Health Guide

Immunology

An immune system is a collection of mechanisms within an organism that protects against disease by identifying and killing pathogens and tumor cells.

 It detects a wide variety of foreign agents, from viruses to parasitic worms, and needs to distinguish them from the organism's own healthy cells and tissues in order to function properly. Detection is complicated as pathogens adapt and evolve new ways to successfully infect the host organism.

To survive these challenges, our Creator has designed within us several mechanisms, which allow our immune system to evolved and recognize and neutralize new pathogens. Even simple unicellular organisms such as bacteria possess enzymes systems that protect against viral infections. Other basic immune mechanisms provide protection for organisms, such as plants, fish, reptiles, and insets. These mechanisms include antimicrobial peptides called defensins, phagocytosis, and the complement system. More sophisticated mechanisms, discovered recently, within the human body provide scientist the tools to better understand the unique ability of immune response. 

The immune systems consist of many types of proteins, cells, organs, and tissues, which interact in an elaborate and dynamic network to maintain and protect the human body from throes invaders. As part of this more complex immune response is supported with the essential factors it needs, the immune system will recognize and destroy particular pathogens more efficiently. The efficient working process creates immunological memories and allows even more effective protection during future encounters with these pathogens. This process of acquired immunity is the basis of vaccination.

Disorders in the immune system can cause diseases. Immunodeficiency diseases occur when the immune system is less active than normal, resulting in recurring and life-threatening infections. Immunodeficiency can either be the result of genetic disease, such as severe combined immunodeficiency, or be produced by pharmaceuticals or an infection, such as the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) that is caused by the retrovirus HIV. In contrast, autoimmune diseases result from a hyperactive immune system attacking normal tissues as if they were foreign organisms.

Common autoimmune diseases include rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes mellitus 1 and lupus erythematosus. These critical roles of immunology in health and disease are areas of intense scientific study. We need to understand the working of the immune response system and the weapons it needs for protection. Every day our mind-body is fighting a battle against microorganism. Our immune system is the reason why we are alive and in good health. In order to be alive our body must have the biological weapons that are needed for defence and offence to protect us before our bodies are over-run by foreign invaders.

Microbes reproduce and mutate so quickly; the mind-body has to be diversified in preparation and distribution of weapons of defence. The immune system cannot wait for attracts, before it plans counter attracts it must be ready to attract and defend itself as the alarm sounds. The response time is critical to winning the battle, survival or defeat. To add to the diversity, each person’s set of immunological weapons is uniquely different, they are designed to support your own biochemically individuality. This insures that each person response system will be able to respond to any threat or attract at any given time. No two people even if they are identical twins have the same immune system...The reason, genes for T and B cells receptors are different by gene rearrangement, is to suit your internal and external environmental conditions. Each of these molecules resulting from this rearrangement is different from the others, how the mind-body processes these molecules is a complex process, which challenges scientist and gives them an incentive for continuous research and experiments.

Some of the most important findings in immunology provide key evidence that help to solve the mystery of how the immune system’s T cells distinguish the body own cells from foreign or invading cells. This is the key for protection from autoimmune diseases. If there is a communication brake down within the immunological system, incorrect instruction could be given to T and B cells that cause them to destroy good cells, tissues and organs of the mind-body that are relevant to optimum health and wellness.

It is imperative that each of us have an understanding of the function of the immune system. The immune system networking with other system of the human body is our only cure for disease. Medical science develops drugs to stimulate immune responses to provide relieves for many of the immune deficiency diseases. The best cure for any disease is prevention. There are certain essential factors the human body needs to manufacture biochemical commodities that are required for the efficient maintenance and operation all the mind-body unique biochemical internal and external infrastructure. If these essentials are lacking the body cannot function efficiently and it desecrates rust out and “dies”.