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Can your body make antibodies for pathogen that you have never been in contact with?
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It varies, but most likely not.
Rachael Donnelly
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Can your body make antibodies for pathogens that your body has never been in contact with why or why not?
Our bodies do have the ability to make antibodies to something we never have had contact with. These are called natural antibodies. Natural antibodies are produced by B lymphocytes in the absence of external pathogen stimulation. With their ability to recognize between self and non-self, they comprise an important first-line defense. Any problem with this formation of natural antibodies, the body would begin to attack itself. This is seen in autoimmune disorders.
How is the disease transmitted How can you catch the pathogen?
Diseases can be transmitted any number of ways. To catch a pathogen, one must be in contact with another who has been afflicted.
Which antibody protect harmful effect?
All antibodies prevent the harmful effects of viruses. B cells create antibodies for one specific virus that has been detected by the immune system. Once the antibodies reach a pathogen, they bind to the receptors of the virus, disabling it and rendering it useless.
What effect does the vaccine have on the body?
A vaccine contains the pathogen ( a foreign body which causes diseases/illnesses) which the virus is designed to provide protection for ie: a flu vaccine will contain a flu virus, measles has the measles virus etc... - but they have been treated so they are in effect dead and so will cause no symptoms, your body can only recognise a pathogen, it does not know that it is dead and can not harm you,so your body produces antibodies ( cells that fight off and remove pathogens from the body) to fight this vaccine, the antibodies remain in the body forever (unless you have an autoimmune/immunodeficiency illness) so when you come into contact with say the flu your body already has the antibodies and you don't get sick because your body removes the pathogen before it gets chance to take hold.
What happens once the body has been expose to a pathogen?
This type of reponse is the adaptive response which develops over the life span and "learns" and "remembers". This makes antibodies in response to antigens.
Do antibodies make a person immune to disease?
I wouldn't say so specifically.However yes antibodies help the bodies immune system by working in three ways. Either the stimulate an immune response to a pathogen e.g activating the complement system, they can also prevent pathogens from entering the body and damaging cells or in some case they might bind to or try to smother a pathogen to death. Antibodies have also been know to consume pathogens. Diet is one very important way in which you can stimulate and boost your immune system
Can stepping in dog urine cause strep?
No. The pathogen that causes strep throat has never been found in dog urine.
What is meant by the term attenuated pathogen?
An attenuated pathogen is a type of pathogen which has been weakened so that it is no longer capable of causing the disease
How is orange juice that has never been openned affected if left out all night?
It will spoil faster and oxidize more quickly. The flavor will be off and there is the possibility of pathogen growth during that time span.
When native americans first encountered europeans what led to the european disease being so deadly?
because the native Americans did not have any contact with outside continent germs, and viruses. When the Europeans came into america, they brought with them all foreign germs and diseases.
Can a o positive group contact hiv easly?
Blood type has never been mentioned as an inhibitor of HIV.
How does vaccines prevent future infections?
Vaccines inject a weak amount of the pathogen that causes the infection into you. This is not enough to harm you. This causes your bodies lymphocyte white blood cells to produce antibodies that lock onto antigens on the pathogen, marking then out for your phagocyte white blood cells to destroy them. This means that next time you get infected with the pathogen, your body recognises it quicker so it can produce the antibodies much faster and destroy the pathogen before you express any symptoms.
