Allergies/diseases
A severe allergic reaction in which blood pressure drops while the airway is constricted, making breathing difficult is called
anaphylactic shock
the immune system attacks and destroys the beta cells in the pancreas that should produce insulin
type 1 diabetes
removes old red blood cells, makes immune cells and antibodies
spleen
Ro is 1- 4.5
1 -4.5
chicken pox, MMR, influenza (nasal spray)
"live" but weakened
the term for an inappropriate responses of the immune system to an allergen?
allergic reaction
The autoimmune disease characterized by our own immune system attacks and destroys cells that produce the myelin sheath, an important part of our nerve cells. Nerve messages are disrupted, and movement becomes difficult.
multiple sclerosis
removes microbes, abnormal cells and cellular debris from lymph,
lymph nodes
Ro is 7
COVID-19 - omicron
inactivated (killed)
include hepatitis A, Influenza (injected), polio (injected)
hemagglutinin (HA) mimicing sialic acid
Influenza B
The autoimmune disease characterized by a red butterfly-shaped rash on the face, weight loss, fatigue, and joint pain. The body attacks cells of the connective tissue
Lupus
guard against pathogens that enter the throat from the food or air
tonsils
Ro is 1.5 -2.5
Ebola
part of the virus, such as a part of the spike protein
hepatitis B, HPV (human papilloma virus),
ACE-2
Covid
the body attacks the cells of the lining of the joints, bone rubs on bone and this becomes very painful.
Rheumatoid arthritis
Hepatitis B, Small Pox, Chicken Pox
DNA viruses
Ro is 18
measles
25,000 genes
human
CD150
measles
no nucleus, no membrane bound organelles, has a cell wall, always single celled
prokaryotes
Ebola, Rhinovirus, measles
RNA viruses
Injections that contain antibodies from another person or animal that has been exposed to the pathogen, and don't last a long time are called
passive immunity
4 or 5 to 200 genes
virus