sensitized

“Throughout California, throughout the West, throughout communities that have had wildfire experience, we are particularly primed and sensitized to that news,” she said.

The researchers conclude that once mast cells are sensitized, diverse xenobiotics that never bothered the person previously and do not bother most people trigger multisystem symptoms that wax and wane over time.

These sensitized receptors may make relapse even more dangerous than after abstinence or other meds.

UW Medicine has also opened conversations with other regional health care systems about working with more highly sensitized patients in the Pacific Northwest.

A positive result signals the presence of IgE antibody, which "means you've become sensitized to the substance," he said, "but it doesn't mean you will manifest any allergic symptoms."