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Your immune system - your very own internal battleship against sickness

With the seasons changing, one part of our bodies that will be working hard is our immune system. It is a complex system that keeps us safe.

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Your immune system - your very own internal battleship against sickness

A well-coordinated, phenomenal process that is made of cells,tissues and organs that enables the protection from harmful infections. 

We do not fully appreciate the work it does to defend us from all sorts of illnesses.  

Did you know there are two parts of the immune system? The innate and the adaptive.

The innate immune system is what we are born with and allows us to defend in the first instance. 

However, when the innate immune system cannot beat off something that has managed to get past it, then the adaptive immune system kicks in as a second line of defense. 

The adaptive immune system is intelligent so it learns and recalls specific germs that we have been infected by so the next time we get sick from a similar infection; it can be prepared. This is the system that has kicked in for many of us around Covid. The body has learnt how to counterattack it and combined with vaccinations. The white blood cells, lymphocytes, B cells and T cells and antibodies.  

Here are a few ways to improve your body’s health and immunity:

Source: https://wellhealthcenters.com/improve-immune-system

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