Nusc 3233 Food allergies Study guide
2024
Food Allergies background - answer-✔150-200 Americans die each year
Effects:
2% adults
4-8% children
Often occurs with: asthma, eczema, other food allergies
Can occur at anytime, to anyone
Can change over time
Can be outgrown
Food Allergy deffinition - answer-✔An adverse reaction to a food or food
component involving the body's immune system
Food Allergy Difference - answer-✔Involves immune system
Triggers immune response
Can be life threatening
Hives, itching, skin rash, swelling
Respiratory complications
Gastrointestinal problems
Problems maintaining equilibrium and consciousness
Food Intolerance Difference - answer-✔Sensitivity
Does not involve immune system
, Abnormal reaction to food
Non-life threatening
Typically lack of needed enzyme or specific chemical
Gastrointestinal problems
Glycoprotein - answer-✔protein with carbohydrate group attached to peptide chain
Food Allergy description - answer-✔An immune response to a food or substance
Cross-sensitivity/reactivity
Normally a protein or glycoprotein
Tertiary or quaternary structures that prevent degradation
Initiate IgE antibodies
Allergic reaction
Immune System - answer-✔-Protect against disease
-Distinguish healthy tissue from foreign pathogens
-Innate vs Adaptive Response
-Disorders: Autoimmune Inflammatory Cancer
Antigen - answer-✔A toxin or other foreign substance
Induces an immune response
Often the production of antibodies
Recognized by highly variable antigen receptors of the adaptive immune system
B-cell receptor or T-cell receptor
Allergies: antigen is the allergic component
2024
Food Allergies background - answer-✔150-200 Americans die each year
Effects:
2% adults
4-8% children
Often occurs with: asthma, eczema, other food allergies
Can occur at anytime, to anyone
Can change over time
Can be outgrown
Food Allergy deffinition - answer-✔An adverse reaction to a food or food
component involving the body's immune system
Food Allergy Difference - answer-✔Involves immune system
Triggers immune response
Can be life threatening
Hives, itching, skin rash, swelling
Respiratory complications
Gastrointestinal problems
Problems maintaining equilibrium and consciousness
Food Intolerance Difference - answer-✔Sensitivity
Does not involve immune system
, Abnormal reaction to food
Non-life threatening
Typically lack of needed enzyme or specific chemical
Gastrointestinal problems
Glycoprotein - answer-✔protein with carbohydrate group attached to peptide chain
Food Allergy description - answer-✔An immune response to a food or substance
Cross-sensitivity/reactivity
Normally a protein or glycoprotein
Tertiary or quaternary structures that prevent degradation
Initiate IgE antibodies
Allergic reaction
Immune System - answer-✔-Protect against disease
-Distinguish healthy tissue from foreign pathogens
-Innate vs Adaptive Response
-Disorders: Autoimmune Inflammatory Cancer
Antigen - answer-✔A toxin or other foreign substance
Induces an immune response
Often the production of antibodies
Recognized by highly variable antigen receptors of the adaptive immune system
B-cell receptor or T-cell receptor
Allergies: antigen is the allergic component
