We experience allergic symptoms when an allergen - antibody complex causes mast cells to release histamine and
other allergy mediating chemicals.
Not exact matches
This case study evaluated conventional
allergy tests (skin prick and serum IgE), tests of
other immune -
mediated reactions (serum IgG and salivary IgA), and tests that claim to measure the energetic reaction of the whole person to particular foods (kinesiology, Vega, and Carroll testing).
Many dogs with this disease have
other immune
mediated diseases such as
allergies or inflammatory bowel disease.
Some adverse food reactions are
mediated by the immune system (true
allergy) whereas
others are not (food intolerance).
Like
other immune -
mediated diseases, severe
allergies are genetically predisposed.
Since most dogs these days can be expected to die of cancer, and a high proportion suffer from arthritis,
allergies, epilepsy, and
other immune -
mediated and inflammatory diseases — all of which are vaccine - associated — many of us have decided that the risks from a vaccine are far higher than the risk of catching distemper or parvo.