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Hypersensitivity
Hypersensitivity is a clinical term in which a normally tolerable trigger results in a larger than expected response. Examples include emotional responses to social situations, or sunburn from average amounts of sunlight that normally do not cause a burn.
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A 36-year old asked:
I have hypersensitive teeth. What can I do?
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What are the symptoms of hypersensitivity to onions?
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How do you treat hypersensitivity to sounds in general?
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Possible hearing hypersensitivity. How do I get tested?
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A 41-year old asked:
What are the common types of hypersensitivity reactions?
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A 35-year old asked:
Are hypersensitivity and allergic reactions synonymous or different?
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A 43-year old asked:
Got a hypersensitive older sister. How do I talk with her about her health without her taking offense?
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A 38-year old asked:
What is a type 4 hypersensitivity reaction?
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A 30-year old asked:
Why can some people be hypersensitive to pain?
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A 34-year old female asked:
What are the symptoms of Visceral hypersensitivity?
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A 42-year old asked:
How do i solve my hypersensitivity to sound? Besides earplugs.
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A 33-year old asked:
What disorder makes you hypersensitive to insults or imagined insults?
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A 46-year old asked:
Would it be very likely for a male to have human seminal plasma hypersensitivity?
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A 19-year old female asked:
will seminal plasma hypersensitivity go away or become less painfull if my boyfriend and I have sex regularly?
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A 45-year old asked:
What is the disorder when you are hypersensitive to insults or imagined insults? It's a personality thing, right?
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A 61-year old male asked:
I am 60yrs old past one yr i have abdomem pain with hypersensitivity and burning sensetion intermitently in my right side .?
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A 40-year old female asked:
One tooth that was hypersensitive to cold, from yestersday has no feeling at all.Feels like there is an absess and hurts under the tooth when I press.
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A 36-year old asked:
What is acute hypersensitivity pneumonitis?
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A 47-year old asked:
What can cause hypersensitivity in the leg?
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A 43-year old asked:
what is causing hypersensitivity pneumonitis?
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A 44-year old asked:
what can cause hypersensitivity in the penis?
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A 33-year old asked:
what are the symptoms of peanut hypersensitivity?
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A 45-year old asked:
I had hypersensitivity pneumonitis last june. am I healthy now?
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A 37-year old asked:
Is there a medical term for hypersensitivity in a woman's genitals?
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A 31-year old asked:
Is my skin being hypersensitive to hypoallergenic soaps if I get a rash?
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A 40-year old asked:
What is the function of redirinse mouthwash for hypersensitivity in teeth?
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A 40-year old asked:
Not sure what is causing hypersensitivity pneumonitis? What doctor can tell?
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A 41-year old asked:
Are hypersensitivity reactions are caused by the cross linking of antibodies?
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A 44-year old asked:
Signs of symptoms of hypersensitive narcissism or narcissism personality disorder?
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A 29-year old asked:
Are we hypersensitive to cyber bullying? Or is it really that bad out there on the web?
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