If you say that someone is hypersensitive, you mean that they get annoyed or offended very easily. Student teachers were hypersensitive to any criticism of their performance. = touchy
having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); "allergic children"; "hypersensitive to pollen"
Someone who is hypersensitive is extremely sensitive to certain drugs or chemicals
{s} excessively sensitive, over-sensitive; allergic to a substance which does not usually have a negative affect on the body (i.e. medication)
An excessive immune response that results from previous exposure to an antigen Immediate responses are antibody-mediated and occur in minutes; delayed responses are mediated by T-cells and occur about 24 hrs later
in many European texts called also "allergy" - immune-mediated tissue-damaging reaction In clinical language - any adverse immune reaction, which is too intensive or qualitatively unusual, because it brings pathological sequels The clinical usage of this term is not precise and somewhat misleading
Being overreactive or oversensitive to sensory (or emotional) stimuli This is a very common feature of autistic spectrum condition and Sensory Integration Dysfunction (SID) See also: hyposensitivity
Some individuals with ADHD report a heightened sensory awareness This is being highly sensitive to touch, smell and other sensory stimulus Can also be called Tactile Defensiveness
an allergy; an exaggerated or inappropriate immune response categorized based on which part of the immune system that is involved and the onset of response (i e Types I, II, III, IV)
or Hyposensitivity - The overly responsivity or under-responsivity to sensory information or input through the mouth (tactile), nose (olfactory), eyes (visual), skin (tactile), balance (vestibular), movement (proprioception) Hypersensitivity results in tendency to be fearful and cautious or negative and defiant Hyposensitivity results in a tendency to crave intense sensations or to withdraw and be difficult to engage