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A severe allergic reaction that can rapidly impair breathing and blood pressure, becoming life-threatening within minutes.

means A severe, whole-body allergic reaction that can rapidly affect breathing and blood pressure and turn life-threatening within minutes.

from Coined in the early 1900s from Greek ana- ('against' or 'backward') plus phylaxis ('protection, guarding'). Researchers studying immunity had expected repeated small doses of a substance to build up protection, like a vaccine — instead, in some cases, a second dose triggered a violent reaction. So they named the phenomenon the opposite of protection: anaphylaxis, protection turned against the body.

speed
can strike within minutes of exposure
mechanism
mast cells dump histamine, airways and blood vessels collapse
fix
epinephrine, not antihistamines, is the actual save
name origin
greek for against protection, the opposite of immunity
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