Psychological immune system

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    Vaccinations are used to make someone immune to an infectious disease. To trigger an immune system response, how the body responds to diseases, vaccines are loaded with microorganisms, a microscopic organism. A common vaccine consists of a weakened pathogen, an organism that causes diseases. The pathogen could also have been altered so that it cannot cause illness. When a vaccine is administered, pathogens enter the body. For that reason, the immune system creates antibodies, a substance…

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    person’s immune system, making it incredibly difficult or even impossible to fight off even the most basic diseases. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, otherwise known as AIDS, may result…

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    AIDS and HIV are deadly diseases that have been occurring for decades. The first report about AIDS was in 1981 when 5 young healthy gay men immune system were not “working“ and 2 of them died by the time the report was published. By the end of the year of 1981, there were over 200 cases of severe immune deficiency among gay men. Back then in 1982, Scientists used AIDS for the first time to describe events that had occur known as opportunistic infections, which are Kaposi 's sarcoma (a type of…

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    is the high price of cigarettes. They contain a nasty chemical, and that chemical is called nicotine. On top of all of that, cigarettes weaken a human 's immune system. Cigarettes are dangerous to any and all users. As if a person did not already know, smoking destroys your lungs like an atomic bomb. Smoking can cause the body’s immune system to attack lung tissue and result in severe respiratory disorders. After smoking for a long enough time, your lungs will no longer be able to filter…

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    increased incidence of emerging diseases and resistance to their controls and treatments. The Human immune system is a complex network of tissues, cells and microorganisms that collaborate with one another to help protect the human body from attacking antigens. The immune system is the last line of defense, protecting the body from harmful substances that are attacking. Links between the Human immune system and harmful Pathogens are carried out by three stages of defense that your body…

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    of the brain that impede regular activity and cause “neuropsychological problems, sensory and motor deficits, and speech/language disorders” (Murdoch, 21). These reactions prevent the normalcy that the children yearn for after the physical and psychological traumas of cancer. Also, children who have endured chemotherapy have a higher chance of cardiovascular issues later in life. According to a study done by Mulrooney, an expert on pediatric cancer, “[children] treated [for cancer] between 1970…

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    Diphtheria, Pertussis, Yellow Fever, Polio, and so many more disease that have been stopped with vaccines. There is a mass of rumors in social media that vaccines are not good for a child. While every parent has the right to decide what is best for the child, I want to make sure that their facts are legitimate. Vaccines can help a child in so many ways including saving their life. Parents should consider having their child vaccinated because vaccinations are safe, they save lives, and they…

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    two required vaccinations for admittance in nearly all childcare facilities, public schools, camps, and other various childhood activities. The side effects of these vaccines include fever, redness and swelling, allergic reactions, temporary nervous system problems, chills, rash, swollen glands, stiff neck, nausea, vomiting, and many other documented reactions (Wynia, American Journal of Bioethics). The antivaccinationists think that the ongoing list of side effects is enough alone to avoid…

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    Graves Disease is a condition within the immune system that appears as a result of the thyroid gland producing an overabundance of hormones. Deception occurs within the immune system of our body, eliciting a release of false, abnormal antibodies that are trying to imitate the normal chemical thyroid-stimulating hormone, TSH, by latching to the thyroid hormone receptor, TSHR, on the epithelial cells of the thyroid gland (Jin, Lawless, Sehgal, & Mchenry, 2012). This latching produces a plethora of…

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    HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is the virus responsible for causing AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). The virus leaves the human immune system weak and renders infected individuals vulnerable to other illnesses. HIV has been thought to have originated on the African continent and is becoming an increasing medical issue there. The documentary AIDS in Africa details the rise and impact of the rate of HIV infection and AIDS throughout the African continent. In the documentary, various…

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