Why do severe anaphylactic reactions normally occur during the 2nd exposure

Subject: Why do severe anaphylactic reactions normally occur during the 2nd exposure

Date: Fri Mar 16 09:42:13 2001
Posted by Jeff Yap
Grade level: grad (science) School: No school entered.
City: Buffalo State/Province: NY Country: USA
Area of science: Immunology
ID: 984753733.Im

Message:


I read that most of the time, if a person has a severe systemic allergic 
reaction to things (bee stings, antibiotics, stuff like that), the reaction 
will occur during the second exposure to the substance.  Is this true?  If so, 
why?


Thanks.

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