hypersensitivity
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Mr. Guadagnino also indulges a couple of speeches about young people’s alleged hypersensitivity that veer into trite middle-aged lament and aren’t really relevant to the action.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
People with severe ME can be in constant pain, have hypersensitivity to touch and light, feel extremely weak and sometimes have difficulty speaking or swallowing.
From BBC • Oct. 12, 2024
Around 90% of autism patients also suffer from abnormal sensory hypersensitivity that deeply affects their daily functioning.
From Science Daily • May 9, 2024
Food allergy symptoms that are not mediated by IgE are usually delayed reactions and called food intolerances or hypersensitivity.
From Salon • May 9, 2024
Now, scientists are linking this hypersensitivity to specific inflammatory chemicals and receptors on airway nerves.
From National Geographic • Jan. 25, 2024
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