KROK 1 2011 – Question 118 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
During surgical manipulations a patient has been given novocaine injection for anesthesia. 10 minutes later the patient developed paleness, dyspnea, hypotension. What type of allergic reaction is it?
- A. Stimulating immune reaction
- B. Anaphylactic immune reaction
- C. Cell-mediated immune reaction
- D. Cellulotoxic immune reaction
- E. Aggregate immune reaction
Hint
Weigh the short interval between the injection and the symptoms against the typical time course of each hypersensitivity mechanism.
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