Assignment:
Questions:
1. What is the immune system?
2. What are the 2 steps in the immune response?
3. Table 8-2: List and give 1 example of the forms of acquired immunity.
4. What organs comprise the components of the immune system?
5. What are monocytes? Who are the "big guys" that develop from monocytes?
6. What is a lymphocyte?
7. What is a T cell?
8. What is a B cell?
9. What organs are currently being transplanted?
10. What is an allograft? What is it's other name?
11. What is immunosuppression?
12. What is an autoimmune disorder?
13. What are autoantibodies?
14. Table: we will be looking at these throughout the term. Start getting familiar with/learning them. Nothing further for this chapter.
15. Table: again, we will be looking at these throughout the term and the program. This chart looks at factors for your future treatment sessions involving these patients.
16. What is SLE? What is its pathophysiology?
17. What is scleroderma?
18. What is rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
19. What are prophylactic antimicrobial drugs?
20. What is AIDS? What is it caused by? What does it destroy?
21. HIV:
a. What does HIV positive mean?
b. If a person has HIV, does it mean they have AIDS?
c. Describe each of the phases:
i. asymptomatic stage
ii. early symptomatic stage
iii. HIV advanced disease
d. How/from what do these patients end up dying?
e. How can the chance of transmission of HIV and AIDS be reduced?
f. What is the role of the PTA when working with these patients?
22. What is a hypersensitivity reaction?
23. What are the types of hypersensitivity reactions? Briefly describe each, and give 1 example of each.
24. Define Anaphylaxis/anaphylaxis shock.
a. What areas can be affected? How?
b. How is it treated?
Rubber Latex Allergy
1. Why is it a problem?
2. What are the possible 3 types of reactions?
3. It is the leading cause of what in the work place?
4. Why is it a problem is someone show an initial reaction to latex?