Foreign protein sensitization or anaphylaxis was the basis of Dr. Rutledge's coup.
The important bearing of anaphylaxis on clinical practice is obvious.
On the basis of these facts it is seen that anaphylaxis is simply another variety of immunity.
He has added an excellent chapter on "Recent Work on anaphylaxis."
Recent workers with pollens come near the truth in describing hay fever as an anaphylaxis.
The inherited form of hay fever is explained by the well-known transmission of anaphylaxis to the offspring.
The anaphylaxis theory halts a little at this point and is not exactly clear about the mechanism of that first poisoning.
What if gout should prove to be a sensitization or anaphylaxis to uric acid that does not exist in the non-gouty?
The symptoms of anaphylaxis first observed were urticaria, arthritis, and dyspnœa.
There is no recollection of any "first poisoning" by pollen that might have started the anaphylaxis.
see anaphylactic.
anaphylaxis an·a·phy·lax·is (ān'ə-fə-lāk'sĭs)
n. pl. an·a·phy·lax·es (-lāk'sēz)
Hypersensitivity induced by preliminary exposure to a substance and usually producing a contraction of smooth muscle and a dilation of blood vessels.
See anaphylactic shock.
| anaphylaxis See anaphylactic shock. |
