Chapter 18: Immune Disorders Flashcards
Immunological disorder:
is a condition that results from an inappropriate or inadequate immune response
Hypersensitivity
“Allergy”, the immune system reacts in an exaggerated or inappropriate way to a foreign substance that is harmless
Are allergies due to immunological responses?
No
What determines the type of hypersensitivity?
The component of immune response that is involved and how quickly the reaction develops
Immediate hypersensitivity
Type 1, Anaphylaxis resulting from a prior exposure to a foreign substance called an allergen
Allergen
an antigen that evokes a hypersensitivity response
Cytotoxic hypersensitivity
Type 2, elicited by antigens on cells, especially RBCs that the immune sees as foreign (occurs when patient receives wrong blood type)
Immune complete hypersensitivity
Type 3, elicited by antigens in vaccines in microorganisms or on a persona own cell, large antibody-antigen complexes formed, can cause damage within hours
Cell mediated or delayed hypersensitivity
Type 4, triggered by exposure to foreign substances from the environment [poison ivy], transplanted tissue, can cause extensive tissue damage
Autoimmune disorders
(1) Represent a form of hypersensitivity in which the body’s immune system responds to its own tissues as if it were foreign (2) Antibodies or T cells attack self-antigens
Immunodeficiency
The immune system responds in adequately to an antigen due to inborn or acquired defects
Primary immunodeficiency
Genetic or developmental defects in which the person lacks T cells or B cells or has defective ones
Secondary immunodeficiency
Results from damage of T cells or B cells after they have developed normally (Leukemia, Burkitts lymphoma), Happens after birth
Type 2 Hypersensitivity
(1) Blood trasnfusions (2) Specific antibodies react with cell surface antigens interpreted as foreign by the immune system (3) Leading to phagocytosis, killer cell activity or complement mediated cell lysis
Hemolytic Disease of the newborn
Erythroblastosis fetalis, If antibodies are made against baby who is Rh +, complement is activated and RBC’s are destroyed leading to this hemolytic disease