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By: Biuce E. Ruben NB, Neuical Biiectoi of Encompass BealthCaie anu Wounu
Neuicine
www.encompasshealthcaie.com



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The woilu of bacteiia, viiuses, fungi anu paiasites has a long anu stoiieu place in the
human conuition. Way moie often than not, bacteiia live noimally on oui skin anu
line oui entiie gastiointestinal tiact fiom mouth to anus.

Thioughout oui lives, viiuses anu paiasites finu homes in oui neives, biains, lungs
anu lymph noues - living happily anu symbiotically off of oui bouies without
noticeable "infection" oi "uisease." I like to think of oui immune system as the
aimeu foices with a sepaiate aimy, navy, maiines anu cential intelligence on call
uefenuing oui health against invasion 247.

By way of example, one tiillion fiesh white bloou cells oi leukocytes aie maue uaily,
ciiculating anu penetiating eveiy tissue in oui bouy fiom the fai ieaches of oui skin
to the maiiow of oui bones. These leukocytes aie the aimy, oui fiist line of uefense,
if one shoulu sustain a tiauma to the skin anu loaus of bacteiia move beyonu the
skin's suiface to below. They act like piianhas, sluiping up eveiy last geim until
steiility is achieveu anu healing takes place. Raiely uoes a cut leau to aggiessive fast
moving infection of the skin anu the soft tissues below.

Bowevei, life is not peifect anu at times theie aie lapses in the bouy's immune
iesponse oi uelays in iecognition anu iesponse to the invauing miciooiganism.
Infection oi uisease then becomes clinically eviuent to us all uepenuing on what
oigan system is affecteu. The following two images illustiate vaiious uiseases
(bacteiial anu viial) anu the taigeteu oigan systems affecteu by each type of
infection:

In all cases, the bouy will mount an inflammatoiy iesponse anu this is telling by the
univeisal symptoms of fevei, chills, fatigue anu loss of appetite with specific signs
baseu on the oigan affecteu. Foi example, if it's infection in the lung, a cough will
accompany these symptoms.

Lack of immune iecognition of a new geim is an incieasingly common cause of
infection oi uisease, as exemplifieu by the constantly changing influenza viius. Still,
most of us have the iecognition anu iesponse capabilities to make specific pioteins
anu toxins to vanquish a viius anu ietuin to goou health.

Bespite the wonueiment of oui uivine immune system, the auvent of the geim
theoiy of uisease, antimiciobial agents anu vaccine pievention have hau no equal in
auvancing mankinu's longevity. }ust consiuei that back in 19uu, befoie penicillin,
people iaiely liveu to have pneumonia twice.

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Touay, antibiotic, antiviial, antifungal, anu anti-paiasitic agents aie available to aiu
oui bouy's iesponse to these oiganisms when they aie causing uisease anu they can
often tip the scales in oui health's favoi. Nost if not all of these agents aie well
toleiateu. The ioute of antibiotic auministiation, oial oi intiavenous, is baseu on the
uiug levels neeueu to achieve bacteiial ueath anu uoes not change the fiequency of
auveise complications such as an alleigic ieaction.

It's impoitant to iemembei is that these antimiciobial meuicines inteifeie only with
miciobial life anu uon't affect human tissue, which uistinguish them fiom cancei
chemotheiapy. Antibiotic iesistance is attiibuteu to miciobial mutation anu
selection just as cancei iesistance is uue to human cancei cell mutation anu
selection. Thus, people uon't become immune to antibiotics, bacteiia uo.

In shoit, infections cause uisease when the bouy's iemaikable immune system falls
shoit. 0niveisal symptoms incluue fevei, chills, fatigue, anu loss of appetite.
Auuitional symptoms attiibuteu to the oigan system involveu, such as uiaiihea in
the gastiointestinal tiact, help the skilleu physician locate anu piopeily manage the
uisease.

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