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The health care provider prescribed the 8-year-old girl with a history of asthma and allergy to bee stings a course of penicillin to manage her current throat infection, and cautions her parents to watch her closely for her a reaction. The health care provider specifically provided her a prescription of penicillin to alleviate E.O.’s type I hypersensitivity to bee stings. The health care provider is concerned about the anaphylactic reaction that the little girl can have as a result of the prescription of penicillin. Penicillin is a common type of allergenic medication that can cause E.O. to have a life threatening allergic reaction. Type 1 hypersensitivity can result in an immediate reaction, which can occur between about 15

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