If You Were Given a New Necklace and Developed Reddening

question 105

Essay

If you were given a new necklace and developed reddening, swelling, and itching of your skin around your neck 24 hours after putting on the necklace, what reason would you give to this phenomenon? What immune cells are involved?

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Definitions:

Propulsive

Generating a force that drives or pushes forward, typically used in reference to movement or motion.

Antalgic

Related to or denoting a gait or posture adopted so as to avoid pain on weight-bearing structures, often due to injury.

High-risk Pregnancy

A pregnancy that involves increased health risks for the pregnant individual, the developing fetus, or both, due to various medical conditions or factors.

Bed Rest

A medical treatment in which a patient is advised to stay in bed for most of the time to aid the process of recovery.