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1 During an anaphylactic reaction the patient feels anxious and frightened, followed by itching,
urticaria, erythema, and sometimes ________.

3 A patient with severe allergic rhinitis may have an increased WBC count and eosinophil count,
but the ________ remain the same, unless there is an acute infection; then it increases as well.

5 A symptom of allergic rhinitis

6 These drugs compete with histamine at its receptor site and block histamine from binding to the
receptor.

8 Shows the blood level of IgE directed against a specific antigen and can determine a specific
allergy.
10 Inflammatory and immune reponses help stimulate tissue growth and _______ after injury.

12 The best site for a scratch test, which shows an immediate hypersensitivity reaction to an
allergen is the _________.

13 An increased or excessive response to the presence of an antigen.

14 Graves' disease is an example of this type of reaction.

16 A syndrome in which autoantibodies are made against the glomerular basement membrane and
neutrophils.

18 These drugs work by causing vasoconstriction in the inflamed tissue, thereby reducing the
edema.

20 ______ responds to an intigen and causes the release of histamine and other vasoactive amines
from basophils, eosinophils, and mast cells.

22 When inflammation/immune responses are prolonged or excessive causing damage to normal

tissues this is known as a/an ______

23 These symptoms occur about 7 to 12 days after receiving the causative agent and include fever,
arthralgia, rash, lymphadenopathy, malaise, and nephritis.

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1 The most commn type of hypersensitivity is called _______.

2 Allergy management includes identification, ________, and prevention of allergic responses to

food, medications, insect bites, constrast material, blood, and other substances.

4 For a severe bronchospasm, the patient is given this drug.

6 A response where antibodies or lymphocytes are directed against healthy normal cells and
tissues.

7 This type of reaction triggers inflammation which leads to tissue and/or vessel damage.

9 This condition may involve all blood vessels and bronchiolar smooth muscle.

11 This reaction includes hemolytic transfusion reactions.

15 This short-acting biochemical is the most common vasoactive amine.

17 _________ is an example of a Type I reaction.

19 A group of problems that include problems of autoimmune destruction of the lacrimal, salivary,
and vaginal mucus-producing glands.

21 An example of a small type IV reaction is a ____.