What Type Of Hypersensitivity Reaction Are You?

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Block 9 Hypersensitivity MCQ's

Explore the nuances of hypersensitivity reactions through 'Block 9 Hypersensitivity MCQs'. This quiz assesses understanding of anaphylactic, immune complex, and other...

Questions: 12 | Attempts: 13239 | Last updated: Apr 24, 2023

Sample Question
Regarding anaphylactic (type I) and immune complex (type III) hypersensitivities, which of the following is the MOST accurate?

IgE is involved in both anaphylactic and immune complex hypersensitivibes

Complement is involved in both anaphylactic and immune complex hypersensitivities

Less antigen is typically needed to trigger and anaphylactic reaction than an immune complex reaction

Neutrophils play more important role in anaphylactic reactions than in immune complex reactions

MCQ_Sem3_MINI1 - Hypersensitivity

MCQ_Sem3_MINI1 - Hypersensitivity quiz assesses understanding of hypersensitivity reactions, focusing on mechanisms and clinical implications. Key topics include Type IV...

Questions: 12 | Attempts: 2043 | Last updated: Aug 18, 2023

Sample Question
Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae. The ability of this organism to cause disease is related to it’s ability to infect, persist in, and replicate within macrophages. The lepromin skin test is used to determine what type of leprosy a person has. In this test, inactivated Mycobacterium leprae organisms are injected just beneath the skin. At the site of injection, a person with a positive test will develop an area of induration with erythema peaking around 48 hours after the injection. If this test measures a hypersens4tivity reaction against the organism, what type of hypersensitivity reaction is it intended to detect?

Type I

Type IV

Type II

Type U or 111

Type III

Autoimmune And Hypersensitivity Dz

In today’s quiz on the topic of medicine, we’ll be looking at our immune systems and two factors that can heavily affect them in a negative way; autoimmune...

Questions: 11 | Attempts: 1266 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2023

Sample Question
A 55 year old woman presents with dysphagia, diarrhea, and weight loss. Physical examination reveals a woman who appears younger than her stated age with abnormal breath sound. Lab data is significant for antibodies against DNA topoisomerase I. What is the most likely diagnosis?

Systemic sclerosis

Sjogrens syndrome

CREST syndrome

Discoid lupus

Systemic lupus erythematosus

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Block 9 Hypersensitivity MCQ's

MCQ_Sem3_MINI1 - Hypersensitivity

Autoimmune And Hypersensitivity Dz