anaphylactic shock
- n a severe and rapid and sometimes fatal hypersensitivity reaction to a substance (especially a vaccine or penicillin or shellfish or insect venom) to which the organism has become sensitized by previous exposure
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- Rescue dog rescues owner
A little over three months after being rescued from the Fluvanna County SPCA, Chilly, a pit bull mix, saved her owner, Heidi Parker, from anaphylactic shock.
June 27, 2013 - The Central Virginian - Bee attack sends Tampa man to hospital
Thomas O'Berry says he is lucky he didn't die. He was outside while someone working on his lawn disturbed a bee hive. The bee attack sent him into anaphylactic shock and into the hospital for six days, the first two in a coma.
June 27, 2013 - ABC Action News Tampa Bay