Course: Allergies: When the Immune System Backfires

In this last step Andreas J. Bircher thanks you for your interest and the work you put into this course. Congratulations on having finished the course ‘Allergies: When the Immune …

Congratulations, you have just finished the final quiz on allergies. How did it go? How do you feel after taking this quiz? Try to reflect on your knowledge: was it …

Drug allergies and hypersensitivities are very heterogeneous and so are the underlying mechanisms and reactions. The ABCDEF rule is a scheme which can be applied to diagnose drug hypersensitivities by …

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and analgesics in general belong to the most frequently taken drugs worldwide. This case study shows how an NSAID causes a drug hypersensitivity reaction through a …

This case illustrates that even if only a few drugs are involved, a clear description of skin lesions, all drugs taken, and the chronology of events are helpful for the …

Drug hypersensitivities are the biggest challenges in clinical allergology, since the various drug molecules may cause non-immunological reactions as well as different types of allergic reactions. Adverse drug reactions are …

In order to correctly diagnose allergic contact dermatitis it is important to distinguish between the three types of eczema: allergic contact eczema, irritant contact eczema, and atopic dermatitis. After a …

Contact allergens are quite different with regard to allergens causing immediate type reactions. They are usually small molecules – called haptens – which connect to proteins to become a complete …

In early stages, irritant contact dermatitis manifests itself in itch, redness, fine scales, and cracks. Signs of allergic contact dermatitis include itch, redness, swelling, small blisters, and oozing. Chronic exposure …

Three major types of dermatitis or eczema are distinguished: Allergic contact dermatitis, irritant contact dermatitis, and atopic dermatitis. The most common external cause of contact dermatitis is contact with mild …

In antiquity physicians believed too much internal heat to be the reason for eczema. Only in the second half of the 20th century scientists got a clearer idea of what …

Welcome back! We are happy that you will join the third and last week of this course. In this week you will get to know to more types of allergic …

Congratulations, you have just finished Week 2 in which you recognized different types of allergic disorders and considered how they could be treated. You just concluded this week with a …

Patients who have suffered from a severe anaphylactic reaction to an insect sting or to food should be equipped with emergency medication. These medications include adrenaline – administered using an …

We distinguish three approaches to treat symptoms in immediate type allergies. The first option is ‘elimination’ – meaning the avoidance of the allergen. The second option is the ‘pharmacotherapy’ – …