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Autoimmunity

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When the body starts attacking itself

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Suceptiable

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Can get a disease

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Antigen

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Stimulates the immune system into action

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Antibodies

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proteins that kill pathogens

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Phagocytes

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Ingest Pathogens

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Chemotaxis

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Leukocytes travel to a specific area

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Diapedesis

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Moves from intravascular to interstitial compartments

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Interstitial compartments

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Found around the tissue

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Leukocytes

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White blood cells

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Monocytes

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Cells of the immune system

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Granulocytes

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WBC

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lymphocytes

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in bone marrow B & T Cells

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NK Cells

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Natural Killer Cells

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Lysozyme

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Saliva Cells

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Odema

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Swelling

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Pyrexia

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Fever

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O.T.C

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over the counter

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Buccal

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Cheek

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Subuccal

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under the tongue

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Toxic

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To much meds harmful to the body

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Panadol

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same name as paracetamol

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generic name

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name given by the drug company

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trade name

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name given by the seller

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“form “of medication

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oral, strip, injection, topical (cream), rectal

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absorption - administration - distribution - metabolism - excretion

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Travelling form to blood stream
how it is taken aka mouth (orally)
travelling where it needs to go
breaking it down into a lesser state
leaving through the kidneys
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mode of action

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way it works

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therapeutic effect is the?

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desired effect

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side effect

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manageable and expected effect depend on individual

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adverse effect

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random factor that effects the drug from work correctly

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contraindication

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people who should take the drug (asthma)

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Histamine (mast cells)

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increases blood flow changing capillaries

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Prostaglandins

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Cells that also produce histamines - acts on pain or swelling

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N.S.A.I.D

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Non.steroidal.anti.inflammatory.drug

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the chain of infection

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Infectious agent (pathogen)
Reservoir (source)
Portal of exit (out of the reservoir)
Mode of transmission of the pathogen
A portal of entry that is receptive to the pathogen
A susceptible host
irptes
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pathogenicity

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development of a disease

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pandemic

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globally

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epidemic

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smaller area, groups

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toxin

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harmful to the body / poisonous subject

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pathogen

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foreign to the body - virus / disease

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virulence

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ability to get a disease

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asepsis

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absence of bacteria

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colonisation

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gathering of bacteria

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disinfection

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kills bacteria

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gastrointestinal tract
where is it found?
what is it normal flora called?

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intertines and stomach

e-coli

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genitourinary tract
where is it found?
what is it normal flora called?

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bladder, kidneys, urethra

lacto - bacili

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respiratory tract
where is it found?
what is it normal flora called?

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throat and mouth
stepthococcus
staphlycoccus

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the skin
where is it found?
what is it normal flora called?

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sweat glands and hair follicles

staph auveus

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nervous system function

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regulates automatic function

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endocrine

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produces hormones

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integumentary

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touch temperature, pain

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lymphatic

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tonsils, defends agains infections

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