Immediate hypersensitivity

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... to move from allergic reactions to other sorts of reactions and back again. Especially where ezema is involved, many seem to link it to type IV hypersensitivity, focusing on T cells. So here's the question, if eczema isn't really "allergy" (IgE stuff) but isn't "intolerance" ...

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i know 'allergy' as only being type I hypersensitivity and only IgE mediated... what 'non-IgE mediated allergies' are you talking about? type IV hypersensitivities aren't 'allergies'... the symptoms of type IV hypersensitivities aren't similar ...

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... mediated ones. Some seem to suggest that non-IgE might still be a form of allergy. Others, are quite clear that they do not consider non-IgE hypersensitivity to be allergic. On that topic, if it isn't allergy, what can we call it? "Intolerance" maybe? Or just Type IV Hypersensitivity? ...

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... mediated ones. Some seem to suggest that non-IgE might still be a form of allergy. Others, are quite clear that they do not consider non-IgE hypersensitivity to be allergic. On that topic, if it isn't allergy, what can we call it? "Intolerance" maybe? Or just Type IV Hypersensitivity? ...

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