bcla
On our rugged Eastern foothills.....
- Joined
- Nov 28, 2012
I think in many ways we still don't really know what the body does to fight infection. Obviously antibodies are the most effective, but those take a while to build up. So then we get flu shots. Apparently there are some other parts of the immune system that fight viruses, but they more or less act without us knowing it's doing anything. The stuff like runny nose, sneezing, coughing, fever, body aches, etc. are the an overreaction.
Someone mentioned a cytokine storm. I guess that's sending out stuff that is indeed actively fighting an infection, but rather dangerous when there's so much that it starts damaging human tissue, including organs. I guess it may be like the difference between spraying water to put out a house fire, vs spraying with with enough force to knock down walls.
Someone mentioned a cytokine storm. I guess that's sending out stuff that is indeed actively fighting an infection, but rather dangerous when there's so much that it starts damaging human tissue, including organs. I guess it may be like the difference between spraying water to put out a house fire, vs spraying with with enough force to knock down walls.