In article <31CA6698.41C6 at yorvic.york.ac.uk>,
Freddy de Bree <bree at yorvic.york.ac.uk> wrote:
[...]
>>But your response is really an allergy. I mean it got all the signs of
>it and should be treated as such. It is specific and time-dependent
>indicating an immune resp.
A chemical sensitivity reaction has different mechanics than an allergic
response. What she's describing doesn't sound like a histamine-mediated
response. There are many possible immune system responses that are _not_
allergic in nature.
I'll let one of the experts here go into the details. I don't have a
textbook handy to refresh my memory on the _exact_ mechanisms.
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