What Is Skin Writing? Everything You Need to Know Jennifer Huizen
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What is dermatographic urticaria?
Scratch your skin hard enough, and you ll notice red, raised, itchy, and swollen marks. That s a normal reaction.
But if you have dermatographic urticaria, a condition referred to as skin writing, you won t have to scratch so hard to get a reaction. Even moderate pressure or irritation can trigger an exaggerated response.
Allergy-like symptoms, such as minor, temporary skin flares or swelling can develop and last more than just a few minutes.
In some cases, people with the condition can break out in hives, round, raised, itchy, red, or skin-colored bumps that blanch, or become white in the middle when pressed.
No, you don’t need a COVID-19 antibody test after vaccination
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Thursday Jun 03, 2021
Most of us are rushing to get our antibodies tested two weeks after being fully immunised for coronavirus. But these commercially available tests are a waste of time and money, say immunology experts.
What is an antibody?
Antibodies are blood proteins that the body produces to fight against invaders, such as bacteria and viruses.
Antibody tests were used during the pandemic to determine if a person had already been infected with the coronavirus. The tests searched specifically for the anti-nucleocapsid antibodies, wrote Dr Luis Ostrosky in a blog for the McGovern Medical School at UTHealth. The anti-nucleocapsid antibodies are created through natural coronavirus infection, he added.
A nasal therapy, built upon on the application of a new engineered IgM antibody therapy for COVID-19, was more effective than commonly used IgG antibodies at neutralizing the COVID-19 virus in animal models, according to research recently published by The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB Health), the University of Houston, and IGM Biosciences, Inc.
New research has determined that the window of opportunity to provide possible treatments for patients suffering from traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) differs depending on whether the patient is male or female.