Immune disorders Flashcards
How do allergies occur?
Allergies occur when the immune system mistaken non harmful foreign particles as serious threats. Therefore, histamine ( a chemical ) is released by white blood cells into bloodstream to help the immune system to defend.
When harmless particles is mistaken as something serious, it launches our immune response which causes..
sneezing, runny nose, and watery eyes
What is the effects of anti-histamines?
They block the effect of histamine causing a relief to allergies
Aids are caused by the..
human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV ), they are also discovered in 1983
The human immunodeficiency virus specifically targets killer t-cells therefore..
infected cells will remain roaming around and prevents your immune system from working properly
The HIV virus does not kill you but..
it messes with ur immune system causing it to not function properly