Hypersensitivity

Hypersensitivity Diseases
Diseases characterized by allergic responses to pollutants; diseases most clearly associated with indoor air quality are asthma, rhinitis, and pneumonic hypersensitivity.
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hypersensitivity
State in which an individual reacts with allergic effects following exposure to a certain substance (allergen) after having been exposed previously to the same substance.

Hypersensitivity Diseases: Diseases characterized by allergic responses to animal antigens. The hypersensitivity diseases most clearly associated with indoor air quality are asthma, rhinitis, and hypersensitivity pneumonitis.

Sicknesses can include Legionnaire's disease, hypersensitivity, and pneumonitis By-product Material, other than the principal product, generated as a consequence of an industrial process or as a breakdown product in a living system.

Diagnosable illness whose cause and symptoms can be directly attributed to a specific pollutant source within a building (e.g., Legionnaire's disease, hypersensitivity, pneumonitis.) (See sick building syndrome.)
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Hypoallergenic: Specialized material having a low capacity to induce hypersensitivity.
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Building-Related Illness: Diagnosable illness whose cause and symptoms can be directly attributed to a specific pollutant source within a building, e.g., Legionnaire's disease, hypersensitivity, pneumonitis. (see Sick Building Syndrome) ...

See also: Concentration, Population, Air, Environment, Toxic