A patient presents in the emergency room with large red lesions up and down his arms. His case history reveals that he works for a gardening company and this rash most likely developed after clearing a weedy bank two days prior. The resident on duty concludes that the rash is due from poison ivy exposure. Immunologically speaking what is going on in this man's body and what type of immune response is he experiencing?

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The Answer of A patient presents in the emergency room with large red lesions up and down his arms. His case history reveals that he works for a gardening company and this rash most likely developed after clearing a weedy bank two days prior. The resident on duty concludes that the rash is due from poison ivy exposure. Immunologically speaking what is going on in this man's body and what type of immune response is he experiencing?

A Patient Presents in the Emergency Room with Large Red