What if gout should prove to be a sensitization or anaphylaxis to uric acid that does not exist in the non-gouty?
Foreign protein sensitization or anaphylaxis was the basis of Dr. Rutledge's coup.
Recent workers with pollens come near the truth in describing hay fever as an anaphylaxis.
On the basis of these facts it is seen that anaphylaxis is simply another variety of immunity.
The important bearing of anaphylaxis on clinical practice is obvious.
He has added an excellent chapter on "Recent Work on anaphylaxis."
Viewed in this light the development of immunity to insect bites assumes a place in the larger problem of anaphylaxis.
The anaphylaxis theory halts a little at this point and is not exactly clear about the mechanism of that first poisoning.
Another and most interesting phase of my subject is the relation of nut feeding to anaphylaxis.
The inherited form of hay fever is explained by the well-known transmission of anaphylaxis to the offspring.
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. |
