Oral Allergies Flashcards

1
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What is allergy?

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When immune system reaction in exaggerated or inappropriate response to extrinsic antigen

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What is auto-immunity?

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When immune system responds in exaggerated or inappropriate way to intrinsic antigen

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3
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What is hypersensitivity?

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When immune system responds in exaggerated or inappropriate way resulting in harm

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4
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Are allergies and autoimmunity types of hypersensitivity?

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Yes

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5
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What are different forms of hypersensitivity?

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Antibody mediated

Cell mediated

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6
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What types of hypersensitivity are antibody mediation?

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Type 1, 2 and 3

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7
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What hypersensivity is cell mediated?

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Type IV

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8
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What is type I hypersensivity

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Immediate/ anaphylaxis

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9
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What is type II hypersensitivity?

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Cytotoxic

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10
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What is type III hypersensivity?

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Immune complex

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11
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What is type IV hypersensitivity?

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Delayed

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12
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How is type I hypersensitivity mediated?

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IgE

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13
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When get symptoms of type I hypersensitivity?

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Immediate

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14
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What happens in type I hypersensitivty

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Allegens causes antigen response causing which causes mast cell degranulations causing histamine and enzyme release

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15
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What does release of histamine cause?

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Vascular dilation 
Increased vascular permeability = oedema
Bronchospasm 
Urticarial rash 
Increased nasal/ lacrimal secretions
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16
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Common causes of type I response

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Hay fever
Asthma
Allergies: penicillin, laxtex etc

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17
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How to diagnosis allergy for type I hypersensitivity?

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Wheel and flare

Allergy applied using prick test and skin response is fast

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18
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What is wheel and flare?

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Wheel - extravasation of serum into skin due to histamine

Flare - erythematous red patch caused axon response

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19
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Issue w/ wheel and flare test?

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Can get late phase 6hrs after due leukocyte infiltrate and oedema

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20
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How manage type I hypersensitivity?

A

Adrenaline
Anti-histamine
Corticosteroid

21
Q

Use of corticosteroids in type I management?

A

Dampen immune response

22
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What happens on first exposure to allergy

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Antigen bind to B cell
B cell turn to plasma cell –> ab released
Cytokine environment causes plasma clells to secrete IgE ab
IgE enters blood which rapidly bind to mast recoprtos
IgE displayed on Fc receptors on mast cell

23
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How can IgE be used to see if someone is predisposed to allergic reaction?

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They will have high serum levels of IgE

24
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What happens on second exposure to antigen?

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Have specific IgE
Antigen cross-link Fc rector on mast cell
Transmit intra-cellular signal causing mast cell degranulation
Histamine released

25
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What is a type II hypersensitivity?

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Antibody mediated - antibodies target self-antigens usually IgG or IgM = cell damage and inflammation

26
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Mechanism type II?

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Antibodies target self-antigens

Autoantibodies activate T cells/ neutrophils/ macrophages causing inflammation of complement

27
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What does complement activation in type II cause?

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Caused inflammation and cells death via MAC

28
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What is MAC

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Membrane attack complex

29
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What is mechanism of type III?

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Immune complex form between antibodies and antigens

30
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What happens to immune complex formed in type III?

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Deposits in lining blood vessel/ lung - causes complement activation and neutrophil binding = inflammatory and vascular permability

31
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Give example of type III hypersensitivity?

A

Erythema multiforme

SLE - systemic lupus erythematosis

32
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What is type IV hyperseniviity mediated by?

A

Cell- mediated

Mediated by T cellsq

33
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When is type IV delayed?

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Response is cellular - slow to develop and resolve

34
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When see type IV sensitivity

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Delayed hypersensitivity responses
Contact dermatitis
Lichenoid reactions
OLP

35
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Mechanism of type IV?

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Extrinsic antigen enter oral
Dendritic cells intercept and process antigen
Antigen stimulated Langerhans cells to migrate to draining lymph node
Also stimulate keratinocytes to release TNF

36
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What happens in draining lymph nodes in type IV?

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Langerhan cell process antigen and presents to T cell circulating in lymph node
Antigen specific T cell becomes activated - proliferation and re-circulation to oral mucosa

37
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What happens in oral mucosa in type IV?

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Epithelial cells activated to secrete TNF
TNF induces VCAM-1 expression on endothelium
Allows T cells to bind VCAM-1
Interaction between T cells and epithelium = cytokine release
Cytotoxic T cells kill basal keratinocytes

38
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What see histology of type IV hypersensitivity?

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Dense band T cells in connective tissue

39
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2 mechanism in which T cells induce apoptosis?

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Fas-mediated

Peforin/ granzyme B

40
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What is perforin?

A

Pore forming molecule

41
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Type IV summary?

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Langerhan cells move from epidermis to lymph nodes
They present antigen to CD4 T cells
T cells move to mucosa to secrete TNF
Causes expression VCAM1
Secretion pro-inflammatory cytokines which damage tissue

42
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When is tissue damage seen in type IV?

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12 hours

43
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3 main issues w/ allergies in dentistry?

A

Drug allergies
Dental material allergies
Latex allergy

44
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What type of reaction is a drug allergy?

A

Type I

45
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Are LA allergies common?

A

Not true allergies - preservative been removed

Most reaction vasovagal due intra-vascular injection

46
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What type of reactions are those to dental materials?

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Type IV - response usually chronic and localised

47
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What metals are likely to cause type IV responses?

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Nickle

Mercury - lichenoid reaction

48
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Alternative to latex gloves?

A

Nitrile