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Chapter: 08. Allergy

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Allergy to milk and milk products is triggered by a milk protein called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
The narrowing of bronchi and bronchospasm leading to wheezing and breathlessness is characteristic of allergic _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
The concept of allergy was introduced by Viennese paediatrician Clemens Von Pirquet in the year _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
An outbreak of swollen, pale-red bumps or patches on the skin is called urticaria or _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Dr. Charles Robert Richet was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine in 1913 for his researches on _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Communicable diseases develop due to infection by micro-organisms, while non-communicable diseases are caused by imbalance in diet or malfunctioning of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Allergy _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ are helpful to keep seasonal allergies under control.
Spring allergies are primarily caused by _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
In the blood test for allergy, higher concentration of specific IgE antibodies indicates a greater likelihood of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the ability of the body to defend against infections and develop resistance to infectious diseases.
During first exposure to an allergen, the body develops a primary immune response and the B-cells start producing _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ antibodies and histamines.
The common fungal or mould spores that act as allergens are Aspergillus and _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
The discharge of large quantities of histamine released by mast cells produces a severe, life-threatening condition called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ shock.
Allergens enter through the nose by the method of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
Allergic rhinitis is the medical term for the allergic reaction commonly known as _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
In a skin-prick test, small amounts of allergens are injected _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ into the patient’s skin.
In normal persons, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ recognize the antigen or allergen as harmless and prevent B-cells from responding to it.
In Greek, the word allergy means _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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