Pearson chapter 27

Question 1

Anaphylactoid reaction

Answer 1

A life threatening reaction to a substance that presents with signs and symptoms similar to anaphylaxis but that is not mediated by the immune globulin IgE

Question 2

Anaphylaxis

Answer 2

a life threatening allergic reaction that produces shock through vasodilation and fluid shifts, with the potential for asphyxia

Question 3

Angioedema

Answer 3

Dialation and increased permebility of blood vessels within the tissues that produce swelling

Question 4

Antibodies

Answer 4

Immunoglobulins; substances synthesized by the immune system that can recognize specific foreign materials in the body and can initiate a specific immune response against them

Question 5

Antigens

Answer 5

any substances recognized by the body as foreign, or “not self”

Question 6

Autoimmune disease

Answer 6

Conditions in which the immune system fails to recognize some of the bodies molecules as its own, resulting in an immune response against the body’s own tissues.

Question 7

Urticaria

Answer 7

red, raised areas on the skin caused by a swelling of, and release of of fluid from, blood vessels in the skin in response to an allergic reaction. Commonly known as hives