IUBio

serum sickness

Steven Poet poets at ccmail.orst.edu
Thu Sep 14 16:38:57 EST 1995


I don't believe you can get serum sickness from a tetanus toxoid 
immunization.  The tetanus toxin is inactivated in formalin (a toxoid
is the result), and the toxoid triggers your immune response.  Serum
sickness is caused by passive transfer of immunoglobulins produced in
a different critter than yourself.  The reaction is usually to horse 
or goat serum.  Antivenom usually causes serum sickness.

I think serum sickness is also called type 2 hypersensitivity.  I've 
got a 1 in 4 chance of getting it right and I know it's not type 1 or
type 4 ;).

miner.s at portseattle.org wrote:
>
> I am looking for information/cases relating to Serum Sickness from
> a Tetna shot?  Any help would be appreciated.




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