Allergic Response

Question 1

What is an exaggerated response to a foreign substance?

Answer 1

Hypersensitivity

Question 2

An exaggerated response to a foreign substance due to a specific IgE response is what?

Answer 2

Allergy

Question 3

The genetic tendency to develop the classic allergic response is ___________?

Answer 3

Atopy

Question 4

What Type on the Gell and Combs is: Immune Complex Reaction?

Answer 4

Type III

Question 5

What Type on the Gell and Combs is; Not immediate?

Answer 5

Type IV

Question 6

What Type on the Gell and Combs is: Serum sickness?

Answer 6

Type III

Question 7

What Type on the Gell and Combs is IgE mediated reaction

Answer 7

Type I

Question 8

What Type on the Gell and Combs is large complexes that get stuck in various places

Answer 8

Type III

Question 9

What Type on the Gell and Combs is a poison Ivy reaction?

Answer 9

Type IV

Question 10

What Type on the Gell and Combs is cytoxic reaction

Answer 10

Type II

Question 11

What Type on the Gell and Combs is Immediate reaction

Answer 11

Type I

Question 12

What Type on the Gell and Combs is Specific T-cell response

Answer 12

Type IV

Question 13

The conditions that we associate with true allergies are typically ________ or ________ mediated reactions.

Answer 13

Type I

IgE

Question 14

Which anti body is considered the allergic antibody?

Answer 14

IgE

Question 15

Which cell produces the allergic symptoms that we can feel, see and treat?

Answer 15

Mast Cell

Question 16

What is the most common atopic condition seen in the U.S.?

Answer 16

Allergic Rhinitis

Question 17

When a patient suffers from allergy symptoms during a particular season which can easily be identified and predicted is known as what?

Answer 17

Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis

Question 18

A patient that suffers from year round allergies is known to have what?

Answer 18

Perennial Allergic Rhinitis

Question 19

A patient that suffers from allergy symptoms where there is not a known trigger is usually diagnosed with what?

Answer 19

Non-Allergic Rhinitis

Question 20

What treatment of allergies treats just the symptoms and does not treat the underlying problem?

Answer 20

Pharmacotherapy

Question 21

Narrowing of the breathing passages is a result of _________, _________ and __________.

Answer 21

• Airway Swelling
• Increased mucus production
• constriction of the smooth muscles that line the airways.

Question 22

What is the medical term that is used for skin lesions more commonly known as hives or welts?

Answer 22

Urticaria

Question 23

What is another name for deep tissue swelling?

Answer 23

Angiodemia

Question 24

What is the term used for patients that is a direct result of trauma to the mast cell?

Answer 24

Dermographism

Question 25

Chronic relapsing inflammatory skin condition characterized by itching and a characteristic rash

Answer 25

Atopic Dermititis

Question 26

Caused by an immune response against a foreign substance that comes into contact with the skin?

Answer 26

Allergic contact dermatitis

Question 27

What is the absolute contraindication to administering Epinephrine?

Answer 27

There are not contraindications for administration of epinephrine