Categories

  На главную   Контакты   Оглавление  

Add stuff

Information
Search:
Allergies [40]
Allergy is a disorder of the immune system often also referred to as atopy.
Antidepressants [27]
An antidepressant is a psychiatric medication used to alleviate mood disorders, such as major depression and dysthymia.
Arthritis [18]
Arthritis is a group of conditions involving damage to the joints of the body.
Cancer [23]
Cancer is a class of diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled growth
Cardio & Blood [7]
Risk factors for heart disease: infections
Cholesterol [17]
A fat-like substance called a lipid. It is used to build cell membranes, hormones and bile acids
Diabetes [21]
The inability of the body to produce, or the inability to metabolize, the human hormone insulin; Diabetes insipidus, usually a disorder of the ...
Epilepsy [17]
Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures
Gastrointestinal [13]
The digestive tract is the system of organs within multicellular animals that takes in food...
General Health [55]
The infant, child or young person’s current health condition
Herbal [16]
Herbal tea, herbal medicine
Hormonal [15]
Hormones - Proteins produced by organs of the body that trigger activity in other locations.
Men's Health [4]
For men on fitness, health, sex, caree
Pain relief [17]
Pain management is the medical discipline concerned with the relief of pain.
Skin care [17]
The skin is the outer covering of the body
Weight Loss [19]
Loss of body weight by dieting or due to various easting disorders or medical conditions.
Women's Health [12]
Find information on women's health issues, and lifestyle at the Women's Health


Fresh material

Women’s health: more about endometriosis Women’s health: more about endometriosis
→ More
The female reproductive organs: fallopian tubes and ovaries The female reproductive organs: fallopian tubes and ovaries
→ More
Fertility: foresight's success Fertility: foresight's success
→ More
Menopause problems: causes and prevention Menopause problems: causes and prevention
→ More
Women, work, and endometriosis Women, work, and endometriosis
→ More


The most popular materials

preteen vagina [6199 view]
preteen vagina → More
Barium meal x-ray examination [3598 view]
Barium meal x-ray examination → More
The female reproductive organs: fallopian tubes and ovaries [2680 view]
The female reproductive organs: fallopian tubes and ovaries → More
Women’s health: more about endometriosis [2550 view]
Women’s health: more about endometriosis → More
Women, work, and endometriosis [2496 view]
Women, work, and endometriosis → More


Awaiting moderation 26989 Article

Allergy: the discovery of ige

        ALLERGY: THE DISCOVERY OF IgE
The discovery of IgE was a breakthrough for classical allergists. Laboratory tests showed raised levels of total IgE in most patients displaying classical allergic symptoms..If the patient knew what antigen caused their symptoms, then a radioallergosorbent test or RAST (described on p79) could be applied to measure IgE for that specific antigen. The RAST result usually confirmed that there was an excessive amount of IgE antibody that would bind the incriminated antigen. In a very short space of time, IgE became the touchstone of respectability for classical allergists. Some even changed the definition of allergy, yet again, to mean reactions involving IgE only. This definition is still used by a few allergists.
When immunologists tried RASTs on patients diagnosed as food-allergic, they found a basic division. Those like Jane, with immediate, violent reactions, even to a very small amount of the offending food, almost always had high levels of IgE for that food, confirming the status of such reactions as classical allergies. Those like Susan, with 'delayed' or 'masked' reactions to foods, rarely produced positive RAST results for their culprit foods. More recently, some studies have shown that a small IgE reaction in the gut wall could be a contributing factor in people, but IgE is certainly not the major cause of the problem.
*8\180\8*

Allergies

«Prescription Medications»


Версия для печати
Количество просмотров: 463

What else is watching the people who read this article:
?????? ???? ???? ????? [80]
giant boobs [128]
kciqni [89]
???? ??????? [113]
?????????? ?????? ?????? [84]

Keywords for this page: Allergy: the discovery of ige