Chapter 5: Common Disorders of the Immune System

Question 1

What is Anaphylaxis?

Answer 1

A severe, possibly life-threatening, allergic reaction in an individual.

Question 2

What are the most common Anaphylactic reactions to?

Answer 2

To foods like nuts, shellfish, eggs, medicines, bee stings, contrast dyes used in medical tests and latex.

Question 3

What is Herpes Zoster?

Answer 3

Also called “Shingles”. Is a reactivation of the Varicella (chickenpox) virus in adults.

Question 4

How this acute viral infection (Herpes Zoster) characterized?

Answer 4

By painful skin eruptions that follow one or more skin dermatomes.

Question 5

What is a Dermatome?

Answer 5

The area of skin supplied by a single spinal nerve.

Question 6

What does the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) do?

Answer 6

Damages the T cells of the immune system, causing it to progressively fail and leaving the body susceptible to infections.

Question 7

What is a Lyme disease?

Answer 7

A bacterial infection transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected tick.

Question 8

What is Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)?

Answer 8

A bacterial infection that is resistant to most commonly used antibiotics.

Question 9

What is are the consequences of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)?

Answer 9

The consequences are sever because the risk of complications and death is increased.

Question 10

What is Trush?

Answer 10

An infection that occurs in the mouth, caused by a pathogenic yeast.