Immunodeficiency

Introduction: Immunodeficiency

Description of Immunodeficiency

Immunodeficiency (medical condition): A very rare, recessively inherited syndrome characterized mainly by a weak immune system and facial anomalies.

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ICF syndrome:
  »Introduction: ICF syndrome
  »Symptoms of ICF syndrome
  »Treatments for ICF syndrome

Immunodeficiency: A condition resulting from a defective immune mechanism; may be primary (due to a defect in the immune mechanism itself) or secondary (dependent on another disease process), specific (due to a defect in either the B-lymphocyte or the T-lymphocyte system, or both) or nonspecific (due to a defect in one or another component of the nonspecific immune mechanism: the complement, properdin, or phagocytic system). SYN: immune deficiency, immunity deficiency, immunologic deficiency.
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Immunodeficiency: Syndromes in which there is a deficiency or defect in the mechanisms of immunity, either cellular or humoral.
Source: Diseases Database

Immunodeficiency: deficiency of immune response or a disorder characterized by deficient immune response; classified as antibody (B cell), cellular (T cell), or combined immunodeficiency, or phagocytic dysfunction disorders.
Source: CRISP

Immunodeficiency as a Disease

Immunodeficiency: Another name for ICF syndrome (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: ICF syndrome
  »Symptoms of ICF syndrome
  »Treatments for ICF syndrome

Causes of Immunodeficiency

Some of the causes of Immunodeficiency are included in the list below:

• Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
• Bloom's syndrome
• Chronic granulomatous disease
• Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1
• Efalizumab

See full list of 62 causes of Immunodeficiency (ICF syndrome)

Symptoms of Immunodeficiency (ICF syndrome)

Some of the symptoms of Immunodeficiency incude:

• Unusual facial appearance
• Retarded growth
• Failure to thrive
• Psychomotor retardation
• Low IgG serum level

See full list of 23 symptoms of Immunodeficiency (ICF syndrome)

Treatments for Immunodeficiency (ICF syndrome)

Treatments for Immunodeficiency (ICF syndrome) include:

• Repeated immunoglogulin infusions
• Vitamin A - possibly used for related vitamin A deficiency

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Treatment of Immunodeficiency: For more treatment information about Immunodeficiency, see treatment of ICF syndrome (Immunodeficiency)

Terms associated with Immunodeficiency:

Terms Similar to Immunodeficiency:

• Immunological deficiency
• Immunosuppression
• Immune deficiency
• Immunity suppression

Source: Diseases Database

More specific terms for Immunodeficiency:

• acquired immunodeficiency
• hypogammaglobulinemia
• inborn immunodeficiency

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Immunodeficiency

• immunopathology

Source - CRISP

The term Immunodeficiency can be used for:

• immune deficiency disorder

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Immunodeficiency:

• immune tolerance /unresponsiveness
• lymphopenia
• thymus disorder

Source: CRISP

External links related to: Immunodeficiency

• eMedicine - Immunosuppression : Article by Bethany Pellegrino, MD
• eMedicine - Immunosuppression : Article by Randy P Prescilla, MD
• eMedicine - Pneumonia, Immunocompromised : Article by Christopher MB Fernandes, MD

Source: Diseases Database

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