What purpose this BCG vaccines are used?
BCG, or bacille Calmette-Guerin, is a vaccine for tuberculosis (TB) disease. Many foreign-born persons have been BCG-vaccinated. BCG is used in many countries with a high prevalence of TB to prevent childhood tuberculous meningitis and miliary disease.
What things can help the bodies immune system fight disease?
vitamins C and E are very helpful to fight disease. vitamin c is water soluble so you need to intake it everyday from fruit and vegetables.
What processes provide a defense against abnormal cells and pathogens inside living cells?
The immune system of the body provide a defense against abnormal cells and pathogens inside living cells. Generally this results into rise in temperature of the body. Therefore, fever is the indication of having war against abnormal cells and pathogens.
What effect on the body when this system is weakened by AIDS?
Many different (and often rare) infections and cancers attack the body.
What are the functions of lysozymes in the immune system?
The function of lysozymes in the immune system is to fight bacteria.
What homeopathic remedy can you take as a preventative to measles?
None, Homeopathy is a hoax. Homeopathic treatment for measles would consist of using active measles germs and diluting them many times so that there is none of the actual measles left and then taking the remaining solution.
so far my knowledge is concerned no medicatin is needed.
Lymphocyte contains natural killer cells (NK cells)
because of the initial notion that they
do
not require prior activation in order to kill cells.
Does lack of sleep cause the immune system to weaken?
Yes. Lack of sleep reduces the capability of your immune system. Eventually (~ 2 weeks) you will die if you do not sleep (usually from a failed immune system). [http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1690]
Monocytes are one "flavor" of white blood cells in the human body. In a complete blood count, their numbers are reported in two different ways, as a percentage, and as a total number. The latter is the absolute count.
What countries have it legal to drink alcohol at eighteen?
Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Barbados, Belarus, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada (19 in some provinces), Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chile, China, Columbia, Congo, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Guatemala, Guyana, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Jamaica, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Latvia, Lesoto, Lithuania, Malawi, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Phillippines, Russia, Samoa, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovak Republic, South Africa, Spain (16 in Asturias), St. Maarten, Sweden, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Kingdom (age 5 with parents), Uruguay, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe
How fast can pathogen carrying droplets fly out of your mouth when you sneeze?
The droplets can fly out of your mouth at up to 100 mph.
What is the Life expectancy with babies born with no immune system?
it would die very soon right after birth because the immune system supports the heart and if there is no immune system, there is no support
What protects the bacterium from the hosts immune system?
the capsule (outer covering of the bacteria)
What are the most common pathogen's?
There many common pathogens. They all are disease causing. Path- means disease + -ogen meaning causing. The list is very long but here you will find many http://www.dnafrequencies.com/dp/human.shtml
What is the immune response mediated by naive lymphocytes that occurs on first exposure to antigens?
The pattern recognition receptors check for pathogen patterns, which decides if the innate immune system should be activated.
The destruction of B lymphocytes and or T lymphocytes is a cell injury. Both of these lymphocytes are needed to activate the specific and nonspecific immune responses.
What is the normal value of lymphocytes and segmenters?
Segmenters - 0.52-0.70
Lymphocyte - 0.20-0.40
What is a nontreponemal antigen tests?
Nontreponemal antigen tests are used as screeners. They measure the presence of reagin, which is an antibody formed in reaction to syphilis.
How do you get your family to understand an illness you have?
there are a group of leaflets that are free called Bacup
covering most illnessess
give copies to your family to read