1. Serum sickness
Serum sickness is a reaction similar to an allergy. Specifically, it is an immune system reaction to certain medications, injected proteins used to treat immune conditions, or antiserum, the liquid part of blood that contains antibodies that help .....
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2. Serum Sickness
Serum sickness is a type of delayed allergic response, appearing four to 10 days after exposure to some antibiotics or antiserum, the portion of serum that contains anti-bodies, such as gamma globulin, which may be given to provide...
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3. Serum sickness: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia
Plasma is the clear fluid portion of blood. It does not contain blood cells, but it does contain many proteins, including antibodies, which are formed as part of the immune response to protect against infection.
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4. Motion Sickness : Search Results - healthfinder.gov - Your Source for Reliable Health Information
This fact sheet provides basic information about dizziness and motion sickness and discusses causes, prevention and treatment options.... Details >
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5. Altitude Sickness
Altitude sickness occurs when you cannot get enough oxygen from the air at high altitudes. This causes symptoms such as a headache and not feeling like eating. It happens most often when people who are not used to high altitudes go quickly from lo...
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6. What is Morning sickness?
Morning sickness is very common. Most pregnant women have at least some nausea, and about a third have vomiting. Morning sickness usually begins during the first month of pregnancy and continues until the 14th to 16th week. Some women have nausea ...
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7. Decompression Sickness
When a person is scuba diving, additional oxygen and nitrogen dissolves in the body’s tissues. The additional oxygen is consumed by the tissues, but the excess nitrogen must be washed out by the blood during decompression. During or after ascent, ...
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8. Serum sickness
Serum sickness is the name for symptoms that result from a delayed immune system response, either to certain kinds of medications or to antiserum (given after a person has bitten by a snake or to counter exposure to rabies, for example).
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9. Serum sickness
Serum sickness is a reaction similar to an allergy. Specifically, it is an immune system reaction to certain medications, injected proteins used to treat immune conditions, or antiserum, the liquid part of blood that contains antibodies that help .....
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10. Serum Sickness: eMedicine Rheumatology
Historically, the term serum sickness connotes a self-limited immune complex disease caused by exposure to foreign proteins or haptens. Immune complex formation is a common event and does not typically cause symptoms. However, an immune reaction c...
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