NUR 254 EXAM 3
- What is the goal of inflammation?
Answer To limit infection and further damage and to initiate the adaptive immune response
- What is exudate?
Answer drainage
carries away bad things from cells
- What do neutrophils indicate?
Answer bacterial infection
- What do eosinophils indicate?
Answer allergies and parasites
- What does a decrease in neutrophils and an increase in lymphocytes indicate?
Answer viral infection
B or T cells
these "REMEMBER"
- What are bands?
Answer Immature neutrophils; increased levels suggest acute infection 1 / 3
- What are monocytes?
Answer increase in the blood d/t infection
macrophages
- IgM is What?
Answer
FIRST RESPONDER
circulates in the body fluids
has 5 ways to pull antigens into clumps
- IgG does what?
Answer second immune response
can cross the placenta
- IgA does what?
Answer found in secretions on mucous membranes prevents antigens from entering
tears, saliva, breast milk
- IgD does what?
Answer found on the surface of B cells
acts as an antigen receptor
- IgE does what?
Answer 2 / 3
found on mast cells in tissues
involved in allergic reactions
- What is a type 1 IgE-Mediated allergic reaction?
Answer IgE is release by plasma cells which bind to mast cells
most common type of allergic reaction histamine is released inflammation, vasodilation, smooth muscle constriction asthma, dermatitis, anaphylaxis can occur
- What are clinical manifestations of an IgE-Mediated allergic reaction?
Answer -
bronchospasms wheezing rhinorrhea urticaria angioedema dark circles under the eyes anaphylaxis
- What are first gen vs second gen antihistamines?
Answer benadryl
Answer first gen
loratidine
Answer second gen
- What are Dx we can do for an IgE-Mediated allergic reaction?
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