Allergic Response Flashcards
What is an exaggerated response to a foreign substance?
Hypersensitivity
An exaggerated response to a foreign substance due to a specific IgE response is what?
Allergy
The genetic tendency to develop the classic allergic response is ___________?
Atopy
What Type on the Gell and Combs is: Immune Complex Reaction?
Type III
What Type on the Gell and Combs is; Not immediate?
Type IV
What Type on the Gell and Combs is: Serum sickness?
Type III
What Type on the Gell and Combs is IgE mediated reaction
Type I
What Type on the Gell and Combs is large complexes that get stuck in various places
Type III
What Type on the Gell and Combs is a poison Ivy reaction?
Type IV
What Type on the Gell and Combs is cytoxic reaction
Type II
What Type on the Gell and Combs is Immediate reaction
Type I
What Type on the Gell and Combs is Specific T-cell response
Type IV
The conditions that we associate with true allergies are typically ________ or ________ mediated reactions.
Type I
IgE
Which anti body is considered the allergic antibody?
IgE
Which cell produces the allergic symptoms that we can feel, see and treat?
Mast Cell
What is the most common atopic condition seen in the U.S.?
Allergic Rhinitis
When a patient suffers from allergy symptoms during a particular season which can easily be identified and predicted is known as what?
Seasonal Allergic Rhinitis
A patient that suffers from year round allergies is known to have what?
Perennial Allergic Rhinitis
A patient that suffers from allergy symptoms where there is not a known trigger is usually diagnosed with what?
Non-Allergic Rhinitis
What treatment of allergies treats just the symptoms and does not treat the underlying problem?
Pharmacotherapy
Narrowing of the breathing passages is a result of _________, _________ and __________.
- Airway Swelling
- Increased mucus production
- constriction of the smooth muscles that line the airways.
What is the medical term that is used for skin lesions more commonly known as hives or welts?
Urticaria
What is another name for deep tissue swelling?
Angiodemia
What is the term used for patients that is a direct result of trauma to the mast cell?
Dermographism
