At least I'm a bit better now, so I can do it.
As humans, we live in a world heavily populated pathogenic and non-pathogenic micro-organisms such as bacteria, fungi, yeast, viruses...
As humans, we live in a world heavily populated pathogenic and non-pathogenic micro-organisms such as bacteria, fungi, yeast, viruses...
In one of zoom discussion meetings, I once mentioned that COVID-19 is not the last pandemic we're facing. Perhaps another virus is evolving somewhere - learning to adapt to infect human cells from animals...
Unfortunately, we can't run away from our environment or live in sterile environment. With that in mind, we can cherish the idea that our bodies are well equipped to deal with infectious agents...
This is through human immune response, our bodies can deal with infectious agents like SARS-CoV-2. Our immune response is categorized into:
- innate and
- adaptive immune, which work synergistically to eliminate the infectious agent/s...
- innate and
- adaptive immune, which work synergistically to eliminate the infectious agent/s...
The innate and adaptive immune responses are coordinated mechanisms that are able of self-nonself discrimination. That is, the body is able to destroy a wide of pathogens without unleashing these destructive mechanism against the body's own tissues...
This ability is referred to as self-tolerance while the opposite of this self-tolerance can lead to autoimmune diseases...
Let me not go into details, but deal with what we regard as a side effect, when in reality, it's not. That is FEVER!
FEVER is actually a hallmark of infection. It's a survival benefit where the body temperature increases above the normal 37 deg celcius...
FEVER is actually a hallmark of infection. It's a survival benefit where the body temperature increases above the normal 37 deg celcius...
This increase in temperature also helps to stimulate other innate immune cells.
In short, having FEVER a few hours after infections is not really a side effect in the true sense of the words, but a response to the foreign substance which the body recognizes.
In short, having FEVER a few hours after infections is not really a side effect in the true sense of the words, but a response to the foreign substance which the body recognizes.
FEVER is the initiation of response which will eventually lead to the production of neutralizing antibodies about 2-3 weeks. So, one could take home medication to manage the temperature from not going out of hand as it can also be deleterious if it's too high
That's why they check your temperatures either at the shop or workplace. A raised temperature could be one of the signs of infection.
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