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| How many Americans die of acute allergic reaction every year? |
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| How much of the US population is at risk for experiencing an anaphylactic reaction? |
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| How many of the US population experiencing an anaphylactic reaction can it be fatal? |
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| What is a substance the produces allergic symptoms in a patient? |
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| What is a protein the body produces in response to an antigen? |
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| What is an abnormal immune response the body develops when the person has been previously exposed or sensitized to a substance or allergen? |
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| What limits the body's response to a specific area after being exposed to a foreign substance? |
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| What is swelling around an insect bite an example of? |
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| What occurs throughout the body, possibly affecting multiple body systems? |
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| What reaction is seen when a person who is allergic to strawberries, for example, has swelling and hives all over his body after eating strawberry shortcake? |
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| What occurs when a person reacts with exaggerated or inappropriate allergic symptoms after coming into contact with a substance perceived by the body to be harmful? |
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| What is an extreme systemic form of an allergic reaction involving two or more body systems? |
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| What means without protection? |
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| What is classified as a response by IgE antibodies? |
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| What is a response that does not involve IgE antibody mediation? |
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| Anaphylactoid Reaction 1267 |
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| What are considered autoimmune, which means that the body perceives its own tissues or cells-in this case collagen tissue-as a dangerous invader and sets out to attack that tissue? |
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| Collagen Vascular Diseases 1267 |
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| What causes the most IgE-mediated drug interactions in the United States? |
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| How much of the population will have a systemic reaction after being stung? |
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| What is a multisystem autoimmune disease that occurs more commonly in women than men? |
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| Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE or Lupus) 1267 |
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| What has the survival rate in lupus improved to over the years? |
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| 15 years in 80% of patients 1267 |
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| What is an autoimmune connective tissue disease that causes fibrotic (scar tissue-like) changes to the skin, blood vessels, muscles, and internal organs? |
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| What are the two types of scleroderma? |
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| Localized and Systemic 1268 |
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| What is the overall 1-year survival rate for solid organ transplant recipients? |
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| What is the most common organ transplant in the United States? |
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| What is the greatest threat to survival with any organ transplant? |
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| What protects the human body from substances and organisms that are considered foreign? |
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| What produces special white blood cells called T cells that attack and destroy invaders? |
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| Cellular Immunity (Cell-Mediated Immunity) 1268 |
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| What is it when B cell lymphocytes produce antibodies that dissolve in the plasma and lymph to wage war on invading organisms? |
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| Where are the cells producing immunity located throughout the body? |
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| Lymph Nodes, Spleen, and GI Tract 1268 |
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| What occurs when the invading substance pierces the skin and deposits foreign material into the skin? |
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| What occurs when foreign material is deposited on the skin and slowly absorbed through the skin? |
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| What exposure is caused by eating or drinking materials for absorption through the GI tract? |
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| What exposure is caused when a foreign substances are breathed in through the respiratory system? |
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| What is the first encounter with the foreign substance to begin the immune response? |
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| What is the body's ability to recognize the foreigner the next time it is encountered? |
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| What are stationed in specific sites within the tissues? |
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| What are on patrol through the connective tissue, bronchi, GI mucosa, and other vulnerable border areas that act as barriers to foreign invaders? |
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| What is the body's ability to protect itself from acquiring a disease? |
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| What is the body's reaction when it is exposed to an antigen for which it already has antibodies, in which it responds by killing the invading substance? |
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| What is the immunity the body develops as part of exposure to an antigen? |
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| What are vaccinations against measles, mumps, and polio examples of? |
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| What is the immunity the body develops as part of being exposed to an antigen and developing antibodies? |
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| What is being exposed to measles, having measles, and developing immunity to the measles? |
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| What occurs when a group of persons are immunized against a substance? |
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| What is the classic presentation of anaphylaxis? |
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| Respiratory Symptoms and Hypotension 1272 |
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| What is a harsh, high-pitched inspiratory sound, occurs when swelling in the upper airway closes off the airway and can eventually lead to total obstruction? |
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| What are one of the primary chemical weapons, causes the blood vessels in the local area to dilate and the capillaries to leak? |
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| What are even more powerful and are released and cause additional dilation and leaking? |
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| What is the body's first line of defense against would-be invaders? |
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| What is another early sign that is due to vasodilation and capillary leaking? |
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| How much of the vascular volume can be shifted to the extravascular space within 10 minutes of exposure to an antigen? |
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| What 3 types of shock do anaphylaxis patient's present with? |
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| Cardiogenic, Hypovolemic, and Neurogenic Shock 1275 |
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| What is the drug of choice for anaphylactic reactions because it stops the process of mast cell degranulation? |
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| How many patients will have a recurrence of the symptoms within the next 8 hours of have an anaphylactic reaction? |
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| What is pain, blanching, cyanosis or redness of the fingers and toes when stress occurs or when exposed to the cold? |
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| What patients present with symptoms of Raynaud phenomenon? |
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| How many heart transplants are performed in the United States each year? |
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| What percent of acute organ transplant rejections happen within the first 3 months? |
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| What are the second most common solid organ procedure? |
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| What is a common finding in patients with a lung transplant? |
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| Unequal breath sounds 1279 |
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| What is an agent that, when taken into the body, stimulates the formation of specific protective proteins? |
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| What offers publications on preventing allergic reactions to latex in the workplace? |
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| The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 1267 |
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| What kind of diseases are allergic rhinitis, asthma, and atopic dermatitis? |
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| What diseases do 1/3 to 1/2 of patients with anaphylaxis have a history? |
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| What kind of event may occur without the patient being previously exposed to the offending agent? |
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| Anaphylactoid Reaction 1267 |
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| What is hair growth where hair does not typically grow? |
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| What is hair growth where hair does not typically grow? |
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