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the body sends a message to your white blood cells and those cells try and receive whatever that virus is that is inside of you. T cells also help as a second defense.

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you start to feel sick and you start to die.

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Q: What is the Immune response to viruses and bacteria in the body?
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How does immune systems immflamatory response stop external factors from damaging the body?

The inflammatory response destroys any bacteria or viruses entering the body before they can infect cells.


How does the immune response to viruses differ from the immune response to bacteria?

It happens as our body do not have anti-bodies [ means the copy of the virus to make a trap for it ], but in bacterial it is done just by destroying as the bacteria do not conquer a tissue or a cell to make their army.


What are the main differences between an inflammatory response and an immune response?

The immune response is how your body recognizes and defends itself against bacteria, viruses, and substances that appear foreign and harmful.The inflammatory response (inflammation) occurs when tissues are injured by bacteria, trauma, toxins, heat, or any other cause.


What is the immune systems job in the body?

It protects the body from viruses and bacteria.


What is a dead or altered viruses or bacteria that are used to stimulate the body to be on alert are called?

Dead or altered viruses or bacteria that are used to stimulate the body's immune response are called vaccines. Vaccines contain weakened or inactivated forms of the pathogen, or certain proteins or subunits of the pathogen, to trigger an immune response without causing the disease. This allows the body to recognize and fight the pathogen more effectively if encountered in the future.


What stimulates the body to produce chemicals that destrou viruses and bacteria?

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What is the useful purpose of a fever?

The presence of a fever is usually related to stimulation of the body's immune response. Fever can support the immune system's attempt to gain advantage over infectious agents, such as viruses and bacteria, and it makes the body less favorable as a host for replicating viruses and bacteria, which are temperature sensitive. Children typically get higher and quicker fevers, reflecting the effects of pyrogens (heat generating proteins) by an inexperienced immune system.


Why do you sneeze a lot when you are sick?

Your immune system needs to get rid of the germs and bacteria/viruses in your body.


What is a immunological response?

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What are likely to increase in quantities when the body is under attack from bacteria?

White blood cells are involved in the immune response to identify and target invading bacteria, viruses, and other foreign organisms; they also recycle waste components, such as old red blood cells.


What are antigens and antibodies?

antigen-a toxin or other foreign substance that induces an immune response in the body, especially the production of antibodies.Antibodies-a blood protein produced in response to and counteracting a specific antigen. Antibodies combine chemically with substances that the body recognizes as alien, such as bacteria, viruses, and foreign substances in the blood.


What is an abnormal increase in WBC?

An abnormal increase in the number of WBCs can signal the sign of different conditions or issues in the body. These include infection, stress, inflammation or immune response to viruses or bacteria. It can also indicate the presence of leukemia.