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level: Level 2 - Respiratory Tract

Questions and Answers List

Question	Answer
- runny nose, sneezing, itchy or sore throat (cold-like symptoms) - Usually caused by INHALATION of PLANT POLENS, DUST, etc. - Hay fever aka pollinosis (seasonal problem: fall or spring season)	Allergic rhinitis
(seasonal problem: FALL or SPRING season)	Hay fever / Pollinosis
Plants that causes Allergic Rhinitis	● Poa and festuca species ● Asteraceae (e.g., mugwort, artemisia vulgaris, in europe and ragweed, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, in North America) ● Cascara sagrada (Rhamnus purshiana)
- Contain allergen causing SUMMER RHINITIS (particular in summer season)	Poa and festuca species
- Cause ASTHMA - Occupational exposure (plant farmers)	Cascara sagrada (Rhamnus purshiana)
Plants that trigger Cough Reflex	1 Capsicum annuum (sweet pepper) 2 Capsicum frutescens (red pepper)
Capsicum annuum (sweet pepper) and Capsicum frutescens (red pepper) major irritants are	1 Capsaicin (trans-8-methyl-N-vanillyl-6-nonenamide) 2 Dihydrocapsaicin
Capsaicin contains a __ receptor (it is found aside in our airways, but also in our spinal cord, dorsal root ganglion, bladder, urethra and colon.) The reason why we cough if we ate chili because this is triggered	vanilloid
also cause irritation in the skin and sometimes can cause blistering in the skin	Capsaicin