Exam 14: Disorders in Immunity

Any heightened or inappropriate immune response resulting in tissue damage is called a(n)

A person who are Rh^- will have anti-Rh antibodies in their serum from early infancy.

A xenograft is graft tissue from a donor of one species transplanted to a recipient of another species.

A viral infection can cause type I diabetes mellitus.

Systemic anaphylaxis can quickly result in airway blockage,shock,and death.

Tissue transplanted from one body site on a patient to a different body site on that patient is called a(n)

Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format. Mark is a 9-year-old Hispanic boy who has come into your emergency room complaining of “chest tightness” and “difficulty breathing.” You notice that he is frequently coughing, and his lungs sound very wheezy. His chest X ray shows lungs that are overexpanded. His mom said that he had five episodes like this one over the past few years, but none this bad. Recently, he’s had 5 episodes over the previous month, each lasting about a day. -What is the most likely diagnosis for Mark?

Each of the following is an autoimmune disease except

A secondary acquired immunodeficiency is

Which of the following is not a theory to explain the origin of autoimmune diseases?

The chemical mediator that causes prolonged bronchospasm,vascular permeability,and mucus secretion of asthmatic patients is

Allergic reactions to penicillins are considered a(n)_____ hypersensitivity.

An antihistamine will

Epinephrine

Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format. Mark is a 9-year-old Hispanic boy who has come into your emergency room complaining of “chest tightness” and “difficulty breathing.” You notice that he is frequently coughing, and his lungs sound very wheezy. His chest X ray shows lungs that are overexpanded. His mom said that he had five episodes like this one over the past few years, but none this bad. Recently, he’s had 5 episodes over the previous month, each lasting about a day. -What is the most likely development and progression of Mark's asthma?

AIDS is a secondary immunodeficiency disease that affects several types of immune cells.

What can be a consequence of a genetic deficiency in B-cell survival and maturity?

Please read the clinical scenario, and then answer the question that follow to become familiar with the traditional NCLEX question format. Marian is a 28-year-old woman who is 30 weeks' pregnant with her second child. Her first pregnancy and delivery was uncomplicated, and she now has a healthy 2-year-old girl. However, it is known that she is Rh-, and this child could be at risk for hemolytic disease of the newborn. She did receive RhoGAM with her first pregnancy. She presents to your maternal-fetal medicine clinic for a checkup, as she is a medium-risk pregnant mom. -After further investigation,it is learned that the father is Rh+,and so was the first child.However,Marian declines the RhoGAM injection because "there were no complications with my first pregnancy and delivery,how can you be sure there will be with this one?" Plus,she also explains how unpleasant the RhoGAM injection was with her first pregnancy,and she would like to avoid it,if at all possible.What is an appropriate response?

The study of diseases associated with excesses and deficiencies of the immune system is

Food allergies include gastrointestinal symptoms and often hives.