A healthcare professional is teaching a patient about Raynaud phenomenon and instructs the patient to avoid cold. What is the best explanation of how cold impacts the manifestations of this disease?
A) Immune complexes that are deposited in capillary beds, blocking circulation
B) Mast cells that are bound to specific endothelial receptors, causing them to degranulate and creating a localized inflammatory reaction that occludes capillary circulation
C) Cytotoxic T cells that attack and destroy the capillaries so that they are unable to perfuse local tissues
D) Antibodies that detect the capillaries as foreign protein and destroy them using lysosomal enzymes and toxic oxygen species
Correct Answer:
Verified
Q14: Type III hypersensitivity reactions are a result
Q15: During an IgE-mediated hypersensitivity reaction, what causes
Q16: A student asks about the mechanism that
Q17: When soluble antigens from infectious agents enter
Q18: What are blood transfusion reactions an example
Q20: An Rh-negative woman gave birth to an
Q21: Which statement is true concerning an atopic
Q22: Which blood cell carries the carbohydrate antigens
Q23: Which class of immunoglobulins forms isohemagglutinins?
A)IgA
B)IgE
C)IgG
D)IgM
Q24: Tissue damage caused by the deposition of
Unlock this Answer For Free Now!
View this answer and more for free by performing one of the following actions
Scan the QR code to install the App and get 2 free unlocks
Unlock quizzes for free by uploading documents