University of Basel - Allergies: When the Immune System Backfires
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Duration | 3 weeks |
Total fee | ₹2,205 |
Mode of learning | Online |
Credential | Certificate |
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- Duration 3 weeks
- Weekly study 4 hours
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- The human immune system is designed to fight infection, but sometimes this defence mechanism provokes allergic disorders. On this course, you will explore the similarities and differences of infections and allergies, and understand the intricacies of the immune system.
- You will address the events, mishaps, and discoveries that have led to a common understanding of allergies today. You will explore different types of allergies, like food allergies and hayfever, as well as allergy symptoms, methods of diagnosis, and different allergy treatments with the support of case studies.
- (Mentored until 8th November 2020)
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Allergy: the history of a misunderstanding
A tragedy of errors
Discovering the allergy
Mapping the immune system
Touring the castle
A first case study
Immediate type mechanism: clinical allergic disorders
What are atopic disorders? What happens in immediate allergies?
Knowing clinical immediate (type) allergy
Diagnosis and therapy of immediate type allergic disorders
Eczemas and drug hypersensitivity
Contact dermatitis and eczema
What is a drug allergy?
Reviewing the course
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