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IMMUNITY (PT 2) - Coggle Diagram
IMMUNITY (PT 2)
TYPES OF IMMUNITY
ACTIVE IMMUNITY
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ACQUIRED
NATURALLY - RECOVERING FROM DISEASE, AS SAME INFECTION ACTIVATES B & T MEMORY CELLS
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AUTOIMMUNE DISORDERS
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MYASTHENIA GRAVIS
CAUSED BY COMPLEX PROCESS WHERE CERTAIN INHIBITION BY ANTIBODIES CAUSED BY DEFORMED T CELLS STOP IMPULSE TRANSMISSION BETWEEN NERVES & MUSCLES
AFFECTS VOLUNTARY MUSCLES OF BODY (EG: MOUTH, EYES, THROAT, LIMBS)
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS
DESTRUCTION OF MYELIN SHEATH ON NERVE CELLS, CAUSING IMPULSE TO NOT BE TRANSMITTED
SYMPTOMS: MUSCLE WEAKNESS, LOSS OF SENSORY INPUT, POOR VISION, MENTAL PROBLEMS
RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
IMMUNE SYSTEM ATTACKS JOINTS, CAUSING INFLAMMATION & SWELLING
DESTROYS CARTILAGE & BONE IN JOINT, CAUSING LOSS OF SHAPE & ALLIGNMENT
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GRAVES' DISEASE
IMMUNE SYSTEM PRODUCES ANTIBODIES THAT STIMULATE THYROID GLAND TO RELEASE EXCESS AMOUNT OF THYROID HORMONE INTO BLOOD (HYPERTHYROIDISM)
SYMPTOMS: BULGING EYES, WEIGHT LOSS, NERVOUSNESS, IRRITABILITY, WEAKNESS
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