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Hypersensitivity: Summary
Type I Hypersensitivity:
 • Immunological Mediator: lgE
 • Immunological Target: Allergen Molecules
 • Ex: Antibiotic
Immunological Target: Allergen ... Gravis, Graves' Disease ... Type III Hypersensitivity ... • Ex: Systemic Lupus ... #Allergy #Allergic
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 ... , and systemic lupus ... Pathophysiology #Allergy
Summary table of types of hypersensitivity reactions. 
Type 1
 - Mediators: lgE
 - Antigen Form: Soluble
Mechanism of Action: Allergen-specific ... lgE causes mast-cell ... reaction, Haemolytic disease ... Examples: Contact dermatitis ... #allergy #table
Interstitial Lung Diseases (ILD)
Exposure-Related ILD (a.k.a. extrinsic allergic alveolitis): 
 • Hypersensitivity pneumonitis, Farmer's lung, Bird
Interstitial Lung Diseases ... a.k.a. extrinsic allergic ... Connective Tissue Disease ... connective tissue disease ... Interstitial #Lung #Diseases
Basophilia - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Basophils < 1% of the total white blood cell count
Basophils function similarly
released during an allergic ... basophilic leukemia Hypersensitivity ... Colitis and Crohn’s Disease ... Chickenpox Other Causes ... #hematology #basophils
A quick infographic on various pearls about atopic dermatitis, a disease with an increasing burden on
, a disease with ... inflammatory skin disease ... This disease imposes ... Allergy. 2018;73 ... J Allergy Clin Immunol
Cryoglobulinemia Summary

Cryoglobulins:
 • Cryoglobulins are Igs in the serum that precipitate in vitro at temperatures below
• They can cause ... • Autoimmune diseases ... vasculitis • Hypersensitivity ... (e.g. systemic lupus ... classification #rheumatology
Sweet Syndrome

Acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis (Sweets Syndrome) is a skin condition characterized by fever and inflamed
with systemic disease ... Causes: - Idiopathic ... such as certain types ... CANDLE syndrome - Allergic ... ’s syndrome - Lupus
Moccasin-variety Tinea Pedis 
70 M chronic scaly feet. Over the years: rash has itched only occasionally;
dermatophytes cause ... Moccasin type ... dyshidrotic, atopic, or allergic ... eczematous dermatitis ... University Infectious Diseases
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
Pager Summary Type ... - Allergic ... Graft Versus Host Disease ... Borrellia (Lyme disease ... Trypanosoma (Chagas disease