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0:00so let's discuss the term immunity uh I
0:03mentioned earlier in our previous Slide
0:05the term
0:07immunocompromised uh so we have
0:09immunocompetent and then
0:11immunocompromised immunocompetent is in
0:14reference to a normal functioning immune
0:16system this is going to be someone
0:18that's not going to be as susceptible to
0:21infection as someone who has a less than
0:24normal immune system
0:26uh turns down from there we have
0:28immunodeficient immunocompromised and
0:31immunosuppressed now all of these are
0:34going to be in reference to someone who
0:36has a less than normal functioning
0:37immune system of course this is going to
0:40put this individual more at risk for
0:43developing uh infections virus viruses
0:47being able to invade the body a lot
0:49easier
0:50and it also places them at risk for
0:52what's called opportunistic infections
0:55an opportunistic infections are
0:57infections that are caused by
0:59microorganisms that ordinarily would not
1:02cause much problem to someone who has a
1:04normal function immune system
1:07but someone who's considered
1:08immunocompetent or immunocompromised
1:11this could cause problems for them
1:14so someone who has active cancer
1:16treatment may be going through an organ
1:18transplant Advanced or untreated HIV
1:22infection and on other drugs or active
1:25treatment along the way could also
1:27compromise the immune system and place
1:30them more at risk and make them more
1:32susceptible to infection patience and
1:34Immunity here we have different types of
1:36immunity and in active immunity we have
1:39what's called natural and artificial
1:43and so there was natural natural is just
1:46that this is going to be active immunity
1:48natural immunity from being exposed to
1:50something your body recognizes it and
1:53develops its own immunity against it
1:56then we have active immunity which is
1:58artificial that's going to be through
2:00means of uh vaccination
2:03so your varicella your hepatitis
2:06anything if you think vaccinations
2:08anything along the line of vaccinations
2:10that's going to be an artificial active
2:13immunity it was created in the lab they
2:15were able to recreate that pathogen
2:19teach our body how to develop its own
2:21immunity against it if in fact you did
2:24become exposed to it your body's going
2:26to know exactly what to do to be able to
2:28rid it of that pathogen then we have
2:31passive immunity now passive immunity is
2:33also in the form of natural which passes
2:37from in from Mom to infant
2:39it's called maternal antibodies and it's
2:43usually distributed in the first bit of
2:45breast milk that Mom is able to
2:46distribute whether she breastfeeds or
2:48not it's called colostrum and in that
2:51colostrum it's got tons of antibodies
2:53that support uh natural passive immunity
2:56artificial passive immunity takes us
2:59back into the lab scientists have the
3:02ability to be able to create what's
3:03called monoclonal antibodies and these
3:07antibodies also have the ability to be
3:10able to recognize something that's
3:12foreign and develop its own immunity
3:14against it