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Sometimes, the immune system overreacts, with damaging consequences. As early as 1902, French clinician Charles Richet showed that "hypersensitivity" — an overproduction of antibodies in response to an antigen — 19.___________(CAN) be harmful, leading to excessive inflammation or worse. Allergies are one reaction of this kind. Several years later, Richet identified "anaphylaxis" — an allergic reaction so extreme it can be life-threatening. When some people ingest nuts, for example, their innate immune system 20.___________(GO) into overdrive, giving 21.___________(THEY) symptoms such as shortness of breath and low blood pressure. Anaphylaxis can be fatal within just a few minutes, so people with severe allergies carry an adrenaline auto-injector with them at all times. Adrenaline is a hormone 22.___________(PRODUCE) in response to stress, and it reverses the effects of anaphylaxis

Endocrinology is the branch of medicine that 23.___________(DEAL) with hormones — the chemical messengers of the body. Hormones 24.___________(MAKE) by specialised cells, mostly found in the endocrine glands. As they travel through the body, mainly in the bloodstream, hormones from one endocrine gland can stimulate another gland to adjust the levels of hormones it produces, or can carry instructions to cells in organs and tissues. In this way, hormones regulate almost every organ, process, and function in our bodies, including muscle and bone growth, fertility, appetite, metabolism, and heart rate.​

Answer 1

19. can

20. goes

21.themselves

22.produced

23.deals

24.are made

Answer 2

19. can
20. goes
21. them
22. produced
23. deals
24. are made