Across
- 6. Chronic and localized allergy such as hay fever or asthma
- 8. Tissues are attacked by immune components that can't distinguish one's own tissue from foreign material
- 12. Airborne allergens such as pollen's dust or dander
- 13. Allergens that are eaten and cause food allergies
- 14. Allergies that enter through the skin
- 15. Antigens that induce allergies in sensitive individuals
Down
- 1. This type of arthritis causes progressive, debilitating damage to joints and at times lungs, eyes skin and nervous system
- 2. Systemic sometimes fatal reaction that involves airway obstruction and circulatory collapse
- 3. The immune system is incompletely developed, suppressed or destroyed
- 4. Exaggerated immune response that is manifested by inflammation
- 5. This is the study of disease states associated with over activity or under-reactivity of the immune response
- 7. Allergies triggered by drugs, vaccines or bee venom
- 9. A chemical that constricts the bronchi, dilates blood vessels and stimulates eosinophils to release inflammatory cytokines
- 10. This is given to Rh negative mothers with Rh positive babies to prevent antibody production
- 11. Patients develop antibodies against organs and tissues or intracellular materials