Week 10 - Immunological disease

Question 1

HIV/AIDS

Answer 1

Aids is aquired by an untreated HIV infection that is characrerised as a immunodeficiency disorder that attacks the Tcells which are crucial for fighting infections hence without treatment HIV will gradually destroy the cells

Question 2

Allergy and hypersensitivity

Answer 2

inappropriate reaction to an antigen
1 - hay fever, food allergy
2 - reaction to a foreign body
3 - mechanism involves antibody-antigen complexes
4 - injury is Tcell mediated

Question 3

Urticaria

Answer 3

itchy well demarcated red wheals on skin - autoimmune or non immune

Question 4

allergic rhinoconjuncitivis

Answer 4

Hayfever
due to allergen reaction 1

Question 5

Food alelrgy

Answer 5

common immune response to a food protein

Question 6

Drug allergy

Answer 6

hypersensitivity is a immune mediated response to a durg stimulating antibody production or T cells or both `

Question 7

Anaphylaxis

Answer 7

sever type 1 hypersensitivity reaction that develops rapidly and affects multiple organ systems

Question 8

asthma

Answer 8

chronic respiratory condition characterised by hyperresponsivess of the airways leading to bronchiocontristion
- increased mucous in airway
- smooth muscle protien production
- airway oedema
- AIRWAY REMODELLING DUE TO INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE IN THE AIRWAYS

Question 9

COPD

Answer 9

chronic progressive and incompletely reversibele airflow limitation due to inflammatory small airway disease and alveolar destruction