June 25, 2014
Conditions of the Blood, Immune, and Lymphatic
Systems
Emily Larson
Anaphylactic Shock
Definition and Word Parts:
✤ Anaphylactic Shock is a life-threatening condition resulting from a severe allergic reaction.
✤ Also called anaphylaxis.
✤ Systemic reaction occurs in a susceptible individual upon second exposure to a specific antigen.
✤ Ana-: against
✤ phylact/o: protecting, guarding
✤ -ic: pertaining to
Causes:
✤ Anaphylactic Shock can be triggered by a variety of different allergens.
✤ Common instances that may trigger anaphylaxis: bee stings, medications, or the ingestion of foods.
Signs and Symptoms:
✤ Circulatory and respiratory problems occur
✤ Including but not limited to: respiratory distress, hypotension, edema, tachycardia, and convulsions.
Mononucleosis
Definition and word parts:
✤ Acute infectious disease with a large number of abnormal mononuclear lymphocytes.
✤ mono-: one
✤ nucle/o: nucleus
✤ -osis: abnormal condition
Causes:
✤ Cuased by the Epstein-Barr virus.
✤ Can be transmitted through saliva and mucus.
✤ Nicknamed “the kissing disease” because it can be passed from one person to another by kissing.
Signs and Symptoms:
✤ Early symptoms resemble those of the flu including: fatigue, headache, sore throat, fever, chills, and muscle aches
✤ Other symptoms may develop such as: swollen lymph nodes, a rash, jaundice, and tiny red spots or bruise-like areas in the mouth
✤ Can cause abnormal liver function.
Hodgkins Disease
Definition and Word Parts:
✤ Cancer of the lymphatic cells found in concentration in the lymph nodes.
✤ Named after British physician Thomas Hodgkin, who first described it.
✤ Also called Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
✤ lymph/o: lymph
✤ -oma: tumor
Causes:
✤ The lymphocytes begin to multiply uncontrollably.
✤ These infection-fighting cells develop deformities in their DNA that cause them to continue to live and produce when a normal cell would die.
Signs and Symptoms:
✤ Painless swelling in the lymph nodes
✤ Fever
✤ Loss of appetite and weight loss
✤ Coughing
✤ Itching
✤ Sensitivity to the effects of alcohol
Aplastic Anemia
Definition and Word Parts:
✤ Severe form of anemia that develops due to the loss of functioning red bone marrow.
✤ May eventually require a bone marrow transplant.
✤ a-: without
✤ -plastic: pertaining to development
✤ an-: without
✤ -emia: blood condition
Causes:
✤ Bone marrow stops properly producing erythrocytes, leukocytes, and platelets.
Signs and Symptoms:
✤ Aplastic anemia has many negative effects throughout the body. Some common symptoms include: fatigue, shortness of breath, tachycardia or arrhythmia, pallor, skin rashes, nosebleeds, bleeding from the gums, headaches, and dizziness.
✤ An infected individual may also become more susceptible to infections, may bruise easily or experience excessive bleeding from minor cuts.
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