under immunology
1. List and briefly explain three (3) causes of Secondary anti-immunity.
CAUSES OF SECONDARY ANTI IMMUNITY:
1.BLOOD/BONE MARROW DISORDERS:This is the most common cause to develop secondary immuno defeciency.Diseases like LEUKEMIA,LYMPHOMA,MULTIPLE MYELOMA.These chronic diseases supress the immune system and can lead to many secondary infections.
2.MEDICATIONS:The medicines used mainly as immunosupressants as in chemotherapy for cancers,rheumatoid arthritis,multiple sclerosis,inflammatory bowel syndreome,psoriasis etc..
The other medicines can cause specific complications related to immune system itself,for eg;ANTI EPILEPTICS can cause antibody defeciency.
3.INHERITED DISORDERS:There are rare disorders such as Transcobalamine defeciency,gut lymphangiectasia.These are not immune defiencies but can cause loss of antibodies by failure of production.They can be treated with immunoglobulin therapies.
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