PATHOLOGY MCQ
INFLAMMATION
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Question
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A cook burnt his arm with steam. What substance increased and led to development of redness, edema and painfulness of affected area of skin?
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Glutamine
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Galactosamine
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Histidine
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Thiamine
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Histamine
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Fever is brought about by chemical mediators of inflammation and contributes to the rise in temperature at the injury. Swelling, called edema, is caused primarily by the accumulation of fluid outside the blood vessels.
Detailed explanation-2: -Activated mast cell release a variety of inflammatory mediators, including cytokines, chemokines, histamine, proteases, prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and serglycin proteoglycans [76].
Detailed explanation-3: -When your body activates your immune system, it sends out inflammatory cells. These cells attack bacteria or heal damaged tissue. If your body sends out inflammatory cells when you are not sick or injured, you may have chronic inflammation.
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