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Inflammation is a non-specific response of body to local tissue injury. Part of the _________ of defense.

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2nd line defense

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Functions of inflammation?

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  1. Increase blood flow to site (vascular response)
  2. Increase healing cells at site (cellular response)
  3. Prepare for tissue repair
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Lines of defense:
▫️first:
▫️second:
▫️third:

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1st: skin and mucous membranes
2nd: Inflammatory
3rd : immune response

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Causes of inflammation?

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▫️infection - microbial agent
▫️physical agents - trauma, electrical, temperature
▫️radiation - ionizing, nonionizing, UV
▫️chemicals - acid, alkali, toxins
🔹drugs, lead, ethanol, mercury
▫️nutritional - excesses or deficiencies
▫️ischemia/infarction- auto, allo, allergy
▫️Genetic and metabolic disorders

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Advantages of inflammation?

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▫️serves to isolate and localize injured area, protecting normal tissue
▫️can neutralize and inactivate toxic substances
▫️destroys and limits growth of microorganism
▫️prepares the area for wound healing and repair by cleaning debris

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Disadvantages of inflammation:

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▫️Infection: microorganisms ca more easily penetrate oedematous tissues
▫️deep ulcers: result of severe or prolonged inflammation
▫️scar tissue: due to excessive tissue damage
▫️local complications: depend on site of inflammation but may include obstruction, loss of sensation, and decreased cell function.
▫️Pain

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Chemical mediators?

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🔹Cell-derived

🔹plasma derived

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Cell-derived?

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🔺white blood cell
🔺platelets
🔺endothelial or damaged tissue cells

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Plasma-derived:

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🔺complement system
🔺kinin system
🔺clotting system

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it’s primary role is to destroy and remove microorganisms to prevent infection through opsonization (making bacteria vulnerable to phagocytosis) and cell lysis (destruction)

*produced in the liver

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Complement

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promotes coagulation through a cascade of clotting factors

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Clotting

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Source of highly potent vasoactive inflammatory mediators. Amplifies the inflammatory response by triggering other inflammatory mediators.

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Kinin

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Vascular response?

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▫️increased capillary membrane permeability
▫️vasodilation
▫️hyperaemia

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Cellular response ?

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▫️chemotaxis
▫️cellular adherence
▫️cellular migration

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_______cells are housed in connective tissues of body and near all blood vessels - allows for immediate release of chemical mediators into blood stream

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Mast cell

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_________are released from WBC platelets and injured cells and signal to trigger, enhance or discontinue the inflammation response.

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Cytokines

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Cells Active in cellular response:

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▫️leukocytes
▫️neutrophils
▫️macrophages
▫️erythrocytes
▫️platelets
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Role of these cell is phagocytosis; removal of dead tissue

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Leukocytes

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A type of WBC; earliest phagocytize responders

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Neutrophils

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A type of WBC; Large, king-lived phagocytes associated with a prolonged (chronic) inflammatory response; monocytes are immature macrophages

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Macrophages

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It’s a type of cell that carry oxygen to tissues

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Erythrocyte

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It’s a type of cell that trap harmful substances; stop bleeding; form structural origin of repair

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Platelets

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Healing undergoes:

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  1. scar tissue
  2. Regeneration (replacement by same type of cell)
  3. Resolution (damaged cells recover)
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Local Manifestation of acute inflammation:

5 cardinal clinical signs

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  1. Redness (erythema)
  2. Heat
  3. Incapacitation
  4. Pain
  5. Exudate and edema
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Other possible systemic manifestations:

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  1. Malaise Headache
  2. Fatigue
  3. Anorexia
  4. Mild fever - due to pyrogens from macrophages
  5. Increased circulating leukocytes and plasma proteins
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Benefits of fever

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▫️stimulates phagocytosis
▫️decreases rate of multiplication of pathogens
▫️prevents release of Fe & Z from liver which bacteria feed on
▫️increased tissue repair process

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Treatment of inflammation:

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▫️reduced blood flow
▫️ decrease swelling
▫️block the action of chemical mediators
▫️decrease pain

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type of inflammation, usually rapid onset w/ minimal damage and rapid resolution. It is characterized by the formation of exudates/edema.

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Acute

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A collection of interstitial fluid formed in the inflamed area.

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Edema

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Function of exudates:

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  1. Carry plasma proteins and leukocytes to injured area
  2. Neutralize the inflammation reaction
  3. Dilute toxins
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Type of exudates - watery, with low protein; usually seen w/ burns or allergic reactions (mild inflammation)

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Serous exudate

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Type of exudate, blood vessels damage with leakage of RBCs from capillaries

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Hemorrhagic exudate

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Type of exudate, contains large amounts of fibrin increasing the risk of scar tissue build-up in the area

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Fibrinous exudate

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Type of exudate, contains pus (degraded WBC, proteins and tissue debris); caused by certain microorganisms. Indicates bacterial infection.

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Purulent exudate

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Type of exudate, firms on mucous membranes and contains lots of mucous, ex. Rhintis, bronchitis

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Catarrhal

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It’s an inflammation that may last for weeks, months or years.

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Chronic inflammation

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Chronic inflammation may be the result of:

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▫️an acute inflammation when the cause is not completely eradicated because the body is either:
🔺unable to remove the inflammatory agent
🔺 unable to destroy the inflammatory agent
🔺has an inadequate defense system
◽️an insidious dev’t due to chronic irritation
▫️when it involves certain type of bacteria (TB)

38
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In chronic inflammation, the major WBC moving to site?

A

Macrophages and lymphocytes

39
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Proliferation of fibroblasts also occurs, w/c can lead to:

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▫️scarring and deformity

40
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What are the factors that inhibit repair?

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  1. Old age
  2. Nutrition
  3. Immune depression
  4. Certain diseases (ex. Diabetes)
  5. Malignancy (ex. Leukaemia)
  6. Drugs
  7. Superimposed infection
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Increase blood flow to site

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Vascular response

42
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Increase healing cells at site

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Cellular response

43
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Inflammatory mediators

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Mast cells and cytokines

44
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An inflammatory mediator released from WBC, platelets and injured cells and signal to trigger, enhance or discontinue the inflammation response

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Cytokines

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An inflammatory mediator housed in connective tissues of body and near all blood vessels - allows for immediate release of chemical mediators into blood stream.

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Mast Cells

46
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It’s a type of WBC that release bradykinin - produces histamine

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Basophil

47
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What cell is activated by chemotaxis?

A

chemokines

48
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Local manifestation of acute inflammation

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  1. Redness (erythema)
  2. Heat
  3. Incapacitation
  4. Pain
  5. Exudate and edema
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Other possible systemic manifestations:

A
  1. Malaise Headache
  2. Fatigue
  3. Anorexia
  4. Mild fever
  5. Increased circulating leukocytes and plasma proteins
50
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In chronic inflammation, _____ and ; _____ instead of neutrophils are the major WBC moving to site

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▫️macrophages and lymphocytes

51
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Inflammatory cell in acute inflammation?

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▫️neutrophil and macrophages

52
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Inflammatory cells in chronic inflammation?

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Lymphocytes, plasma cells, macrophages, fibroblasts (for scarring)

53
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The body organs and structures contain 2 functional types of tissues:

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▫️parenchyma (functioning cells)

▫️stroma (supporting connective tissue)

54
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The primary objective of healing process is to “fill the gap”

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▫️restore the structural continuity of the injured part

55
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Secondary objective of healing process is _______ of the injured part.

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restore the functional continuity

56
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Injured tissues heals by:

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  1. Resolution (if tissue damage is minimal)
  2. Regeneration ofvparenchymal cells
  3. Replacement with connective tissue
57
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Chemical mediators are involved with healing process:

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▫️chemotaxis; fibroblast recruitment

▫️proliferation of cells

58
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Ability to regenerate varies with cell type:

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▫️labile Cells - skin and mucous membranes
▫️stable cells - undergo mitosis as necessary
▫️permanent cells - amitotic

59
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A cell that form lining of stomach and esophagus and are continuously being replaced.

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▫️Labile Cells

60
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A bone cells divide only when necessary

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▫️ Stable cells

61
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Is a type of cell once injured from ischemia, cardic Cells cannot be replaced.

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Permanent cells

62
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Non-regenerated parenchymal Cells are replaced by a ________ (process also called fibrosis) when:
🔺extensive tissue damage occurred
🔺 cells are amitotic

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▫️CT scar

63
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Wound healing and closure occur by _______ or _______ intention depending on the extent of tissue damage.

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▫️primary

▫️secondary intention

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▫️ ________ intention - small wound e.g. sutured surgical incision or paper cut

▫️_________ intention - e.g. burns, large surface wounds - tissues have undergone greater loss of tissue and contamination

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▫️primary intention

▫️secondary intention

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Tissue healing phases:

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  1. Inflammation
  2. Proliferation (repair, regeneration, replacement)
  3. Remodelling
66
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Injury that heal by secondary intention undergo:

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▫️wound contraction

67
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chemotactic mediators, or ________, stimulate a cellular response:

▫️chemotaxis
▫️adherence
▫️migration
▫️phagocytosis

A

Chemokines

68
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For chronic inflammation:
▫️macrophages
▫️lymphocytes

A

For acute inflammation
▫️PMNs
▫️Platelets
▫️Mast Cells

69
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Cell derived chemical mediators:

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▫️WBC
▫️Platelets
▫️endothelial or damage tissue cells

70
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Plasma derived chemical mediators:

A

▫️complement system
▫️Kinin System
▫️clotting System

71
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it’s a plasma derived cell whose primary role is to destroy and remove microorganisms to prevent infection through opsonization (making bacteria vulnerable to phagocytosis) or cell lysis (destruction)

A

Complement

72
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Plasma derived cell that promotes coagulation through a cascade of clotting factors

A

Clotting

73
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Is a plasma derived cell which is a good source of highly potent vasoactive inflammatory mediators. It amplifies the inflammatory response by triggering other inflammatory mediators

A

Kinin

74
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What’s vascular response to these cell mediators?

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▫️increased capillary membrane permeability
▫️vasodilation
▫️hyperaemia (excess blood in the body part)

75
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Cells active in the cellular response:

A 
▫️leukocyte (WBC)
▫️neutrophils 
▫️macrophages 
▫️erythrocytes 
▫️platelets
76
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Is a cell that trap harmful substances; stop bleeding; form structural origin of repair

A

Platelets

77
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A type of WBC; earliest phagocytic responder

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Neutrophils

78
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In blood test, it is elevated during inflammation to promote coagulation
this is needed for scar formation

A

Fibrinogen

79
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In blood test, is increased above 10,000/mm3

reference value: 5,000 - 10,000 blood cells/mm3

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WBC count

80
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Extra cellular fluid accumulation often in tissues because of increased vascular permeability

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Exudate and edema

81
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Other manifestation of acute inflammation:

A

▫️malaise headache
▫️fatigue
▫️anorexia
▫️mild fever - due to pyrogens from macrophages
▫️increased circulating leukocytes and plasma proteins

82
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What are the benefits of fever?

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▫️stimulates phagocytosis
▫️decrease rate of multiplication of Pathogens
▫️prevents release of Fe and Z from liver which bacteria feed on ( this happen w/ low fever only)
▫️increased tissue repair process

83
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Treatment for inflammation

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▫️reduce blood flow
▫️decrease swelling
▫️block the action of chemical mediators
▫️decrease pain

84
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Functions of exudates:

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▫️carry plasma proteins and leukocytes to injured area
▫️neutralize the inflammation reaction
▫️dilute toxins

85
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Body organs and structures contain two functional types of tissues:

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▫️parenchyma (functioning cells)

▫️stroma (supporting connective tissue)

86
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Tissue healing phase, usually begins w/ 2 to 3 days of injury and may lasts as long as 3 wks

Fibroblast produce collagen

healing by 2ndary intention - more granulation tissue

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Phase 2 - proliferative phase

87
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Healing phase where scar tissue remodels by breaking down old collagen (collagenase) and synthesizing new collagen (by fibroblasts)

Injury that heal by secondary intention undergo wound contraction

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Phase 3 - remodeling phase

88
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complications of healing by scarring:

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  1. Contractures / obstructions
  2. Adhesions ( connection of scar tissue between 2 separate tissues ex. Intestines)
  3. Ulceration
  4. Dehiscence (wound separation)
  5. Hypertrophic scar formation (keloids)

**dehiscence & ulceration can easily lead to infection

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A type of mediator such as histamine, leukotrenes, and prostaglandins

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Aspactive mediators

90
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Also called chemokines. A type of mediators that stimulate cellular response

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Chemotactic mediators

91
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Two cells with active vasoactive mediators. Both WBC, causes hyperaemia (⬆️of blood to area)

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Mast cell and basophil cell

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