When Anne gets infected with smallpox, one of the first symptoms she experiences is a fever. The fever is a symptom that shows that her immune system is working. What part of the immune system? And what's causing the fever?

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Q: Why would it benefit the body to have an adaptive immune system in addition to an innate immune…

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Q: The immune system of a person is supressed. He was found positive for a pathogen in the diagnostic…

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Q: One beautiful warm day, you are on a picnic and are stung on your finger by a bee. Although it hurts…

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Q: how does a fever help the body fight infections

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Q: What happens to the immune system of a person with HIV, and how may that infection develop into…

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Q: What part of the immune system is stimulated when someone gets a rash from exposure to poison oak or…

A: A complicated network of cells, tissues, organs, and the substances they produce that aids in the…

Q: What are the three principal categories of immune system disorders? Give an example of each?

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Q: Mr dent is experiencing many bacterial infections. What cells of the immune systems are not…

A: An organism's immune system is a complex network of cellular mechanisms that protects it from…

Q: How does the inflammatory response help the body resist disease? What symptoms does it cause?

A: Inflammation is the response of the body against the infection or injury or irritation. It helps the…

Q: Why do you think celiac disease causes several types of symptoms and potentially serious…

A: Introduction Autoimmune diseases:- It is a condition when your immune system attacks healthy cells…

Q: Why are the thymus and the spleen considered organs of the lymphatic system?

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Q: What is a secondary lymphoid organ?

A: LYMPHOID ORGANS : These are the organs where origin , maturation and proliferation of lymphocytes…

Q: Which event happens last in a humoral immune response? 1) CD4 T cell activation 2) presentation of…

A: The correct option is (d) the production of antibodies.

Q: Melissa is a 15-year-old high school student. Over the last week, she had been feeling tired and…

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Q: What major chemical of life (carbohydrate, lipid, nucleic acid, or amino acid) is absorbed in the…

A: Lymph is a colourless fluid of body.

Q: A 2 year old girl presents with a fever and dizziness.  She has developed a characteristic rash on…

A: A viral infection is a type of infection caused by a virus. Viruses are small infectious agents that…

Q: What would happen to the immune system, if thymus gland is removed from the body of a person?

A: The thymus gland is a large globular organ that releases T-cells to boost the immune system and it…

Q: You have an adult patient who is exhibiting persistent and severe infections caused by opportunistic…

A: Without a doubt! To better understand the diagnostic workup and treatment options available to a…

Q: What health conditions are linked to malfunctioning immune systems?

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Q: Visit this website (http://openstaxcollege.org/l/immunecells) to learn about the many different cell…

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Q: What is secondary immune response?

A: Any foreign protein, toxin of parasites, bacteria and viruses when enter into the body they…

Q: What is the role of the immune system in protecting the body from disease?

A: Introduction: In order to protect the body from hazardous invaders like viruses, bacteria, fungus,…

Q: What is the immune system and how does it protect the body from infection?

A: The immune system is a complex network of organs, tissues, cells, and molecules that work together…

Q: Melissa is a 15-year-old high school student. Over the last week, she had been feeling tired and…

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Q: hich disease attacks the T cells of the immune system?

A: T cells are white blood cells, important immune cells of the immune system. It helps to generate an…

Q: Juliet is a 42 years old patient who is preparing to undergo surgery to remove her thymus gland,…

A: Thymus is primary lymphoid organ of the immune system.Thymus is located in the upper front  part of…

Q: What is the physiology of immune system? What is the anatomy of immune system? What is the…

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Q: What is the difference between the secretory and systemic immune systems?

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Q: If you have had mumps or chickenpox before, you aren't going to get those illnesses again in the…

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Q: Miya fell in the playground and a splinter got stuck in her arm. Describe in your own words and in…

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Q: Molly was running a high fever accompanied by a sore throat and fatigue. When she told the doctor…

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Q: are substances that provoke a specific immune response which is so discriminating that only a single…

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Q: What is the meaning of spleens?

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Q: Melissa’s illness is caused by a virus. Where are type I interferons produced, and why are they…

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Q: A child was bitten by a dog suspected to have contracted rabies. As a response by the hospital…

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