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Angioedema - Classification Diagnosis and Treatment
Types of Angioedema:
 • Acute allergic angioedema - Usually occurs with
• Acute allergic ... exposure • Non-allergic ... dominant inherited disease ... dominant inherited disease ... or avoiding the allergen
Hypersensitivity: Summary
Type I Hypersensitivity:
 • Immunological Mediator: lgE
 • Immunological Target: Allergen Molecules
 • Ex: Antibiotic
Immunological Target: Allergen ... fever, Urticaria, Allergic ... Gravis, Graves' Disease ... • Ex: Systemic Lupus ... #Types #Classification
Hypersensitivity Types and Their Mechanisms
Type I - lgE - Soluble antigen
 - Allergen-specific lgE antibodies bind
Soluble antigen - Allergen-specific ... When the specific allergen ... during hemolytic disease ... #Classification ... Pathophysiology #Allergy
Summary table of types of hypersensitivity reactions. 
Type 1
 - Mediators: lgE
 - Antigen Form: Soluble
Mechanism of Action: Allergen-specific ... reaction, Haemolytic disease ... Examples: Contact dermatitis ... #allergy #table ... #classification
Bradykinin-mediated Angioedema
Clinical features: Submucosal oedema (face, extremity, genitalia), Laryngeal dyspnea (25% of deaths), Recurrent attacks of
Angioedema Clinical ... abdominal pain Types ... MGUS), autoimmune disease ... (lupus) • Iatrogenic ... #allergy #immunology
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
with systemic disease ... such as certain types ... CANDLE syndrome - Allergic ... ’s syndrome - Lupus ... Syndrome #diagnosis #dermatology
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
- Allergic ... Graft Versus Host Disease ... Borrellia (Lyme disease ... Trypanosoma (Chagas disease ... diagnosis #management #hematology