Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia:A low platelet count caused by a reaction against heparin, ablood thinnergiven to many hospitalized people to preventblood clots Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura: A rare blood disorder causing small blood clots to form in blood vessels throughout the body; platelets ...
During a reaction, your immune system releases antibodies. These are proteins that deliver a message to cells: Stop that substance! The cells then send out histamine, which causes blood vessels to expand, and other chemicals, and these trigger the allergy symptoms. ...
The systolic blood pressure symptoms of lying were reported upon by the present writer in the Journal of Experimental Psychology for April, 1917. Analysis of reaction time association experiments and tests reported in the literature shows that judgments have been based jointly upon the qualitative and...
An allergy is an exaggerated reaction by the immune system in response to exposure to certain foreign substances. These foreign substances are normally seen as harmless by the immune system in nonallergic individuals, but in allergic individuals, part of the immune system generates a response. When...
individuals may never notice the tick bite or its feeding. The saliva may contain a blood thinner to make it easier for the tick to engorge itself with blood. Some people are allergic to these secretions and may have a quick andsevere allergic reactionto a tick bite; a few may develop ...
(AVP), the most common form of pelvic organ prolapse, has deleterious effects on women’s health. Here the authors employ single-cell RNA-seq to construct a transcriptomic atlas of vaginal wall cells from AVP patients, and find that extracellular matrix dysregulation and immune reaction are ...
The body’s hypersensitive reaction against the common allergens such as dust, pollens, and dander are due to the excessive reaction of the white blood cell to produce an antibody resulting to inflammatory responses and other allergy symptoms and reactions. ...
During a reaction, your immune system releases antibodies. These are proteins that deliver a message to cells: Stop that substance! The cells then send out histamine, which causes blood vessels to expand, and other chemicals, and these trigger the allergy symptoms. ...
To find out if you have an allergy that could cause anaphylaxis or may have had an anaphylactic reaction, you may need more tests. These may include: Blood tests.A test can measure how much of an enzyme called tryptase you have in your blood. This enzyme can be at higher levels for up...
of sampling errors (the sampled area does not contain bacteria) or other technical difficulties, even when the woman has an infection. Newer tests to diagnose gonorrhea involve the use of DNA probes or amplification techniques (for example,polymerase chain reaction, orPCR) to identify the genetic...