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Questions Related to allergy and autoimmune diseases

Choose the correct answer from the alternatives given.
Hay fever is a sign of

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  1. Malnutrition

  2. Allergy

  3. Old age

  4. Over work

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Correct Option: B

Hypersensitivity towards any foreign material or particle is known as :

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  1. Hypergenital disease

  2. Congenital disease

  3. cancer

  4. Allergy

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

The undesirable responses or reaction to any foreign particles produced by the immune system is known as hypersensitivity. These reactions will result into allergic reaction and auto immunity.

The type of immunity that develops as a result of natural exposure to an antigen in the environment is

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  1. Natural innate immunity

  2. Naturally acquired passive immunity

  3. Nonspecific immunity

  4. Naturally acquired active immunity

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Innate immunity works without concern about how much damage happened but to protect the body and the body exposed to an antigen in an environment develops natural innate immunity.

So the correct option is 'Natural innate immunity.'

When body starts rejecting its own cells, it is called as

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  1. Immuno deficiency

  2. Immunosuppression

  3. Autografting

  4. Autoimmunity

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Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Autoimmune diseases are disorders in which the bodys immune system attacks the body's own cells and organs with proteins called autoantibodies; this process is called autoimmunity. The bodys immune system normally makes large numbers of proteins called antibodies to help the body fight off infections. In some cases, however, the body makes autoantibodies. Examples include systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), Sjgren's syndrome, Hashimoto's thyroiditis, Graves' disease, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, Addison's Disease, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), polymyositis (PM).

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

Which of the following term is used as inherited tendency to develop allergic diseases?

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  1. Atopy

  2. Epitope

  3. Virulence

  4. None of the above

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Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Atopy is the condition which has been developed due to exposure to allergens in which the person is susceptible to allergic reactions. This is an inherited syndrome. The person is more likely to develop the allergic reactions like rash, rhinitis, asthma, etc when encountered with the allergen. 

Thus, the correct answer is option A.