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Title: What are the four types of hypersensitivity? Give an example for each.
Post by: ekmj on Feb 12, 2018
What are the four types of hypersensitivity? Give an example for each.
 
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Title: What are the four types of hypersensitivity? Give an example for each.
Post by: The Truth on Feb 12, 2018
1 . Immediate hypersensitivity. Localized response: hay fever, food allergy; systemic response: bee sting, penicillin anaphylaxis
2 . Cytotoxic hypersensitivity reactions. Blood transfusion reactions, Rh hemolytic disease, autoimmune hemolytic anemia
3 . Immune complex disease. Some types of glomerulonephritis; lupus erythematosus; rheumatoid arthritis
4 . Delayed (cell-mediated) hypersensitivity. Tuberculosis; fungus and parasitic infections; contact dermatitis