Also called the "flesh eating bacteria, " strep A had sent Malyia into toxic shock.

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Chronic inflammation, however, can be a problem (as in arthritis) and acute inflammation in the form of toxic shock is life-threatening.

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It spills out of her at the rehearsal dinner and washes over the room like toxic shock -- and it doesn't stop there.

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For example, aluminum hydroxide is commonly added to vaccines but it was documented in a NATO book that aluminum also stimulates production of IgE, the immunoglobulin most associated with anaphylactic shock and there are multiple other toxic adjuvants routinely added in vaccine manufacture.

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The Admiral's assignment to Centcom commander came as a shock to those who had observed what some called his "toxic leadership" in the Pacific Command.

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