Immunodeficiency Sentence Examples

Anyone who has a primary immunodeficiency is going to face problems.

Combined immunodeficiency has been reported in long-haired dachshunds and in basset hounds.

The course of infection tends to be more serious in children who are immunocompromised, such as those undergoing chemotherapy or those who have a disease that disrupts normal immune response (e.g. human immunodeficiency syndrome [HIV]).

Whether we believe that HIV or fear is the major co-factor in acquired immunodeficiency, it is a deadly combination.

This may be particularly important for female relatives on the maternal side of a family where a male baby has an X-linked immunodeficiency.

By the Public Health Genetics Unit Children with severe combined immunodeficiency have been treated using gene therapy.

In some cases IgG subclass deficiency may be the first indication of the future evolution of common variable immunodeficiency (CVI ).

Multivariate models for predicting progression to AIDS and survival in human immunodeficiency virus-infected persons.

Another common immunodeficiency occurs following treatment with drugs which damage the immune system.

Combined immunodeficiency Combined B-cell and T-cell immunodeficiency is extremely serious and life-threatening.

About HIV/AIDS AIDS, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV.

Cryo-electron microscopy reveals conserved and divergent features of Gag packing in immature particles of Rous sarcoma virus and human immunodeficiency virus.

Since feline leukemia is an immunodeficiency disease, it can affect your cat's body in a number of different ways.

Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) is a retrovirus that is often referred to as the kitty version of HIV.

Amenorrhea associated with hormonal, genetic, psychiatric, or immunodeficiency disorders may require a variety of different medications and other treatments administered by specialists.

Immunocompromised children have a greater chance of serious side effects and death, with fatality rates as high as 50 to 69 percent (depending on the cause and extent of immunodeficiency).

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)-A disease associated with infection by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that attacks the immune system.

This is why A-T is also considered an immunodeficiency disease.

Variable immunodeficiency resulting in increased vulnerability to infections.

About 10 percent of patients have severe immunodeficiency.

Approximately 30 percent of patients with A-T have immunodeficiency.

A condom is a device, usually made of latex, used to avoid pregnancy and/or sexually transmitted diseases such as gonorrhea, syphilis, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is the most serious primary or congenital human immunodeficiency disorder.

Adenosine deaminase (ADA)-An enzyme that is lacking in a specific type of severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID).

The CDC recommends that all children infected with human immunodeficiency disease (HIV) who are asymptomatic should receive an the MMR vaccine at 15 months of age.

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)-An infectious disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

The condom is the only form of birth control that also protects against sexually transmitted diseases, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus.

Scalp infections with the herpes virus or group B streptococcus are possible, and concern has been raised regarding the potential for enhancing transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-A transmissible retrovirus that causes AIDS in humans.

Hyper-IgM syndrome is a primary immunodeficiency disorder in which the child's body fails to produce certain specific types of antibodies.

Children with XHIM are more likely to develop enlarged lymph nodes than children with other primary immunodeficiency disorders.

Other family members have been diagnosed with a primary immunodeficiency disorder.

If the doctor suspects a primary immunodeficiency disorder, he or she will ask the parents about a family history of such disorders.

The doctor will order a blood test to screen the child for an immunodeficiency disorder.

It is considered to be a cure for primary immunodeficiency disorders.

Although BMT has been performed on children with severe immunodeficiency disorders since the 1980s, it was usually restricted to those with limited life expectancy because of complications associated with transplantation.

This technique was first used for immunodeficiency disorders in 1988.

Families with a history of primary immunodeficiency disorders can save cord blood in private storage facilities for later use if needed.

The prognosis for children diagnosed with XHIM is poor as of the early 2000s; morbidity and mortality for this disorder are significantly higher than for other primary immunodeficiency disorders.

Parents who already have a child with hyper-IgM syndrome or who come from families with a history of primary immunodeficiency disorders may wish to consider genetic counseling and prenatal genetic testing with future pregnancies.

Children with primary immunodeficiency syndromes are at increased risk of tooth decay and gum disorders as well as thrush and mouth ulcers.

Stem cells from cord blood can be used in place of bone marrow for treating primary immunodeficiency disorders.

Primary immunodeficiency disease-A group of approximately 70 conditions that affect the normal functioning of the immune system.

Children who have immunodeficiency syndromes may be subject to infection, diseases, disorders, or allergic reactions to a greater extent than individuals with fully functioning immune systems.

Immunodeficiency is a defect of any component of the immune system or a defect of another system that affects the immune system leading to an increased incidence or severity of infection.

T cells, another type of white blood cell, may also be involved in immunodeficiency disorders.

Immunoglobulin deficiency syndromes are primary immunodeficiency diseases.

They account for 50 percent of all primary immunodeficiencies and are the largest group of immunodeficiency disorders.

Successful treatment of the disease usually reverses the immunodeficiency.

Severe combined immunodeficiency (SVID) is not precisely an immunoglobulin deficiency, but a combined deficiency resulting from a T-cell disorder.

Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is a primary immunodeficiency with onset of symptoms typically occurring in the second or third decade of life.

An immunodeficiency disease is suspected when children become ill frequently, especially repeat illness caused by the same organisms.

When immunodeficiency is suspected, levels of the classes of immunoglobulins are measured in blood serum by using a clinical laboratory procedure called electrophoresis.

Genetic testing may be done to help identify the type of immunodeficiency disease.

Immunodeficiency cannot be prevented; however, challenges to the immune system can be reduced and infections avoided in immunodeficient individuals.

The epidemic of immmunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), has resulted in a huge increase in the incidence of pneumonia.

Individuals with immunodeficiency disorders, various types of cancer, or AIDS are also more prone to complications.

See also Common variable immunodeficiency.

The most commonly transmitted diseases are gonorrhea, chlamydia, genital warts, and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)/human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

In older adolescents, common fears include anxiety about school achievement, social rejection and related worries, and sexual anxieties, including dating and sexually transmitted diseases, especially human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

It is also considered the safest form of sex in the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, including human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

This may encourage casual sexual relationships that heighten the risk of exposure to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted diseases.

Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is a disorder of the immune system characterized by low levels of specific immunoglobulins, antibodies produced by the immune system to fight infection or disease.

Immunodeficiency means that the immune system is deficient in one or more of its components and is unable to respond effectively to disease-producing organisms that invade the body.

Common variable immunodeficiency is believed to affect one in 50,000 to 200,000 individuals although it is not always diagnosed, and exact numbers of cases in the population cannot be accurately determined.

The cause of common variable immunodeficiency was as of 2004 not known, although some forms seem to be inherited.

Genetic testing may be done to rule out other types of immunodeficiency disease.

Therefore, when infection is present in suspected cases of common variable immunodeficiency, it may be important to identify the bacteria or virus causing the illness.

As of 2004 no specific treatment cured common variable immunodeficiency; each child is treated according to the individual clinical condition, the symptoms presented, and the antibody subclasses shown to be absent or deficient.

Regular medical observation, treatment of symptoms, and appropriate immune system boosting usually produces a good result in children with common variable immunodeficiency.

The disorder cannot be prevented, but parents can take precautions to prevent the recurrent infections commonly associated with immunodeficiency.

Immune systems may be weakened because of cancer chemotherapy, medications given after organ transplantation, or diseases that significantly lower immune resistance like acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Immunodeficiency disease-A disease characterized chiefly by an increased susceptibility to infection.

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a serious, contagious virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can be detected using a blood test and is part of most prenatal screening programs.

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) by infecting helper T cells of the immune system.

Immunodeficiency disorders are a group of disorders in which part of the immune system is missing or defective.

As a result, a child with an immunodeficiency disorder has frequent infections that are generally more severe and last longer than in a healthy child.

A person with an immunodeficiency disorder may get more frequent infections, heal more slowly, and have a higher incidence of some cancers.

Defects can occur in any component of the immune system or in more than one component (combined immunodeficiency).

Different immunodeficiency diseases involve different components of the immune system.

Congenital immunodeficiency is present at the time of birth and is the result of genetic defects.

These immunodeficiency disorders are also called primary immunodeficiencies.

Even though more than 70 different types of congenital immunodeficiency disorders have been identified, they rarely occur.

The congenital immunodeficiency disorder, Bruton's agammaglobulinemia, also known as X-linked agammaglobulinemia, results in a decrease or absence of B lymphocytes and, therefore, a decreased ability to make antibodies.

Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is another type of B lymphocyte deficiency.

Some types of immunodeficiency disorders affect both B lymphocytes and T lymphocytes.

For example, severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID) is caused by the defective development or function of these two types of lymphocytes.

Acquired immunodeficiency is more common than congenital immunodeficiency.

For example, the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Acquired immunodeficiency often occurs as a complication of other conditions and diseases.

For example, the most common causes of acquired immunodeficiency are malnutrition, some types of cancer, and infections.

In some cases, acquired immunodeficiency is brought on by drugs used to treat another condition.

The frequency of severe combined immunodeficiency is estimated to be one out of every 50,000 to 500,000 births, and of combined variable immunodeficiency, one out of every 10,000 to 50,000 births.

Congenital immunodeficiency is caused by genetic defects that generally occur while the fetus is developing in the uterus.

Acquired immunodeficiency is the result of a disease process, and it occurs later in life.

People with an immunodeficiency disorder tend to become infected by organisms that do not usually cause disease in healthy persons.

The major symptoms of most immunodeficiency disorders are repeated infections that heal slowly.

If a child is known to have an immunodeficiency disorder, a healthcare provider should be contacted if the child shows signs of having an infection, such as fever, vomiting, diarrhea, swelling of the lymph nodes, or unusual fatigue.

An immunodeficiency disorder is likely to be present when rare diseases occur or the patient gets ill from organisms that do not normally cause diseases, especially if the patient gets repeatedly infected.

When this happens in very young children, a genetic defect may be causing an immunodeficiency disorder.

When this situation occurs in older children or young adults, their medical history may indicate that childhood diseases may have caused an immunodeficiency disorder.

Laboratory tests are used to determine the exact nature of the immunodeficiency.

Blood contains antibodies, lymphocytes, phagocytes, and complement components, all of the major immune components that might cause immunodeficiency.

Lower than normal counts of either of these two cell types correlates with immunodeficiency.

The failure to respond to stimulants correlates with immunodeficiency.

There is no cure for congenital immunodeficiency disorders.

Common variable immunodeficiency also is treated with periodic infusions of IVIG throughout life.

In most cases, immunodeficiency caused by malnutrition is reversible.

The prognosis depends on the type of immunodeficiency disorder.

However, someone with a congenital immunodeficiency disorder might want to consider getting genetic counseling before having children in order to find out if there is a chance they will pass the defect on to their children.

Some of the infections associated with acquired immunodeficiency can be prevented or treated before they cause problems.

In general, people with immunodeficiency disorders should maintain a healthy diet because malnutrition can aggravate immunodeficiencies.

People with immunodeficiency disorders also should avoid eating undercooked food because it might contain bacteria that could cause infection.

While this food might not cause infection in others, it is a potential source of infectious organisms for someone with an immunodeficiency.

These include cystic fibrosis, asthma, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, and various immunodeficiency disorders.

Active TB can be triggered when a person's immune system is weakened, such as from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), malnutrition, or alcohol abuse.

The child has an immunodeficiency disease, cancer, diabetes, a kidney or liver disorder, or any other condition that affects the body's ability to fight off infection.