Immune Mediated Diseases Flashcards
Acquired causes of immunodeficiency
Failure of passive transfer
Chronic infections e.g. FIV
Inflammatory or neoplastic disease
Drugs
Malnutrition
Toxins
Stress
Major haemolymphatic immune mediated diseases (3)
Immune mediated haemolytic anaemia/IMHA
Immune mediated thrombocytopaenia/IMTP
Immune mediated neutropenia (rare)
Major endocrine immune mediated diseases (2)
Hypothyroidism
Hypoadrenocorticism
Major cutaneous immune mediated diseases (3)
Canine dermatomyositis
Discoid lupus erythematosus
Pemphigus-pemphigoid complex
Major NMSK immune mediated diseases (3)
Polyarthritis (erosive and non-erosive)
Myasthenia gravis
Polymyositis/polyneuritis
Major CNS immune mediated diseases (2)
Meningitis of unknown origin/MUO
Granulomatous meningoencephalitis/GME
Major gastrointestinal immune mediated diseases (2)
Inflammatory bowel disease/chronic enteropathy
Pancreatitis
Major renal immune mediated diseases
Glomerulonephropathies (there are many)
Major immune mediated disease with multi-systemic involvement (1)
Systemic lupus erythematosus/SLE
Hypersensitivity reaction involved in IMHA/IMTP
Type 2 (antibody mediated)
Is immune mediated disease more common in cats or dogs?
Cats
Infectious causes of secondary IMHA (5)
Mycoplasma haemofelis
Babesia canis
FIP
FeLV
Chronic bacterial infection
What disease is administration of TMPS (antibiotic) and methimazole (hyperthyroid medication) a trigger for?
Secondary IMHA
Neoplastic cause of secondary IMHA
Splenic haemangiosarcoma
What disease can be caused by a snake bite or bee trigger?
Secondary IMHA