The body is a complex organism, which is composed of systems that work together to maintain homeostasis. The immune and lymphatic system is one of the systems that protect the body from disease-causing bacteria, viruses and organisms. There are two ways that they fight and protect the body from disease, nonspecific and specific. Nonspecific is how the body generally fights off diseases. This includes fever and the swelling of your lymph nodes. Specific immunity is how the body protects itself from a certain disease invading the body. The lymphatic system removes excess fluids and waste products from the body’s tissue. The lymphatic system consists of lymph nodes, lymph vessels, lymph capillaries and lymph. Lymph is a fluid within the lymph vessels and capillaries that carry the disease fighting cells known as lymphocytes.
There are certain changes that occur as you age and are very normal. Your lymph nodes start to decrease in size and quantity. The weakening of this system increases your risk of …show more content…
AIDS stands for acquired immune deficiency syndrome and is caused by HIV, human immunodeficiency virus. HIV attacks the immune system and weakens it. HIV is spread through blood, birth, using infected needles and sexually. The first stage of HIV is flu like symptoms. The person will experience a fever, muscle aches, cough and fatigue. Over time, as the infection persists your immune system will start to attack not just the virus but the normal tissues as well. In the later stages where HIV turns into AIDS, your body can develop tumors, infections and central nervous system symptoms. This is caused due to the lymphocyte count being 200 or lower in the body. In this stage the body’s immune system is so weak that a common illness such as pneumonia can be the cause of death. There is no cure for HIV there are only drugs to slow down the
There are certain changes that occur as you age and are very normal. Your lymph nodes start to decrease in size and quantity. The weakening of this system increases your risk of …show more content…
AIDS stands for acquired immune deficiency syndrome and is caused by HIV, human immunodeficiency virus. HIV attacks the immune system and weakens it. HIV is spread through blood, birth, using infected needles and sexually. The first stage of HIV is flu like symptoms. The person will experience a fever, muscle aches, cough and fatigue. Over time, as the infection persists your immune system will start to attack not just the virus but the normal tissues as well. In the later stages where HIV turns into AIDS, your body can develop tumors, infections and central nervous system symptoms. This is caused due to the lymphocyte count being 200 or lower in the body. In this stage the body’s immune system is so weak that a common illness such as pneumonia can be the cause of death. There is no cure for HIV there are only drugs to slow down the