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Diseases » Chronic Granulomatous Disease » Glossary

Glossary for Chronic Granulomatous Disease

AIDS: A term given to HIV patients who have a low CD4 count (below 200) which means that they have low levels of a type of immune cell called T-cells. AIDS patients tend to develop opportunistic infections and cancers. Opportunistic infections are infections that would not normally affect a person with a healthy immune system. The HIV virus is a virus that attacks the body's immune system.
Anemia: Reduced ability of blood to carry oxygen from various possible causes.
Common Variable Immunodeficiency: An immunodeficiency disorder involving low blood gamma globulin levels which results in an increased susceptibility to infections. The condition may be inherited or can be caused by certain drugs (levamisole, hydantoin and carbamazepine).
Digestive symptoms: Any symptoms affecting the digestive tract.
Fever: Elevation of the body temperature above the normal 37 degrees celsius
Genetic Disease: Any disease that is handed down to oneself through the chromosomes of ones parents
Gum symptoms: Dental symptoms affecting the gums
Hyper-IgM Syndrome: A rare inherited immunodeficiency disorder which causes frequent infections involving the ears, eyes, sinuses, lungs, skin, respiratory tract and other areas of the body.
Hypergammaglobulinemia: An increase in the level of any of a number of gamma globulins. This can result from conditions such as chronic bacterial infections, multiple myeloma, lymphomas, dysproteinemias, liver disease and chronic granulomatous inflammations. The exact symptoms depend on the type of gamma globulins involved and the severity of the condition.
Immune deficiency conditions: Any of various diseases that suppress the immune system.
Inflammatory bowel disease: Any type of digestive condition caused by bowel inflammation.
Lack of urine: Total lack of any urine output
Malabsorption syndrome: is an alteration in the ability of the intestine to absorb nutrients adequately into the bloodstream
Persistent cough: The noise produced from the sudden expulsion of air from the lungs
Primary Immune Deficiency: Various types of immune deficiencies; usually genetic.
Pus: White or yellow oozing fluid
Rash: A reaction to the exposure of the skin to an allergen
SCID: Major failure of the immune system, usually genetic.
Selective IgA Deficiency: Immune deficiency from lacking immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibodies.
X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia: Immune deficiency from lack of antibodies.