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You have a dermatitis related to a particular material in your socks.Your feet are covered with a really itchy rash,which has developed blisters over the last day or so.You had first worn them 2 to 3 days ago,and you did not launder them after buying them at the store.Finding some anti-histamine medication in your bathroom cabinet,you decide to take it to relieve the itching rash believing:


A) The rash will go away because the anti-histamine neutralizes the histamine chemicals coming from mast cells in your skin.
B) The anti-histamine will make the rash worse.The anti-histamine chemical in the medication reacts with chemicals release by the lymphocytes in your skin,creating a much worse reaction.
C) The anti-histamine will have no effect on the rash because histamine is not the chemical mediator in this hypersensitivity.
D) The anti-histamine will have no effect because once a type I hypersensitivity kicks in,it will last for a few days.

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