Nonspecific Defenses

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• What are the symptoms of alcohol poisoning? What are the long-term and short-term effects of alcohol on bodily functions?
• What kind of anti-inflammatory medication is safe to take during the first trimester of pregnancy?
• How does the anti-inflammatory response affect a wound?
• What induces the inflammatory response? What are the characteristic features of this response?
• What is the function of the inflammatory response?
• What is the difference between an anti-inflammatory and an antibacterial property?
• What does "inflammatory process" mean?
• During the inflammatory response, what cells release histamine?
• During an inflammatory response to injury, why do swelling, redness and warmth occur?
• Is vicodin an anti-inflammatory medication?
• What is oyster arthritis?
• What is the difference between polyarthritis and arthritis?
• Is antigen presentation essential for the activation and clonal selection of B cells, antigen-presenting cells, plasma cells, antibodies, or T cells?
• What are the primary symptoms of Hepatitis C? What are the stages of Syphilis called?
• What is the physiological advantage of inflammation? Do anti-inflammatories hurt the body's ability to heal?
• Is Tramadol a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug?
• Do antibiotics help the inflammatory response?
• What, exactly, does cortisol do that lowers inflammation?
• The process whereby neutrophils and other white blood cells are attracted to an inflammatory site is called what?
• How does the inflammatory response help the body fight infections?
• How does the inflammatory response protect your body from pathogens?
• What are the four cardinal signs of inflammatory response?
• What are the names of some anti-inflammatory medications?
• Are autoimmune diseases more common in men or in women?
• Why do people become ill more often in the winter season?
• Is a carcinoid tumor deadly?
• Can you live without an immune system? A girl I know says she has no immune system and that's why she is always sick. Is this possible?
• Where does the right lymphatic duct empty into?
• How does AIDS avoid the immune system?
• What are sublingual glands/salivary glands? Are these caused by my impacted wisdom teeth?
• How do apocrine, exocrine, merocrine, and holocrine glands differ?
• Is melatonin produced by the pineal gland? Also, is DMT (Dimethyltryptamine) produced by the pineal gland?
• How many salivary glands does a pig have in total? What are their names and where are they located?
• What type hormones do the ovaries produce?
• Which gland produces ADH?
• What gland controls the growth hormone?
• What is the difference between the pituitary gland and the pineal gland?
• The pituitary gland is often called the “control center of the endocrine system.” Why do you think this is?
• How big is a normal parotid gland?
• Is the thyroid an endocrine or an exocrine gland?
• Does the hypothalamus control the hormonal secretions of the pituitary gland?
• What are the functions of the thalamus, hypothalamus and pineal gland?
• Is there a gland located near the thyroid?
• What produces earwax? Is it a modified sweat gland?
• Which is the smallest gland of human body?
• What gland controls all of the other glands in the body?
• Why is it an oversimplification to call the pituitary gland the "master" gland?
• How can I drain a Bartholin cyst properly, and how can I prevent it from coming back?
• What does it mean to have an inflammatory response in a blood test?
• During the inflammatory response, what causes arterioles in the damaged area to dilate? Is it interferon, the action of macrophages, histamine, or swelling and heat?
• What are the four most common signs of the inflammatory response?
• Is a small cut on the surface of the skin likely to cause an immune response called the antibiotic response, the inflammatory response, the fever response, or the histamine response?
• How would you describe and define inflammation?
• Does alcohol promote inflammation in the body?
• What are four ways in which pathogens are transmitted?
• What is "sepsis"? How does it cause death?
• What is the body's first line of defense against infection? What is the second line of defense?
• What is a "histamine"?