction over a stainless steel fracture plate was described in ...

Vaccines are responsible for the control of many infectious diseases that were once common in the United States, including polio, measles, diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), rubella (German ...

Symptoms usually occur between two and six weeks after drug administration and may subsequently recur, even after the person has stopped taking the offending drug. Drug-induced hypersensitivity ...

Local anesthetics have transformed clinical practice by enabling a broad range of minor and major procedures with minimal discomfort. Although adverse reactions are frequently reported, genuine ...

Respiratory disease resulting from prolonged exposure to wood dusts may be due to a hypersensitivity reaction in addition to the nonspecific toxic or irritant effects of the inhaled materials. In four ...

Patients treated with platinum compounds are subject to hypersensitivity reactions. Our study has highlighted the reactions related to oxaliplatin (OHP) infusion. One hundred and twenty-four patients ...

This study involved 3,708 patients with cancer, with an incidence of paclitaxel HSR of 10.11%. An 11-predictor–based Pac-HSR scoring system was developed, involving the following factors: younger age; ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . According to the researchers, the chemotherapeutic agent paclitaxel is a commonly used taxane that includes ...

Inflammation and immune specialist, Dr Thaddeus Stappenbeck, said: "What we essentially think is going on with Covid arm is that your immune cells are reacting to muscle cells that have taken up the ...

Would you believe it if we told you that it's possible to be allergic to your own period? This phenomenon, known as Progesterone Hypersensitivity (PH), occurs when a woman's immune system reacts ...