IMMUNODEFICIENCY, & AUTOIMMUNITY
QUESTIONS WITH 100% ACCURATE ANSWERS
Which of the following is an autoimmune disease? - Accurate answers Systemic Lupus
Erythematosus (SLE).
What is a predominant cause of secondary immune deficiencies worldwide? - Accurate answers
Malnutrition
An example of a secondary immunodeficiency is? - Accurate answers HIV, Pneumocystic Carnii,
Pneumonia, Sinus Infection, Lung Cancer.
An example of a primary immunodeficiency is? - Accurate answers Chronic Granulomatous Disease
of Childhood, DiGeorge Syndrome, Job Syndrome, Common Variable Immunodificiency, Familial
Mediterranean Fever.
Immunodeficiencies are classified as either: - Accurate answers Primary or Secondary.
Primary Immunodeficiency - Accurate answers _________ are genetically determined, which
means that there is a genetic defect that results in the loss of essential cells of the immune system.
Secondary Immunodeficiency - Accurate answers _________ is caused by something external to
the immune system. For example, when an individual takes a chemotherapeutic agent to treat cancer,
this can result in immunodeficiency
Chronic granulomatous Disease of Childhood - Accurate answers Primary
DiGeorge Syndrome - Accurate answers Primary
Human Immunodeficiency Virus - Accurate answers Secondary
Pneumocystis Carinii - Accurate answers Secondary
Familial Mediterranean fever - Accurate answers Primary
Pneumonia - Accurate answers Secondary
Job Syndrome - Accurate answers Primary
Common Variable Immunodeficiency - Accurate answers Primary
Sinus infection - Accurate answers Secondary