Description : A mother comes to the pharmacy with her 3-year-old son who has a cough. Which of the following list of symptoms is most likely to indicate an allergy? a) fever b) chesty cough c) rhinorrhoea d) headache e) malaise
Last Answer : Ans: C
Description : If fever is accompanied by ________, drug toxicity is more likely than allergy and is much more serious. a) Granulocytopenia b) Thrombocytopenia c) Histamine d) Leukopenia e) Hypotension
Last Answer : Ans: A
Description : Reduction in fever within ___ h withdrawal of drug strongly suggests that suspected drug causing allergy. a) 38 h b) 24h c) 48h d) 16 h e) 20 h
Description : Influenza vaccines can be contraindicated to patients who are allergic to the preservatives of the vaccine, e.g. _____ a) Neomycin b) Streptomycin c) Gentamycin d) Doxycycline e) Clavulanic acid
Description : Penicillin Allergy is usually caused by its chemical degradation to a) Penicillamine b) Penilloic acid c) Penicillenic acid d) Penaldic acid e) Penicilloic acid
Last Answer : Ans: E
Description : Which one of the following statements is false ? Allergic asthma is characterized by: a) Response to cyclosporin therapy in severe disease. b) Is characterised by reversible airways obstruction. c) T2 ... fluid. d) Affects 5% of the population. e) Is diagnosed routinely by use of ELISA
Description : Which one of the following is a false statement about atopic eczema? a) It commonly begins by drug reaction. b) Super-added herpes simplex infection is a serious complication. c) The serum IgE ... . d) The skin lesions are typically itchy. e) Treatment with systemic steroids is often necessary.
Description : Delayed allergy reaction (type IV allergic reaction) is: a) An An allergic or immune response that begins within a period lasting from a few minutes to about an hour after exposure to ... of antigen-antibody complexes that cause tissue damage e) An allergic disorder which is transferred genetically.
Last Answer : Ans: B
Description : Immunodeficiency: a) A localized protective reaction of tissue to irritation, injury, or infection, characterized by pain, redness, swelling, and sometimes a loss of function b) A disorder or deficiency ... effect and damage the liver. e) It is an immunity disorder which is genetically transferred.
Description : Immediate allergy reaction (type I allergic reaction) is: a) An allergic or immune response that begins within a period lasting from a few minutes to about an hour after exposure to an ... cause tissue damage e) It occurs during blood transfusion reactions and in hemolytic disease of the newborn.
Description : The primary reason for a physician to prescribe human insulin is that: a) It has a faster onset of action than other insulins b) It has a shorter duration of action than other insulins c ... in preventing the complications of diabetes than animal insulins e) It is more sterile than other insolines.
Description : The organ which involve most frequent hypersensitivity reaction is a) Liver b) Kidney c) Skin d) Lungs e) Stomach
Description : A mast cell (or mastocyte) is a resident cells of several types of tissues and contains many granules rich in_______. a) Acetylcholine b) Nicotine c) Epinephrine d) Histamine e) Histadine
Last Answer : Ans: D
Description : Hypersensitivity refers to undesirable reactions produced by a) circulatory system b) Respiratory system c) Immune System d) Endocrine system e) Autonomic nervous system
Description : Immediate Allergy is what type of hypersensitivity reaction a) Type I Hypersensitivity b) Type II Hypersensitivity c) Type III Hypersensitivity d) Type IV Hypersensitivity e) Type V Hypersensitivity
Description : Allergy is immediate hypersensitivity mediated by _____and mast cell degranulation a) IgG b) IgE c) IgM d) IgA e) IgD