The intestinal immune system must strike a balance
between fighting infection and maintaining tolerance to harmless or beneficial microbes and food particles.
Not exact matches
«Our immune system is made up of specialised cells that move through blood and tissue, preventing disease and
fighting infection by distinguishing
between what is the body's own healthy tissue and what is foreign.
In theorizing about the connection
between PM2.5 and ALRI, Dr. Horne said: «The air pollution itself may make the human body more susceptible to
infection or may impair the body's ability to
fight off the infectious agents.
A new method for swiftly producing proteins to
fight infections could mean the difference
between life and death during future pandemics.
Previous studies have shown an association
between high folic acid intake and a reduction in the immune system defenses needed to
fight viral
infections and cancer.
HLAs help your
infection -
fighting system (immune system) tell the difference
between body tissue and substances that are not from your own body.
An imbalance
between good and bad bacteria can throw your digestive system off course, as well as compromising the body's ability to make its own vitamins,
fight infections, reduce inflammation and allergic reactions and steel your immune system.
Why the illness appears earlier in some is a mystery, but there is evidence that some children (1 in 1,000) may develop the disorder after a strep
infection, when an antibody generated to
fight the bacteria mistakenly turns against a brain enzyme and disrupts communication
between neurons.
Veterinary health care teams must take precautions to minimize the risk of transferring pathogens
between patients and maximize their ability to
fight infection.
It will not differentiate
between an infected cat and a cat that was exposed but
fought off the
infection.
It is not uncommon for relationships
between dogs in the home to be damaged due to
fights that occurred or for dogs to continue to avoid being touched in certain spots, for example the ears if they had an ear
infection.