immune system d/o

Question 1

autoimmunity

Answer 1

normal protective immune response; paradoxically turns against or attacks the body, leading to tissue damage

Question 2

hypersensitivity

Answer 2

body produces inappropriate or exaggerated responses to specific antigens

Question 3

gammopathies

Answer 3

immunoglobulins are overproduced

Question 4

immune deficiences (primary)

Answer 4

deficiency resulting from improper development of immune cells or tissues (congenital or inherited)

Question 5

immune deficiences (secondary)

Answer 5

deficiency when something else interferes with a developed immune system; acquired later in life