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Are basophils red blood cells that increase in response to an allergic reaction?
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∙ 9y ago
No they decrease.
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Is it true basophils are red blood cells that increase in response to allergic reactions?
the answer is false, because basophils are a type of white blood cell
Which hormones is not secreted by the basophils?
Basophils release histamine (vasodilator) and heparin (anticoagulant) during inflammatory or allergic reactions.
As a result of an allergen-antibody reaction?
An allergic reaction is triggered by later encounters with the same allergen, which promptly binds and cross-links the IgE antibodies on the surface of the mast cells and basophils. This event includes an enzymatic cascade that causes the mast cells and basophils to degranulate, releasing a flood of histamine and other inflammatory chemicals that together induce the inflammatory response typical of allergy. page 798 anatomy and phisiology eighth edition
What describes the body's recognition of a relatively harmless substance as a dangerous antigen and subsequent mounting of an immune response?
an allergic reaction
What Kinds of Chemicals can Cause an Allergic Reaction?
Allergic reactions depend on a person's immune response and biological reactions. This means that all chemicals has the potential to trigger at least one person's allergic reaction.
What occurs when the immune system mounts an exaggerated response to a harmless antigen?
hypersensitivity
Are basophils part of the nonspecific immune response?
Inflammation
Is a substance that causes the release of antibodies that often produce an allergic reaction?
No, an allergic reaction is typically caused by a release of histamines from the eosinophils. Antibodies are produced by lymphocytes in response to a bacterial infection.
Immune responses which affect adversely the host are often called what humoral response cellular response allergic response or natural immunity?
An allergic response is an immune over reaction to a harmless allergen such as pollen which will adversely affect the host, when the allergen is pollen this causes hayfever.
Which wite blood cell promote the inflammatory response?
basophils
Why are your monocytes and eosinophils high?
Most likely there will be some type of inflammation present. Typically an allergy or infection. They release histamine and have anticoagulant heparin to help contribute to the inflammation process and promote blood flow to the affected area. (Basophils are white blood cells involved in the body's immune system)
What is the medical term meaning a severe systemic allergic response in which the patient may die within minutes?
The potentially fatal allergic reaction is called anaphylaxisAnaphylaxis
