Inflammation
CELL TYPE WHICH PROVIDE THE INITIAL PROECTIVE RESPONSES DURING INFLAMMATION
WHAT IS A NEUTROPHIL?
REFERENCE RANGE: 0.6-1.3 MG/dL. mOST ACCURATE TO DIAGNOSE RENAL FUNCTION
WHAT IS CREATININE?
CHARACTERISTICS OF THIS DISEASE INCLUDE: INCREASED INCIDENCE OF CANCER, SEGMENTED COBBLESTONE APPEARANCE, SEVERE WEIGHT LOSS, AND FATTY 3-4 SEMI-SOFT STOOLS PER DAY
WHAT IS THE CROHN'S DISEASE?
BUTTERFY RASH, RENAL FAILURE, ARTHRIRITS, EXACERBATION OF SYMPTOMS FROM THE SUN CAN OCCUR
WHAT ARE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF LUPUS?
TYPE OF IMMUNITY THAT INVOLVES THE RECOGNITION OF ANTIGENS BY THE B-CELLS
WHAT IS HUMORAL (ANTI-BODY MEDIATED) IMMUNITY?
CELL TYPE THAT ACTS LIKE THE "LITTLE GARBAGE CANS OR PAC-MANS" IN PHAGOCYTOSIS IN THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE
WHAT IS A MACROPHAGE?
SODIUM POLYSTYRENE SULFONATE (KAYEXALATE) IS ADMINISTERED TO HELP DECREASE HIGH LEVELS OF THIS ELECTROLYTE.
WHAT IS POTASSIUM?
OCCURS IN INFANTS, INADEQUATE MOTILITY CAUSING AN OBSTRUCTION, SYMPTOMS INCLUDE: REFUSAL TO SUCK, FAILURE TO PASS MECONIUM, ABDOMINAL DISTENSION
WHAT IS HIRSCHSPRUNG DISEASE?
HARDENING OF SKIN AND ORGANS THAT INTERFERES WITH FUNCTION
WHAT IS SCLERODERMA OR PRORESSIVE SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS (PSS)?
ORGAN RESPONSIBLE FOR MAINTAINING HOMEOSTATIS IN REGARDS TO THE IMMUNE SYSYTEM
WHAT IS THE SPLEEN?
AN INCREASED NUMBER OF BANDS IN A CBC WITH DIFF IS KNOWN AS THIS
WHAT IS A "SHIFT TO THE LEFT"?
PROVIDES IMMEDIATE SHORT-TERM PROTECTION, EX: RABIES, HEPATITIS A
WHAT IS PASSIVE ACQUIRED IMMUNITY?
INTESTINES TELESCOPES INTO ITSELF, ONSET ABRUPT, FREQUENT CAUSE OF BOWEL OBSTRUCTIONS IN CHILDREN, BLOODY MUCUS STOOL
WHAT IS INTUSSUSCEPTION?
CAUSED BY AN INCREASE IN URIC ACID PRODUCTION
WHAT IS GOUT?
STATE OF RESPONSIVENESS TO FOREIGN SUBSTANCES, SUCH AS MICROORGANISMS AND TUMOR PROTEINS. IT'S THE BODY'S DEFENSE SYSTEM.
WHAT IS IMMUNITY?
REDNESS, WARMTH, SWELLING, PAIN AND DECREASED FUNCTION
WHAT ARE THE CARDINAL SIGNS OF INFLAMMATION?
TYPE OF HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION THAT INVOLVES CELL MEDIATED IMMUNITY AND TAKES A WHILE TO KICK IN (PPD FOR TB/POISON IVY)
WHAT IS A DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY REACTION?
NONINFLAMMATORY DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS, INCREASED GFR, GLOMERULUS IS EXCESSIVLEY PERMEABLE TO PLASMA PROTEIN, MASSIVE PROTEINUREA, KIDNEYS REABSORB SODIUM.
WHAT IS NEPHROTIC SYNDROME?
DIETARY TEACHING TO A PATIENT WITH GOUT SHOULD INCLUDE THIS
WHAT IS LOW PURINE, INCREASE FLUID INTAKE, NO ALCOHOL?
DEFENSE, HOMEOSTASIS AND SURVEILLANCE
WHAT ARE THE THREE FUNCTIONS OF AN IMMUNE RESPONSE?
OCCURS IN RESPONSE TO TISSUE INJURY AS WELL AS TO INVASION BY MICROORGANISMS OR OTHER FOREIGN PROTEINS
WHAT IS THE INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE?
TYPE OF DISEASE OR INFECTION WHERE YOU MAY BECOME ILL FROM BACTERIA OR A MALIGNANCY THAT DO NOT AFFECT US IF WE HAVE A HEALTHY IMMUNE SYSYTEM (ex: KAPOSI'S SARCOMA, PNEUMONIA)
WHAT IS AN OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION OR DISEASE?
OCCURS IN COLON ONLY, INCREASED INCIDENCE OF CANCER, FREQUENT BLOODY LIQUID STOOLS, RARE WEIGHT LOSS
WHAT IS ULCERATIVE COLITIS?
OUT OF THE AUTOIMMUNE CATEGORY, BUT SYMPTOMATIC DISEASE WITH PROFOUND IMMUNOSUPPRESSIONNIN ADVANCED STATE
WHAT IS AIDS?
WHEN ALL THREE PROCESSES OF INFLAMMATION, HUMORAL IMMUNITY AND CELL-MEDIATED IMMUNITY ARE FUNCTIONING AND INTERACTING TOGETHER
WHAT IS IMMUNOCOMPETENCE?