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Immune System Timeline

  • Step 1

    0-5 minutes: food ingested
  • Step 2

    5-10 minutes: IgE antibodies send out signals
  • Step 3

    10-15 minutes: mouth and tongue turn red and start to swell
  • Step 4

    15-20 minutes: difficulty breathing
  • Step 5

    20-25 minutes: stomach cramping and diarrhea
  • Step 6

    25-30 minutes: external hives rash
  • Step 7

    30-35 minutes: shoot epi-pen in the thigh and follow instructions on the epi-pen