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How is vasculitic neuropathy treated?
Treatment for vasculitic neuropathy involves medications that decrease inflammation and suppress the activity of the immune system
Agent that supresses the immune system?
If you're asking what medications supress the immune system, steriods supress the immune system, as do medications given to organ transplant recipients.
What stop an immune response?
There are a few diseases such as AIDS or agammaglobulinemia that will prevent an immune response. There are also medications that modulate or suppress the immune system, but they can be very dangerous if taken incorrectly, so should only be taken under the close supervision of a physician.
a child is about to have an engineered heart valve put. what procedure might increase the chances of her body accepting the prosthesis?
she will take medicine to suppress her immune system
What causes low CD4 counts?
Your CD4 count is a marker of the strength of your immune system. Many immune related diseases can cause your CD4 count to drop, as can medications that are designed to suppress your immune system. With HIV, the CD4 count falls because it is unable to keep up with the pressure from the virus replicating.
How to treat a person suffering from AIDS?
AIDS patients are typically on a variety of antiretroviral medications to try to suppress the HIV virus and boost the immune system. In addition, if oppportunistic infections appear, medications are used to treat those infections.
What causes a low CD 4 count?
Your CD4 count is a marker of the strength of your immune system. Many immune related diseases can cause your CD4 count to drop, as can medications that are designed to suppress your immune system. With HIV, the CD4 count falls because it is unable to keep up with the pressure from the virus replicating.
What could happen if you over exercise?
It could slow down your immune system. (suppress your immune system) You could also pass out...:(
To prevent rejection of the donor organ?
To prevent rejection you need to take immunosupressive medication. These medications lower/suppress your immune system so it won't attack the transplanted organ. cyclosporin, mycophenolate, tacrolimus are examples of immune suppressing medication.
What does immunosuppressant mean for asthmatics?
Immunosuppressants are drugs that suppress that suppress/restrain your immune system so it is considerably weaker when on those meds. These medications are used after people have transplant surgery to prevent the body rejecting the transplanted organ. As well, predisone given for lung conditions suppresses the immune system temporarily. With a suppressed immune system, the person is susceptible to acquire other infections, such as even the common cold. Except, with a suppressed immune system, even a common cold virus can turn deadly because the person's suppressed immune system won't fight the illness as vigorously as normal.
man is about to receive a bone marrow transplant he is taking pills to suppress his immune system so that?
His immune system does not attack the transplanted marrow. APEX
Do people with Dermatomyositis get steroids?
Individuals are given steroid drugs (prednisone, corticosteroids ) that suppress the immune system
