Your Body's Response
The immune system is a balanced network of cells and organs that work together to defend you against disease, in this case, the flu. Your immune system blocks foreign proteins from getting into your body. Your body deploys a host of additional immune cell forces that are designed to hunt down the unwanted intruders and ultimately work to destroy them.
The human body has an innate ability to manufacture antibodies (proteins) that work as part of the immune system to destroy abnormal or foreign cells. These antibodies help fend off illnesses like the flu.
Additionally, you also have a second protective response known as the "cell-mediated immune system." This involves immune system cells rather than antibodies. The immune system helps the body to create memory of past defenses against disease.
When the body identifies the influenza virus, it immediately recalls the memory of the previous infection and sets out to destroy the invader before the disease develops. This physiological mechanism is what lies behind vaccines or immunisations for illnesses. When you get a flu shot you are getting a deliberate but harmless amount of the pathogen so that your immune cells can react, learn, and remember how to produce antibodies to fight the pathogen.
Some people have weaker immune systems than others, this causes them to catch a virus easier than those with strong immune systems. When your immune system is fighting a virus it becomes weaker, which is why you feel sick for a few weeks when you have the flu, but then get better as your body controls the virus.
The foundations of the endocrine system are the hormones and glands. As the body's chemical messengers, hormones transfer information and instructions from one set of cells to another. Many different hormones move through the bloodstream, but each type of hormone is designed to affect only certain cells. When you are sick, these hormones increase in order to make you feel better.
The human body has an innate ability to manufacture antibodies (proteins) that work as part of the immune system to destroy abnormal or foreign cells. These antibodies help fend off illnesses like the flu.
Additionally, you also have a second protective response known as the "cell-mediated immune system." This involves immune system cells rather than antibodies. The immune system helps the body to create memory of past defenses against disease.
When the body identifies the influenza virus, it immediately recalls the memory of the previous infection and sets out to destroy the invader before the disease develops. This physiological mechanism is what lies behind vaccines or immunisations for illnesses. When you get a flu shot you are getting a deliberate but harmless amount of the pathogen so that your immune cells can react, learn, and remember how to produce antibodies to fight the pathogen.
Some people have weaker immune systems than others, this causes them to catch a virus easier than those with strong immune systems. When your immune system is fighting a virus it becomes weaker, which is why you feel sick for a few weeks when you have the flu, but then get better as your body controls the virus.
The foundations of the endocrine system are the hormones and glands. As the body's chemical messengers, hormones transfer information and instructions from one set of cells to another. Many different hormones move through the bloodstream, but each type of hormone is designed to affect only certain cells. When you are sick, these hormones increase in order to make you feel better.