anaphylactic shock

(noun)

A severe and rapid systemic allergic reaction to an allergen, constricting the trachea and preventing breathing.

Related Terms

  • immunogen
  • gamma globulin
  • herd immunity

Examples of anaphylactic shock in the following topics:

  • Artificial Immunity

    • The antibodies can be produced in animals, called "serum therapy," although there is a high chance of anaphylactic shock because of immunity against animal serum itself.
  • Immunization, Antiseptics, and Antibiotics

    • The antibodies can be produced in animals, called "serum therapy," although there is a high chance of anaphylactic shock because of immunity against animal serum itself.
  • Type I (Anaphylactic) Reactions

    • Type I (or immediate/anaphylactic) hypersensitivity can be caused by the body's response to a foreign substance.
    • Type I hypersensitivity is also known as immediate or anaphylactic hypersensitivity.
  • The Heat-Shock Response

    • Heat shock response is a cell's response to intense heat, including up-regulation of heat shock proteins.
    • Heat shock response is the cellular response to heat shock includes the transcriptional up-regulation of genes encoding heat shock proteins (HSPs) as part of the cell's internal repair mechanism .
    • The up-regulation of HSPs during heat shock is generally controlled by a single transcription factor; in eukaryotes this regulation is performed by heat shock factor (HSF), while σ32 is the heat shock sigma factor in Escherichia coli.
    • Heat shock protein come in many sizes.
    • This is an example of small heat shock proteins produced by Pseudomonas aeruginosa Clonal Variants Isolated from Diverse Niches.
  • Sepsis and Septic Shock

    • Frequently, patients suffering from septic shock are cared for in intensive care units.
    • The mortality rate from septic shock is approximately 25–50%.
    • In sepsis, blood pressure drops, resulting in septic shock.
    • There are new drugs that act against the extreme inflammatory response seen in septic shock.
    • Compare and contrast the symptoms of: sepsis, severe sepsis, septic shock
  • Growth Rate and Temperature

    • For example, in molecular biology, the cold-shock domain (CSD) is a protein domain of about 70 amino acids which has been found in prokaryotic and eukaryotic DNA-binding proteins.
    • During the lag phase, the expression of around 13 proteins, which contain cold shock domains is increased two- to ten-fold.
    • These so-called cold shock proteins are thought to help the cell survive in temperatures lower than optimum growth temperature, by contrast with heat shock proteins, which help the cell survive in temperatures greater than the optimum, possibly by condensation of the chromosome and organization of the prokaryotic nucleoid.
  • Superantigens

    • The immune system over-reaction to the antigen causes a group of diseases that manifest in fever and shock, such as food poisoning, toxic shock syndrome, and Kawasaki disease.
  • Classic Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers

    • All types of VHF are characterized by fever and bleeding disorders and all can progress to high fever, shock and death in many cases.
    • Manifestations of VHF often also include flushing of the face and chest, petechiae, frank bleeding, edema, hypotension, and shock.
  • Salmonellosis

    • In severe forms of the disease, enough liquid and electrolytes are lost to upset the body's metabolism of water and salt, decreasing the circulating blood volume and arterial pressure to enough of a degree to cause hypovolemic shock.
    • Septic shock may also develop.
    • Shock of mixed character (with signs of both hypovolemic and septic shock) is more common in severe salmonellosis.
  • Pyelonephritis

    • Pyelonephritis that has progressed to urosepsis may be accompanied by signs of septic shock, including rapid breathing, decreased blood pressure, violent shivering, and occasionally delirium.
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