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Acute interstitial nephritis

Acute interstitial nephritis (AIN) is a disease of the kidney and is an important cause of acute renal failure. In this disease, there is rapid development of inflammation within the interstitium. The most common cause of AIN is drugs. There is a component of allergic reaction to...

Aspirin-induced asthma

Aspirin-induced asthma is characterised by aggressive and continuous inflammation of the airways, leading to worsening of asthma, after ingestion of aspirin or other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs).

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA)

Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is a hypersensitivity (allergic) disease. It occurs in patients with asthma when the bronchi is infected with a fungus called Aspergillus. This disease only occurs in asthmatics. Otherwise, it affects all genders and ages...

Fetal Exposure To Toxins Could Be Behind Rise In Asthma

Exposure of developing fetuses and newborns to low levels of environmental toxins such as lead, mercury and dioxin, as well […]

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Hypersensitivity reaction type IV

Information on the symptoms, treatment and diagnosis of type IV hypersensitivity reaction by professional health specialists.

Hypersensitivity reaction type II

Hypersensitivity means that the body responds to a particular substance (called allergens) in an exaggerated fashion, where it does not happen in normal circumstances. There are 4 types of hypersensitivity reaction, type I, II, III and IV. They are different in terms of the...