The nurse outlines for a patient who has asthma attacks from pollen that the process from exposure to symptoms follows a systematic sequence. Place the physiologic responses of an allergic asthma attack in sequence
(Separate letters by a comma and space as follows: A, B, C, D)
a. Release of histamine
b. Edema
c. Vasodilation
d. Activation of mast cells
e. Bronchospasm
f. Exposure to pollen
ANS:
F, D, A, C, B, E
The mast cells in the lungs are activated by the exposure to pollen. Histamine is released causing vasodilation, edema, and bronchospasm for the asthmatic.
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