Main Discussion Post - Week 5 Discussion #2 Nursing 6501 Anaphylactic Shock Hypersensitivity or anaphylaxis is a sudden intense, sensitivity response whose manifestations are captivating in their variety, velocity and potential power. Although moderately normal, it is as yet the reason for frenzy and fervor among therapeutic and nursing staff because of its dangerous potential outcomes. In the event that perceived and treated accurately and quickly, it is especially rewarding to watch patients' quick and emotional reaction to treatment, which is regularly close to pharmacological treatment. Then again hypersensitivity can take lives inside minutes if treated past the point of no return, or erroneously. Pathophysiology Anaphylaxis is the final product of an unfavorably susceptible response after re-presentation to a substance or antigen, which prompts an 'organized arrangement of occasions including the insusceptible framework'. During initial contact with the antigen, plasma cells in the lymph nodes make particular immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibodies, which at that point lie dormant. On re-introduction, the allergen ties with cell bound IgE antibodies to make an overstated extremely hypersensitive response. Within minutes of the