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When a pathogen enters the body, it first encounters the body's physical and chemical barriers, primarily the skin and mucous membranes. These barriers serve as the first line of defense, preventing pathogens from penetrating deeper into the body. Additionally, secretions like saliva, mucus, and tears contain antimicrobial proteins that can neutralize or inhibit the growth of pathogens. If these barriers are breached, the immune system's innate responses come into play to fight the infection.

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When a pathogen enters the body what does it first encounter?

When a pathogen enters the body, it first encounters the body's physical and chemical barriers, primarily the skin and mucous membranes. These barriers provide a first line of defense by preventing the pathogen from entering deeper tissues. If the pathogen breaches these surfaces, it then encounters immune cells and proteins in the innate immune system, which act quickly to identify and combat the invader.


What is the first thing a pathogen does when it enters your body?

reproduce. The more there is the more likely they are to survive x


What attacks the body when a pathogen enters the body a second time?

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Once the body encounters a pathogen and destroys it what is created?

Once the body activated, killer T cells it recognize pathogen and destroy them. In response that will create memory B cells and T cells specific to a certain pathogen, so if it ever came back it will be killed immediately.


How does the body fight against a pathogen for the first time?

When the body encounters a pathogen for the first time, the innate immune system responds immediately through physical barriers like skin and mucous membranes, and through immune cells such as macrophages and neutrophils that engulf and destroy invaders. Simultaneously, the adaptive immune system begins to activate, involving T cells that recognize and attack infected cells, and B cells that produce specific antibodies to neutralize the pathogen. This initial response may take several days to develop, during which the body learns to recognize the pathogen for future encounters. Once the pathogen is eliminated, memory cells are formed to provide a faster and more effective response if the same pathogen is encountered again.


What is the Name of substance that enters body that starts process of diseases?

It is called a pathogen! it carries the bacteria fugus disease or whatever else into the body!


How tb pathogen enters body?

The TB pathogen enters the body through inhalation of airborne droplets containing the bacteria. These droplets are released when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or speaks. Once inhaled, the bacteria can travel into the lungs and cause infection.


Are contagious disease infections?

Yes, contagious diseases are infections. Infections are occur when a pathogen (germ) enters the body and reproduces.


If a pathogen is in drinking water what will it cause?

A very broad answer to a very broad question... A "pathogen" as defined by a dictionary would be, "any disease-producing agent, esp. a virus, bacterium, or other microorganism." First- a "pathogen" in drinking water will cause nothing unless someone or something drinks the water or if the "pathogen" enters the body/host by some other means... Second- even once the "pathogen" enters the body it may still cause nothing, as the quantity of the "pathogen" must be sufficient to cause the would be disease... Third- because a "pathogen" could be any one of millions of things, what disease would be caused by your hypothetical "pathogen in the drinking water" would depend entirely on what it is... You should seriously consider being more specific about your question. If you are interested in a specific pathogen and the associated disease, please try again.


What type of immunity resulting from giving a vaccine?

ADAPTIVE immunity. Your body sees the pathogen, so it can be ready if it ever encounters it again.


The cold virus causes disease when it enters the of the human body?

Respiratory tract


Why after disease vaccination do not work?

The purpose of a vaccine is to expose an otherwise naive immune system to the pathogen, so it can recognise and quickly respond to that pathogen if it encounters it again. If you've already had the disease, your body will already recognise it if it sees it again.