chem 5
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- is any adverse to a substance that is normally harmless to most people.
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allergy
- what is the antibody involved during allergic reactions?
- IGE or immonuogloubins E
- what pecent of people suffer from any sort of allergy?
- 10-20%
- hay fever may progress to what? in 50 % of people
- asthma
- generally seasonal allergies to pollen
- hay fever
- perennial allergic rhinities is all year or periodic?
- all eyar
- atopic dermatitits is a ? rash
- skin
- what is a plants equivalent to sperm?
- hay fever
- what in the pollen are we allergic too?
- the proteins
- what are some types of allergy symptoms?
- sneezing, water eyes etc
- what is an unsual reaction to pollen which effects the tongue?
- geographic tongue
- what on the cat are we allergic too?
- dead skin
- which colour cat is more potent?
- black. becauyse the dander produced by them is more potent and contains more allergenic proteins that that produced by other cats
- what is the common misperception about allergys linked to animals?
- that people think they are allergic to the animals hair
- why is it that people have more allergies with dogs with long hair?
- people are more allergic to dogs with longer hair because more dead skin is produced and there is more saliva on the hair
- people are not allergic to the dust mites themselves but raitehr there what?
- feces
- dust mites are also responsible for ? in some cases
- asthma
- what is called the 20th century disease?
- total allergy syndrome
- dr swarz says that total allergy sundrome is a ? because there is what?
- misnomer because there is no evidence that theire is any antibody involvement in these individuals.. coo coo
- the amazing thing about all alergies is how ? allergen it takes to provoke a potentially fatal reaction
- little
- in order to be allaergic to anything what must be the case...
- the individual MUST have ad previous exposeure to the allergen
- marshmellows contain what?
- gelatin. people who have never eaten marshmallows before might suffer an allergic reaction the first time they eat them because they had reieved a caccine that contained gelatin as a stablizir
- allergy rates are ? and why?
- increasing. ashtma rates have doubled since 1980. Greater Chemical exposure because there is a much greater amount of chemicals in our world. oveer 80,000 since world war 2
- explain the hygene hypothesis
- since we are clean freaks these days, we are not being exposed to certain allergens early on in our lives which do not allow us to form antibidoes for when we are older. the immune system does not encounter many common invaders
- what do endotxins do?
- alert and activate the immune syste.
- what percent of adults have food allergies?
- 4%
- what percent of adults have food intolerances? what is an example of a food intolerance and what percent of people have this intolerance around the world?
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30%
Lactose intolerant. because they lack a particular enzyme called lactase that converts lactose to galactose and glucose.
70% of the world population are lactose intolerant. - people may suffere headaches when eating red wine/cheese because of the content of what?
- tyramine
- dried fruit , shirmp and wine contain ? that may cause food intolerances
- sulfites
- real food alergies are causes by what kind of foods
- milk, shellfish, fish, eggs, legumes and nuts
- milk allergies are due to the responses to the proteins in the milk therefore they are not due to
- loctose intolerance levels
- what food dye is known to cause gastointestinal issues?
- yellow #5
- peants are a great explanation for?
- how small traces oof amounts fo a particular allergen can be lethal when it comes to the immune system.
- what does an epipen contain?
- adrenaline . this can temporarily reverse an anaphylactic reaction
- after an epi pen is injected and you adrenaline in your body, this only buys time.. you have to get yourself to the hospital and there they will give you a shot of ?
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benadryl or diphenhydramine
benadryl is an antihistamine - what is important for people will allergies?
- their apipen should ALWAYS be with them
- people allergies are very rare in isreal .. why?
- bamba, an isreali peanut snak, is a very popular among young children it is used for teething early explosure might lead to tolerance of the substance and later exposure, espeically when the immune system is not used to it will elad to allergies. EARLY EXPOSEURE
- Sesame seed allergies are increasing because
- there are more bageles ... remember the more exposure the greater the cahnce a reaction will develop
- soy beans are high in protein but low in
- methionine
- brazil nuts are very rich in the amnino acid .?
- methionine
- bee stings can result in either
- skin reactions, full body reactions, bronchial constriction, and anaphalxis