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Immunity Flashcards

1
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Leukocytes/WBC

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White Blood Cells

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What do WBCs Do?

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Attack/destroy anything foreign

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Nurses role in Immunity

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Prevent Diseases, Promote and Maintain Health Teach and Educate

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4
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Define
Immunity

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Body’s Natural or induced Response to Infection

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5
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Define
Antigens

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Foreign Substance that trigger the immune Response

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Define
Immunocompetent

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Immune Systems that identify antigens and effectively destroys/remove them

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7
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Define
Hypersensitivity

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Overreaction of the immune system to an antigen

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8
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Define
Immunodeficiency

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Develops when the immune system is incompetent or unable to respond effectively

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9
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Define
Autoimmune Disorders

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The immune System loses the ability to recognize its own tissue and begins to attack them.

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10
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Define
Opportunistic Infections

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Infections that would not normally affect people with intact immune systems.

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11
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Active Immunity

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Occurs through:
-Exposure to Disease
-Vaccination
Is long lasting and takes several weeks to develop

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12
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Passive Immunity

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Occurs Through receiving antibodies from another person :
-Mother to Newborn(placenta or breast milk)
-Blood Products
Is immediate protection, lasts only weeks or months

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Immunity Non-Modifiable Risk Factors

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-Genetics
-women > Men
-Age
Organ/Tissue Transplant
Immune Deficiencies
-Child is at greater risk of allergies if parents or older siblings have them

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Immunity Modifiable Risk Factors

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-Stress
-Poor Sleep
-Non-Immunized
-Nutrition
-Poor Hygiene
-Alcohol/Drugs/Cigarettes
-IV drug use/ Risky Social Behaviors
-Poor tissue Integrity

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When do Immunizations start?

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When trans placental immunity decreases (2-18 months depending on the vaccine )

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16
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Adult Immunization

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-May need boosters of childhood vaccines
-Shingles, pneumonia
-When at high risk of infection

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Parent Education on Immunization

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Concerns and Beliefs

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Immunization Contraindications

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Acute Illness, High fever, hypersensitivity reaction, cancer treatments

17
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Immunization Nurses Responsibility

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Informed Consent Signed

18
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How many Hyper sensitivity Reactions?

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4

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Type I hypersensitivity

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Immediate
IgE mediated hyper sensitivity

20
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Type I Hypersensitivity Localized Examples

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Allergies, Asthma, Hay Fever

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Type I Hypersensitivity Systemic Examples

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Anaphylaxis, Angioedema

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Type I Hypersensitivity

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-Can be ingested, injected, inhaled, absorbed
-Histamine Response
-Strong Genetic Predisposition

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Type I Hypersensitivity Symptoms

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15-30 mins
-rapid on set sneezing, runny nose, urticaria, swelling, wheezing/strider to anaphylaxis

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Type I hypersensitivity Treatment

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Antihistamines, breathing treatment, corticosteroids, epi pen

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Type II Hypersensitivity

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Cytotoxic Hypersensitivity
-Destruction of target cell
-Stimulated by
-Exogenous antigen
-Drug Reaction
- Endogenous antigen

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Type II Hypersensitivity Symptoms

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-Dyspnea
-fever

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Type II Hypersensitivity Treatment

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-withdrawal of meds
-stop transfusion
-immunosuppressant drug
-corticosteroids

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Type III Hypersensitivity

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Complex mediated hypersensitivity
-Inflammation response to targeted tissue
-cause of most auto immune disorders

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Type III Hypersensitivity Systemic

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Immune complex deposited in small blood vessels
Kidneys
joints

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Type III Hypersensitivity Localized

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Immune complexes accumulate at specific site

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Type III Hypersensitivity Symptoms

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Urticaria, fever, joint pain

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Type III Hypersensitivity Treatment

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treat symptoms
corticosteroids
immunosuppressive drugs
NSIADS

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Type IV Hypersensitivity

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Delayed Hypersensitivity
-cell-mediated responses
-result from exaggerated interaction between antigen, normal cell-mediated mechanisms

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Type IV Hypersensitivity Examples

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Contact Dermatitis
Latex
Jewelry
TB Test
Poison Ivy

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Type IV Hypersensitivity Symptoms

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24-48 hrs
-fever
-erythema
-pruitus
-edema

36
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Type IV Hypersensitivity Treatment

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-increase fluids
-apply med to rash
-moderate pain
corticosteroids
-antipyretics

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