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title: Hypersensitive
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A hypersensitive person may experience reactions to chemicals, pharmaceuticals, foods, or other substances that do not have an adverse effect on non-hypersensitive people. According to my Trigger Theory of Multiple Sclerosis, every person who suffers from a chronic autoimmune condition is hypersensitive.

A synonym to _autoimmune_. Abnormally sensitive to external triggers of inflammation.

A hypersensitive person may find that seemingly innocuous foods, like lettuce or potatoes, causes them to experience a flare in inflammation and new or more intense symptoms.