Latex Allergy: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
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Latex Allergy: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
Overview: Allergy to natural rubber latex is increasingly common and serious in children and adults. Latex is the milky fluid derived from the lactiferous cells of the rubber tree, Hevea brasiliensis. It is composed primarily of cis-1,4-polyisoprene, ...
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Tags: Allergies, Latex Allergy, Emergency, Children's Health, Emergency Medicine
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Allergies to natural rubber latex is increasingly common and serious in children and adults. http://bit.ly/aKGPYH
Serum Sickness: eMedicine Emergency Medicine
emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Serum sickness is a type III hypersensitivity reaction that results from the injection of heterologous or foreign protein or serum. Reactions secondary to the administration of nonprotein drugs are clinically similar to serum sickness reactions. Pathophysiology ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com
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Serum sickness is similar to an allergy, but it is an immune system response to something injected into the blood. http://bit.ly/9ayFzt
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