BPS 1101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Peanut Allergy, House Dust Mite, Lactose Intolerance

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Biopharmaceutical sciences
• Course: BPS 1101
• Professor: William Ogilvie

Document Summary

Adverse reaction to harmless material: ex: flowers, pollen, dust, etc. - things that typically wouldn"t be dangerous to you: allergy requires prior exposure -- works a lot like the adaptive immune system. Immune system responds to something: epitopes of molecules from pathogens. Immune system remembers that material: memory cells, subsequent exposure produces reaction (stronger response, protection from pathogens, allergy to harmless material, need to build up excess cells that respond to whatever is giving you that allergy. Hay fever is a reaction to pollen: pollen that the flower produces (male portion, pollen is a hollow protein container -- you respond to the outer proteins (casing) on the pollen. Symptoms of allergy: cold-like symptoms, sneezing, coughing, runny nose, runny eyes, etc. dishpan hands would be an example of this. Sitting on the beach for a week on the sand is not long term (don"t need to be worried)