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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ANTIGEN | SUBSTANCE THAT IS CAPABLE OF STIMULATING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE |
| HISTAMINE | PRODUCIES AN ALLERGIC REACTION |
| NSAID | NONSTEROIDAL ANTIINFLAMMATORY DRUGS |
| STEROIDS | CHEMICALS PRODUCED BY THE BODY THAT HELP FIGHT INFLAMMATION AND PAIN |
| VASODILATION | WIDENIN OG THE BLOOD VESSELS |
| COX-1 | TAKING CARE OF THE NORMAL PROCESS |
| COX-2 | TAKES CARE OF PROCESSES WHEN PAIN AND DISCOMFORT ARE PRESENT |
| "MOON FACE" | CUSHING'S DISEASE |
| ALPHA-RECEPTORS | LOCATED IN THE SMOOTH MUSCLES OF THE LUNGS |
| BETA-RECEPTORS | LOCATED IN THE HEART |
| LEUKOTRIENES | SUBSTANCES THAT CAUSE THE SMOOTH MUSCLE OF THE BRONCHI TO CONTRACT, CAUSING LABORED BREATHING |
| ANTIHISTAMINE | USED TO DECREASE INFLAMMATION AND IRRITATION FROM ALLERGENS |
| HISTAMINE-1 | FOUND IN THE LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT AND SKIN |
| HISTAMINE-2 | LOCATED IN THE GI TRACT |
| ALLERGIC REACTION | COUGHING, SNEEZING, WHEEZING, AND RASH |
| LEUKOCYTES | WHITE BLOOD CELL |
| ANTIBODIES | PRODUCED BY B LYMPHOCYTES |
| FIBROGEN | GLOBULIN FOUND IN BLOOD PLASMA |
| CYCLOOXYGENASE | PRODUCE AN ENZYME CALLED PROSTAGLANDINS |
| PROSTAGLANDINS | RESPONSIBLE FOR CHEMICAL REACTION THAT CAUSE INFLAMMATION, PAIN, & INCREASE TEMP. |
| CHRONIC INFLAMMATION | CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE AFFECTED SITES OR INTERNAL ORGANS |
| ACUTE INFLAMMATION | ONLY LASTS A FEW DAYS |
| CHRONIC PAIN | LASTS FOR 3 MONTHS OR LONGER |
| ACUTE PAIN | PAIN IS SEVERE |
| HENRI LEROUX | FRENCH CHEMIST; FOUND BITTER GLYCOSIDE |
| SALICIN | RESPONSIBLE FOR THE BARKS MEDICINAL PROPERTIES |
| REYE'S SYNDROME | CHILDHOOD DISEASE THAT CAUSES VOMITING, LETHARGY, AND ENCEPHALOPTHY |
| ANTIINFLAMMATORY | A DRUG THAT REDUCES SWELLING, REDNESS, AND PAIN, AND PROMOTES HEALING |
| ANALGESIC | A DRUG THAT RELIEVES PAIN BY REDUCING THE PERCEPTION OF PAIN |
| ANTIPYRETIC | SUBSTANCE THAT REDUCES FEVER |
| GLUCOCORTICOIDS | ESSENTIAL TO THE WELLNESS OF THE BODY |
| BETA-ADRENERGIC AGONISTS | USED TO DILATE THE BRONCHIAL AIRWAYS; USED TO TREAT ACUTE ASTHMA |
| CROMOLYN SODIUM | ONLY AGENT CONSIDERED AN ANTIASTHMATIC AND ANTIALLERGIC AGENT |
| CROMOLYN DRUG FORMS | MDI, NEBULIZER, OR NASAL INHALER |