Both allopurinol and febuxostat carry similar, significant increased risks for hypersensitivity reactions compared with colchicine, according to data published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

When confronted with chronic eczematous dermatitis, clinicians should try to differentiate between intrinsic (atopic dermatitis [AD]) and extrinsic (allergic or irritant contact dermatitis) causes. AD ...

1 Department of Microbiology & Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia. An increasing number of HLA associations have been observed with drug-hypersensitivity ...

Credit: Getty Images. The IGIV and IGSC products were voluntarily withdrawn due to a higher rate of allergic/hypersensitivity type reactions, some of which were considered medically significant.

Patients treated with platinum compounds are subject to hypersensitivity reactions. Our study has highlighted the reactions related to oxaliplatin (OHP) infusion. One hundred and twenty-four patients ...

Symptoms usually occur between two and six weeks after drug administration and may subsequently recur, even after the person has stopped taking the offending drug. Drug-induced hypersensitivity ...

Geographic access to hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Background: Paclitaxel is an effective and commonly used chemotherapeutic. Severe hypersensitivity reactions (HSRs) to this drug ...

Background: Little is known about the incidence and causes of heparin-induced skin lesions. The 2 most commonly reported causes of heparin-induced skin lesions are immune-mediated heparin-induced ...

Would you believe it if we told you that it's possible to be allergic to your own period? This phenomenon, known as Progesterone Hypersensitivity (PH), occurs when a woman's immune system reacts ...

When her first son was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D), small town Missouri mom Kayla Mattingly was understandably upset. But life with T1D soon developed into a “new normal,” and that helped her ...