loading...| Preferred Name |
Anaphylaxis |
| ID |
http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C107101 |
| ALT_DEFINITION |
An acute, severe multi-systemic allergic reaction that may include itching, hives, angioedema, abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, breathing and swallowing difficulties, and hypotension which may progress to shock and death. A disorder characterized by an acute inflammatory reaction resulting from the release of histamine and histamine-like substances from mast cells, causing a hypersensitivity immune response. Clinically, it presents with breathing difficulty, dizziness, hypotension, cyanosis and loss of consciousness and may lead to death. |
| code |
C107101 |
| Concept_In_Subset | |
| Contributing_Source |
NICHD MedDRA CTCAE |
| DEFINITION |
An acute hypersensitive immune response that occurs from exposure to an allergen. It results from the release of histamine and histamine-like substances from mast cells, and can present with breathing difficulty due to narrowed airways, dizziness and hypotension, skin rash, weak pulse, nausea and vomiting. |
| Has_NICHD_Parent | |
| label |
Anaphylaxis |
| NICHD_Hierarchy_Term |
Anaphylaxis |
| Preferred_Name |
Anaphylaxis |
| prefixIRI |
C107101 |
| prefLabel |
Anaphylaxis |
| Semantic_Type |
Disease or Syndrome |
| UMLS_CUI |
C0002792 |
| subClassOf |