Can you get serum sickness from horse serum?

Serum sickness is a type of delayed allergic response, appearing four to 10 days after exposure to some antibiotics or antiserum, the portion of serum that contains antibodies, such as gamma globulin.

The most effective.prevention is simple avoidance of antitoxins that may cause serum sickness.

The first step in treatment of serum sickness is always to discontinue the drug or other substance which is suspected of causing the reaction. After that, all treatment is symptomatic....

serum is a clear yellowish fluid obtained after separating blood into into its solid and liquid components after it ha been allowed to clot. Serum contains antitoxins. The introduction of serum in...

Horses are injected with small doses of snake venom - not enough to cause the animal serious harm - but enough to 'trick' the horses body into producing anti-bodies to fight the poison.These...