Suppressed Immune Response - ANSWER Potentially caused by Primary
Immune Deficiency or Secondary Immune Deficiency
Primary Immunodeficiency - ANSWER Patients are missing a majority
composition of the immune system causing an inadequate immune response.
+70 types of (P.I)
Evident by frequent infections, the use of antibiotics. (Suppressed Immune
Response)
Secondary Immunodeficiency - ANSWER Patients suffer loss of immune
function caused by illness and/treatment,
OR
Maybe Induced to avoid systematic rejection of transplanted tissue as a result of
treatment via
- Chemotherapy
- Radiation
- Medication
_ Leukemia treatment
- Diseases: (HIV), cancers, autoimmune diseases
Scope of Immunity - ANSWER Immunity in patients can range from a hypo-
Suppressed Immune Response to an hyper- Exaggerated Immune Response
with a baseline being Optimal Immune Response
Classifications of Exaggerated Immune Response - ANSWER type I : IgE-
mediated a.k.a atopic "allergic"
type II : Tissue-specific a.k.a cytotoxic
type III : Immune Complex-Mediated
type IV : Cell-mediated a.k.a delayed hypersensitivity
, 10 Warning Signs of Primary Immune Deficiency - ANSWER 1. Four+ new
ear infections within 1 year
2. Two+ months of taking antibiotics w/ minimum effects
3. Two+ pneumonias within 1 year
4. Failure of an infant to gain weight normally
5. Recurrent deep skin/organ abscesses
6. Persistent thrush in mouth + fungal infection on skin
7. Need for I.V antibiotics to clear infections
8. Two+ deep seated infections (septicemia)
9. Family History of (P.I)
10. Two+ serious sinus infections within 1 year
Exaggerated Immune Response - ANSWER Are classifications of
hypersensitivity disorders where individual may be damaged by an immune
response meant to benefit them. May be localized or Systematic.
Immunity - ANSWER Defined as a physiological process that provides an
individual with resistance from disease, microbes, proteins, & conditions
associated with inadequate immune systems.
Types of Immunity - ANSWER Innate Immunity - present at birth, provides
nonspecific response.
Acquired Immunity - develops post foreign antigen infection., and may be
obtained artificially via immunization
Protective Functions of Immune Response - ANSWER 1. Protects Body from
invasion of microorganisms & other antigens
2. Removes dead/damaged tissues & cells
3. Recognized & removes cell mutations demonstrating abnormal cell growth
First Line of Defense within Immune Response - ANSWER Skin & Mucous
Membranes, Enzymes, Natural Flora, complement p-teins
Second Line of Defense with immune Response - ANSWER Which line of
defense does Phagocytic activity enacted by Natural Killer T lymphocytes,
granulocytes, macrophages providing innate non specific immunity fall under
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