How does a fever help your body when you are sick?

Answer 1

Your immune system recognises a foreign body in your circulation and through an Ige response liberates specific antibodies created only to fight that specific virus into your bloodstream. These antibodies then find and encapsulate the virus. Once they have done that they then start to digetst it. Once digersted the virus is inactivated, The antibodies then " return to the garage" To await any further invasion by similar invaders. Thus immunity is aquired.

Answer 2

A fever helps your body fight off infection by creating an inhospitable environment for the invading virus or bacteria. It can also stimulate the immune system to work more efficiently in combating the illness. Ultimately, a fever is a natural response that can aid in the recovery process by enhancing immune function.

Answer 3

By reinforcing its immune system. The response depends on the type of agression.

When the body detects a attack like a disease, it creates whites cells (leucocytes) in order to fight this disease.

take a look at this wikipedia page, well done about the immune system

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immune_system

Answer 4

The body first of all has barriers to reduce the amount of toxins/ pathogens entering The sweat and oil your body produces is hazardous to pathogens. Some cling to the dead skin which falls off our body. Our nose has hair and mucus which halt and gum up diseases but you can eat boogers!Saliva in our mouths is deadly and our stomach acid(we swallow plaque all the time) has a low Hp so pathogens die. Our eyes tear because tears contain salt which dry out the moisture of a disease.

If they get past these defenses and infect cells, your body automatically swells(Inflammatory Response). The extra amount of blood is loaded with white blood cells(phagocytes, macrophages, cytotoxic, B-cells, platelets) to halt as many of the pathogens as possible. The pathogens which die have their antigens taking and are brought to B-cells. These can produce anti-bodies which block a pathogens(virus) antigen. Antigen can unlock our cells' cell membranes and thus allow the cell to infiltrate. Once blocked, the virus is harmless. However, certain diseases like HIV destroy the T-cells which bring the antigens to the B-cells so the virus can't be destroyed.

Our body gets a fever when infected because most diseases don't reproduce well in high heat so taking fever medicine is not always the best idea.Sneezing also gets rid disease but cover your nose or others may get it as well an they'll have to Kill the Carrier.Don't hold in sneezes however or you get pop blood vessels in your nose and risk infection.Runny noses should blown out and not sniffled because the snot is loaded with immobilized pathogens. Keeping them only keeps them inside you.

Answer 5

because it helps your blood run faster in your body

Answer 6

Yes. Your body uses a fever to fight infection.

Answer 7

you will feel sick and wont want to move if it a strong infection. but if it is weak you will have a mild head or stomach ache.

Answer 8

Germs don't like elevated temperatures. When your body is fighting an infection, you get a fever as a natural way of making an unfriendly environment for those germs.

Answer 9

Your body is fighting off the illness

Answer 10

infection