How Your Immune System Works
Your immune system is a network of organs, white blood cells and proteins that protect your body from germs and viruses or actually from any foreign matter.
Every hour of every day we are constantly exposed to harmful substances that we inhale or swallow, or that stick to our skin or parts of our mouth. These germs can cause disease if they were not our immune system.
When our system is working properly, we do not see these infections. But when our immune system is overweight, which means that it is not working well or overworked, we get diseases or other medical conditions.
How this defense method works
Your immune system works to (1) reduce and eliminate germs such as bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi that enter the body, (2) detect and reduce harmful substances from the environment, and (3) fight off immune cells that cause disease.
The fact that these pathogens or other harmful substances enter and cause disease is a result of their pathogenicity (that is, how powerful they are) and the integrity of your body's immune system.
The important function of this system in protecting your body is well demonstrated when it is not in good condition ... dysfunction (or dysfunction) can lead to serious infections and tissue, as well as overuse of diseases caused by the immune system.
When our immune system works well to protect us, we ignore that. But when its function deteriorates, we become infected.
In order to function properly it must be able to distinguish between two types of cells, living things and things ... 'personal' and 'non-yours'.
The word 'Self' refers to cells etc in your body ... 'non-self' means foreign bodies, cells and other foreign matter that enter your body ... these are called antigens.
Your immune system can distinguish between your cells and antigens. For example, the proteins in your cell components will be different from those in antigen-like proteins such as viruses, bacteria, and fungi. The system can detect these different proteins. Once it has detected the antigens, it will attack and destroy them.
There are two parts to your immune system:
a basic system that acts as a general defense system against pathogens (pathogens), as well
a flexible system that remembers certain viruses that you have been in contact with and will attack them when they reappear.
As you can see, the system adapts and learns to be able to fight off viruses or mutations over time. The two components of your immune system are compatible in their response to a pathogen.
Deterioration of the immune system
This system, like any other program, can be corrupted. This can happen in a number of ways:
Instead of acting normally against the antigens that enter your body, your system may react too much ... this is called the immune response.
The system, because of the damage, responds very slowly when fighting off invading viruses ... this is called a deficiency of the immune system.
The system accidentally starts attacking your body cells ... this is called an automatic attack.
As a result, your immune system may have a number of serious problems. As examples:
1] An allergy is a way of turning the immune system into something that is not harmful to your body. These foreign substances are called allergens. It can include some food, pollen, or an animal-sucking animal.
The job of your immune system is to keep you healthy by fighting harmful germs. It does this by attacking anything that it thinks may endanger your body. Depending on the allergen, this reaction may include swelling, sneezing, or many other symptoms.
The program is accustomed to your environment. For example, when your body encounters something like pollen, it should see that it is safe. In pollen sufferers, the immune system sees it as an external invader that threatens the body and invades it, causing inflammation.
This can lead to one or more diseases such as food allergies, asthma, hay fever or dermatitis.
2] Immune diseases ... a weakened immune system will protect your body against infections and infections. This type of disorder makes it easier for you to catch germs and bacterial infections.
Immune disorders are either congenital or acquired. Congenital malformation, or primary disease, is what you are born with. Problems found, or secondary, that you experience later in life. Diagnosis is more common than congenital malformations.
Anything that lowers your immune system can lead to a second immune system disorder. Examples include ... exposure to HIV-infected body fluids ... aging ... diabetes ... eating less protein ... sleeping less ... cancer and chemotherapy ... and many more.
System failure can lead to diseases that can threaten your health.
3] Immune system ... autoimmune response is when your immune system accidentally attacks your body. It is caused by an independent disease. During the immune system, the immune system makes mistakes in part of your body, such as your joints or skin. It releases proteins called autoantibodies that attack healthy cells.
Some autoimmune diseases target only one organ. Type 1 diabetes can damage the pancreas. Some infections, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), affect the entire body.
Investigators are not sure what causes the immune system to explode. Some people are more likely to get an autoimmune disease than others ... the rate of women is twice that of men ... some autoimmune diseases are more common in certain races ... certain autoimmune diseases affect families.
Because the incidence of autoimmune diseases is increasing, researchers suspect that environmental factors such as infection and exposure to chemicals or solvents may also be involved. Western, high-fat, high-fat diets