BPS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Antibody, Immunoglobulin E, Fluticasone Propionate

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biopharmaceutical sciences
• Course: BPS 1101
• Professor: William Ogilvie

Document Summary

Hay fever: reacion to pollen (was rare in 1900, but very common now in north america) Contact dermaiis from irritants. (hand washing makes it worse: exposure to large amounts of powder, from immune reacion at the site of contact. Urushiol produces the reacion: this is found in poison ivy. Dust allergies oten made of skin lakes and dust mites, and dust mite feces: if you have a dust allergy you are most likely allergic to the dust mite feces. Reacions to pets (most likely allergic to their saliva) Food can give allergy or intolerance and in some case, produce a headache: allergy immune system reacts to the food, intolerance substance in food produces adverse reacion, about 30% of adults have food intolerance. (eg. Not actually caused by the light but by a chemical reacion. Marigolds produce a substance that is toxic when exposed to light, so body remembers the exposure and associates it, causing reacion: allergy to water (aquagenic allergy)