Allergies are proof that intelligent design is bullshit.
Also the vagus nerve.
That fucking trash. I’ve got vasovagal syncope.
A sudden drop in heart rate and blood pressure leading to fainting, often in reaction to a stressful trigger.
Common triggers include strain, stress, long periods of standing, heat exposure, or the sight of blood.
Symptoms include paleness, nausea, sweating, a rapid heartbeat, and fainting.
It’s inconsistent, though. For example, never had issues with the numbing shots at the dentist. One day they start giving the shots to numb me up, and next thing I remember they’ve got me sitting up over a trash can trying to clear the vomit I was aspirating on. Scared the shit out of those dentists.
Once while in middle school I lightly nicked a finger with some scissors - barely even bled. All of a sudden I feel nauseous and ask to go to the bathroom. I manage to get out into the hallway before collapsing to the floor, hitting my head at least twice on the way down and traumatizing my classmates who thought I just dropped dead.
Intelligent design my big gay ass. Damn vagus nerve is a dodgy self-destruct mechanism.
Also paranasal sinuses.
I mean don't they also say it was "god's plan" when a 6 year old dies of cancer? There is no point in trying to argue with zealots.
*Histamines. Antibodies are far less disruptive. Histamines protect us from larger invaders like worms and other parasites. Antihistamines antagonize histamines at receptor sites, preventing the itchy, red, swelling reaction we associate with an allergen.
Acktually – IgE(/antibodies) are bound to the surface of mast cells. Antigens/allergens bind to the IgE receptor and actives the mast cell, releasing histamines. Allergy can actually be treated with anti-IgE (monoclonal) antibodies (Omalizumab)!
Thank you for the detail! I just repeated the dumbed-down explanation given to me by my allergist.
Are you sure histamines are larger than antibodies?
That's 17 atoms if I can count correctly.
Antibodies are made of proteins and should therefore be much larger.
I just confirmed. They’re only 17 atoms in size. My memory failed me. I edited the comment. Thanks for the correction!
"Welcome. You will experience a tingling sensation and then death."
FREAK OUT ACTIVATED
is more like it
Happy Spring!
I don't really struggle with hay fever but it hit me hard on a trip to Japan
it's almost that time of the year again
Reading this as my body went fucking nuclear on me the moment my allergy meds wore off and I was a fucking tears and snot fountain at 1am until I took a Zyrtec until it chilled by 2. Even then, I still have fucking drop going on in the back of my throat... ugh...
While my body is like: ah sure, come on in, nobody cares. I guess the allergens just leave for greener pastures.
Thanks for the reminder to take my allergy meds!
