Bodys Defense

Against Infection
Immune System
Types of Diseases
Communicable contagious
Flu, cold, chix pox, viruses, bacteria, etc..
Noncommunicable not contagious
Diabetes, heart disease, cancer, etc..
Pathogens
Organisms that infect humans and make
us sick.
Bacteria
Viruses
Fungus
Parasites
Insects
How Diseases are Spread
Person to person
Through the air
Food/water
Animals
Contaminated objects

Immune System
Bodys defense against infection
Constantly fighting off pathogens that
enter your body.
Lymph Nodes (Glands)
White blood cells (T-Cells)

Role of White Blood Cells
Helper T-cells
Killer T-cells
Suppressor T-cells
B-Cells
Antibodies
Helper T-cells
CIA of the body
Intelligence
Look for foreign,
unrelated, odd,
abnormal, mutated
cells in the body
Activate the Killer T-
cells
Killer T-Cells
Destroy abnormal,
mutated, and non
human cells in the
body.
Literally engulf (eat)
pathogens
Suppressor T-Cells
Clean up the mess
left over from the
Killer T-cells.
Remove the material
from the body in the
form of waste
Why it is important to
drink a lot of fluids
when you are sick
B-Cells
Inform all other cells
in the body of the war
in infection
Act like the News
Channel of the body
Activate the
production of
antibodies
Antibodies
Protects all cells from
future infections.
For the rest of your
life.
You cannot become
infected with the
same virus twice!!!!
Immunizations
Inject actual weakened,
dead, virus into your
body.
Make your body fight it off
as if it is the real virus.
Body produces antibodies
to that virus and protects
you from further infection.
Boosters
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UAo6V
6EgoU&safe=active

HIV
Human
Immuno
Defficiency
Virus
Effects Humans only and can only be
passed between humans
Single Strand vs. Retrograde
Viruses
Single Strand are the same from person to
person
Cold, flu, chix pox, mono
The same disease year after year even in
different countries
Retrograde Virus
HIV is a retrograde
Once infected, the virus mutates inside the
body changing its structure
The virus continues to mutate and never stays
the same, while it continues to infect that
person
Why is this important?
Immunizations only protect us against
single strand viruses
Retro viruses are difficult/impossible to
create a vaccination because they
continually change their face/structure
Portrait of Infection