Immune Sytem
Dhel Marie Perez
Function
To protect the body from harmful foreign objects that might affect the body negatively. The immune system acts as a barrier and specialist to kill bacteria and leave memory cells for the body not to be infected.
Pathogen- bacteria or virus that can cause disease
Active immunity- results that production of the antibody is in response to the presence of the antigen
Passive Immunity- short term immunity of introduction of antibodies through animal or person
Antigen- a foreign substance that induces the production of the antibodies
Antibody- a blood protein produced for an antigen and chemically combines withe foreign substance for the body to know it is an alien
The common cold
A Viral Infection of the throat and nose.
Symptoms:
Runny Nose
Congested
Redness in the nose
Sneezing
Headaches
Treatment:
Vick's Vapo Rub
Over the counter medicine
Cough drops
Antibiotics vs. Bacteria vs. Virus
Antibiotics work on bacteria because they do not live the a host cell and can be easily detected for the immune system to break down its membrane. The virus lives in a host cell and is unable to be detected nor be killed by antibiotics.