Self Quiz for The Adaptive Immune System: Type I Immediate Hypersensitivity

Study the material in this section and then write out the answers to these questions.
Do not just click on the answers and write them out. This will not test your understanding of this tutorial.

1. Describe the mechanism for Type I (IgE-mediated) hypersensitivity and give two examples. State how they are treated symptomatically. (ans)

2. When a person has hay fever, common symptoms include runny eyes, runny nose, swollen sinuses, and difficulty in breathing. In terms of humoral immunity, discuss the mechanism behind these symptoms. Also state the reason for giving antihistamines and describe how allergy shots may lessen the severity of this type of hypersensitivity. (ans)

3. Researchers are hoping that the injection of monoclonal antibodies against IgE may someday be used to prevent virtually any Type I hypersensitivity. Explain. (ans)

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Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
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Based on a work The Grapes of Staph at https://cwoer.ccbcmd.edu/science/microbiology/index_gos.html.