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2 med-Sur ch. 11
immune Disorders
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Immune deficiency | insufficient production of antibodies or immune cells or both |
| Autoimmune disease | inappropriate responese that involve overreaction or hypersensivitivity to antigens from external enviroment that results in this disease. the body can't tell difference between its cell and foreign ones |
| humoral | fluid |
| congenital | birth |
| when the immune system isn't working well what can affect? | affects the humoral or cellular components |
| common things that contribute to Acquired Immune Deficiency? | chemo therapy meds, infectious mononeucleosis, smoking, malnutrition, surgery, influenza, measles |