The term
"foreign substances" refers to things that are not normally found or belong in a particular place or thing. They are materials or elements that are unfamiliar or do not naturally occur in a specific environment.
Full definition
Due to a weak immune mechanism, your body at times is unable to resist the attack
of foreign substances like the bacteria, parasites and viruses.
Your baby's immune system is still very immature, meaning it is less able to distinguish harmful
foreign substances from harmless protein.
You shouldn't ever even need to give them a bath unless they get some type of
foreign substance on them that needs to be removed quickly.
This mechanism acts as a protective barrier against bacteria and
other foreign substances going directly into the bloodstream that could potentially kill us.
Besides foreign substances in the body, life insurance companies also use urine tests to detect existing or potential health issues.
But what makes my work different from a physician's work is that I'm not dealing exclusively with biological systems that can be tested
with foreign substances like antibiotics.
It reduces vaginal itching because it prevents bad bacteria and
foreign substances from attaching to the lining of the urinary tract, thereby reducing the occurrence of urinary infections in women.
That includes acne, because healthy bacteria protects your gut lining from
foreign substances in food passing through and keeps food allergies at bay.
The adaptive immune system refers to the body's response to specific antigens, such
as foreign substances from bacteria or tumor - associated antigens from tumor cells.
Now ingredients are tested more extensively for
foreign substances such as melamine to prevent a re-occurrence of this disaster.
When foreign substances permeate the gut lining the gut's immune system is triggered and an inflammatory response is turned on.
These boosters stimulate the regular production of antibodies — caused
by foreign substances in the body — toxins, bacteria, foreign blood cells, and the cells of transplanted organs.
In the hunt for genetic and environmental factors responsible for allergies, a prime suspect has been interleukin - 4 (IL - 4); this immune system protein tells white blood cells to make IgE antibodies, which
recognize foreign substances and set off an immune attack.
Only experimental treatments were available, and survivors, including health care workers, are at risk for persistent infections from the virus remaining in sites that can
tolerate foreign substances without eliciting an inflammatory immune response, such as the eye and testes.
Its purpose is to
eliminate foreign substances or invaders, such as bacteria or viruses, as well as to remove dead or injured cells that are no longer functional.
Emergency veterinarians can diagnose and treat a wide variety of internal medicine disorders caused by
ingesting foreign substances or items.
Because all the itchy mice had a defective version of the E3 ligase, Copeland suspects that their ubiquitin systems fail to tag immune - related defense proteins or
foreign substances called antigens for disposal — both of which then might pile up and attract too many helper macrophages to the scene, wreaking havoc with the immune response.
Defender cells would be fiercely fighting off even
harmless foreign substances like the parts of certain kinds of food, for example, as the immune system would simply not be «tolerant» towards these harmless substances.
«Buildup» is a term attributed to several
different foreign substances that can attach to the inner fabric of the diaper and not allow it to absorb moisture.
They've also dropped the tongue - thrust reflex (which causes them to
push foreign substances out of their mouths), plus their intestines have developed the necessary digestive enzymes to absorb solid food.
Through his work with large patient groups, he has managed to show that narcolepsy is closely genetically linked to so - called HLA molecules, which play a key part in the immune system by
presenting foreign substances to immune cells.
Medications are
also foreign substances in the body, which must be metabolized and filtered by the body and this takes energy the body could be using to fight the illness.
Beneficial gut bacteria act as a protective lining to the gut mucosa that
keeps foreign substances from entering when they shouldn't.
It is part of our evolutionary survival mechanism, but an overactive response to toxins and
foreign substances leads to excessive cellular damage and increased inflammation.
Our gut is the seat of the immune system,
sampling foreign substances from the external environment and activating an immune response, if it finds any of those substances pose a threat to the health of the body.
Antibodies are proteins that circulate in the blood and
detect foreign substances (antigens), such as bacteria, viruses and parasites.
Inflammatory bowel disease results when your dog's immune system overreacts to combat
perceived foreign substances in his gastrointestinal tract.
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