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| INDICATED - (as long as allergen is not present) - a hypersensitive state acquired through exposure to a particular allergen, reexposure bringing to light an altered capacity to react. |
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| CONTRAINDICATED - Anaphylaxis is a type of allergic reaction, in which the immune system responds to otherwise harmless substances from the environment. Unlike other allergic reactions, however, anaphylaxis can kill. Reaction may begin within minutes or even seconds of exposure, and rapidly progress to cause airway constriction, skin and intestinal irritation, and altered heart rhythms. In severe cases, it can result in complete airway obstruction, shock, and death. |
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| INDICATED (with doctor’s permission) - an immune response by the body against one of its own tissues, cells, or molecules |
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| Acquired Immune deficiency syndrome |
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| INDICATED - an epidemic, transmissible retroviral disease caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus, manifested in severe cases as profound depression of cell-mediated immunity, and affecting certain recognized risk groups. Diagnosis is by the presence of a disease indicative of a defect in cell-mediated immunity (e.g., life-threatening opportunistic infection) in the absence of any known causes of underlying immunodeficiency or of any other host defense defects reported to be associated with that disease (e.g., iatrogenic immunosuppression). |
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| Human Immunodeficiency virus |
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| INDICATED - (HIV) a human T-cell leukemia/lymphoma virus, of the genus Lentivirus, with a selective affinity for helper T cells that is the agent of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
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| CONTRAINDICATED during flare up; otherwise INDICATED - Inflammation of the liver. |
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| CONTRAINDICATED during flare up; otherwise INDICATED - a self-limited viral disease of worldwide distribution, usually transmitted by oral ingestion of infected material but sometimes transmitted parenterally; most cases are clinically inapparent or have mild flu-like symptoms; any jaundice is mild. |
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| CONTRAINDICATED during flare up; otherwise INDICATED - an acute viral disease transmitted primarily parenterally, but also orally, by intimate personal contact, and from mother to neonate. Prodromal symptoms of fever, malaise, anorexia, nausea, and vomiting decline with the onset of clinical jaundice, angioedema, urticarial skin lesions, and arthritis. After 3 to 4 months most patients recover completely, but some may become carriers or remain ill chronically. |
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| CONTRAINDICATED during flare up; otherwise INDICATED - viral disease caused by the hepatitis C virus, commonly occurring after transfusion or parenteral drug abuse; it frequently progresses to a chronic form that is usually asymptomatic but that may involve cirrhosis. |
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| CONTRAINDICATED during flare up; otherwise INDICATED - infection with hepatitis D virus, occurring either simultaneously with or as a superinfection in hepatitis B, whose severity it may increase |
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| CONTRAINDICATED during flare up; otherwise INDICATED - a type transmitted by the oral-fecal route, usually via contaminated water; chronic infection does not occur but acute infection may be fatal in pregnant women |
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