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well you should use over the counter products such as creams (don't ever use any thing liquid on infections.) you can use Neosporen,benedrill creams, or even wipes that remove and prevent infection on skin you could normally find them in a emergency kit.

the first line of defence is you immune systom,lungs,brain,musils,sometimes your bones.

*****I AM IMPROVING THIS ANSWER: THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE IS YOUR SKIN AND MUCOUS MEMBRANES :)

Well on a test i chose skin and it was wrong.... so go with the first one :)

Its better to say INTACT skin and mucous membranes

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