General Immune
I am the type of immunity acquired through illness or vaccination.
What is active immunity?
I am a HIV associated malignancy.
What is Kaposi’s sarcoma?
I am an autoimmune disorder; atypical immune responses result in chronic inflammation and destruction of healthy tissue.
What is Systemic Lupus Erythematosus [SLE]?
I am a chronic, progressive inflammatory disease
that can affect tissue and organs but primarily
attacks joints.
What is rheumatoid arthritis (RA)?
I am defined as the neoplastic disease process involving abnormal cell growth & differentiation.
What is cancer?
Inflammation, fever, and swollen lymph nodes are all signs of this.
What is an immune response?
This is the goal of treatment?
What is early, consistent treatment?
I am a symptom of SLE that appears on the nose and cheeks.
What is butterfly rash?
I can be used to determine the degree of joint damage.
What is a X-ray?
This is when cancer spreads through surrounding tissues and areas of the body through lymphatic system and blood vessels.
What is metastasis?
Lymphocytes, basophils, neutrophils, eosinophils, and monocytes are all types of me.
What are white blood cells (WBC)?
I am a major concern with HIV and am characterized by rapid, significant weight and muscle loss, and electrolyte imbalances.
What is wasting syndrome?
I am an immunologic test that looks for formed antibodies against one’s own DNA.
What is Antinuclear Antibodies (ANA)?
I include females aged 30-50, genetic disposition, bacterial or viral infection. environmental factors, and older age.
What are risk factors for RA?
I am a treatment for cancer that eliminates cancer cells and good cells I am given only by a trained RN.
What is chemotherapy?
I am the type of immunity passed from mother to child.
What is natural passive immunity?
I am the a form of chronic HIV that can last up to 10 years and patient's may be asymptomatic.
What is the latent phase?
I am chronic kidney disease in clients whose SLE cannot be treated with immunosuppressants and
corticosteroids.
What is Lupus nephritis?
I include pain with movement, morning stiffness, pleuritic pain, xerostomia (dry mouth), anorexia/weight loss, fatigue, paranesthesia's, recent illness/stressor, joint pain/swelling/deformity, lack of function, subcutaneous nodules, low grade fever
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What are RA expected findings?
I am an oncologic emergency that is a common complication of breast, lung, head, neck cancers, lymphoma, leukemia, multiple myeloma, and
bony metastases.
What is hypercalcemia?
This is one of the best ways to prevent the spread of infection as a nurse.
What is hand washing?
I am the final stage of HIV infection with CD4 levels below 200 cells per cubic millimeter of blood.
What AIDS?
I am a complication of lupus that is a systemic disease caused by a disruption in purine metabolism. Uric acid crystals are deposited in joints and tissues.
What is gout?
I am a treatment that slows the progression of RA and suppress the immune response.
What are disease modifying anti rheumatic
drugs (DMARDs)?
I am an oncologic emergency that results in excessive water retention causing dilution of lab values and electrolytes. I am most common with lung and brain cancers.
What is Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone (SIADH)?