atopy / at · o · py / (at» ah - pe) a genetic predisposition toward the development of
immediate hypersensitivity reactions against common environmental antigens (atopic allergy)
Leukotrienes C4, D4, and E4, which are released from the lung tissue of asthmatic subjects exposed to specific allergens, seem to play a pathophysiological role in
immediate hypersensitivity reactions.
Oral allergy syndrome is a type I
immediate hypersensitivity reaction mediated by IgE induced by sensitization to pollen.
Not exact matches
Clinical Background Tolerance is the normal immune response to the food an individual eats over a lifetime.1 A food allergy is an abnormal immune
reaction consisting of
hypersensitivity to food components, most commonly proteins.2, 3 Allergic
reactions to dietary antigens can be
immediate or delayed and the rate and types of
reaction indicate different immune responses.
Disorders related to protein intolerance include oral allergy syndrome,
immediate gastrointestinal
hypersensitivity, eosinophilic esophagitis, gastritis and gastroenteritis; enterocolitis, protein - losing enteropathy, proctocolitis, chronic constipation (as the sole symptom), atopic dermatitis, multiple food protein intolerance of infancy (to several foods, including breast milk) and celiac disease (adverse
reaction to gluten).
Immunologist Dr. Jean Dodds has also noted similar issues: «Beyond the
immediate hypersensitivity (vaccine)
reactions, other acute events tend to occur 24 to 72 hours afterward, or 7 to 45 days later in a delayed type immunological response.
There is both an
immediate and a delayed
hypersensitivity reaction to the flea bite.
Canine hives are an
immediate allergic
reaction (within 30 minutes) to substances that a dog has a
hypersensitivity to.