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HIV - Immune System Flashcards

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What type of disease is Chlamydia?

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A bacterial disease

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What type of disease is HIV/Aids?

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A viral disease

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What type of disease is gonorreha?

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A bacterial disease

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What type of disease is Hepatitis?

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A viral disease

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What type of disease is herpes?

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A viral disease

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What is HPV?

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Human Papilloma Virus

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What type of disease is HPV?

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Viral

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What type of disease is Pelvic Inflammatory Disease?

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A bacterial disease

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What type of disease is Syphilis?

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A bacterial disease

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Name two differences between bacteria and viruses

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Bacteria is living; viruses aren’t

Viruses need a host cell

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What is antibiotic resistance?

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If you overuse or misuse a antibiotic, you build up a resistance to it

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What is the most common STD in the U.S.?

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HPV

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What are 3 complications that can arise with STDs

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cancer
fertility issues
death

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What is an ectopic pregnancy?

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A pregnancy outside the womb

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What is an antigen?

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a marker on the pathogen to mark it as foreign to the body

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Name the non-specific immune response

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neutrophils kill infected cells

macrophages destroy dead cells

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Describe the specific immune response

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T-helper cells, T-killer cells, B-memory cells

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What is the white blood cell that controls the entire immune system?

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T-Helper cells

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What are antibodies?

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proteins that remember specific pathogens

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What cell makes antibodies?

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B-Memory Cells

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What specific type of white blood cell does the HIV Virus attack?

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T-Helper cells; CD4

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How does HIV slowly affect the immune system?

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HIV infects T-Helper cells; T-helper cells cannot direct other cells of the immune system, thus destroying the immune system

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What are the 3 factors that determine if a person has HIV?

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  • an HIV positive test results
  • presence of an opportunistic infection
  • CD4/WBC count of 200 or less
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What are curable, bacterial infections or viral infections?

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Bacterial infections

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What is used against bacterial infections?

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Antibiotics

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What medicine is used against HIV?

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protease inhibitors

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What do protease inhibitors do?

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Stop the replication of HIV virus

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