"Is it good to challenge the immune system?"

I'm writing this article in hopes to educate people further.  The very day we're born our body is developing a defense system that is by far greater than any vaccination.  The immune system; we forgot about it and above all we don't know what it does?  Did you know that our immune system fights cancer and kills it?  Lets dig into the world of what we call the immune system.

At birth a child is filled with mothers antibodies from her immune system and very specific protein.  As the mother breast feeds, colostrum is produced which supercharges the babies body and helps with the development of the immune system.  Colostrum has a ton of antibodies and is packed with minerals from the mother.  As the child is born with the world, bacteria and viruses have already begun their onslaught.  You may never know your child is sick because the antibodies from the mother disable it.  At the age of two months the child’s immune system is not mature but it’s present and very eager to learn.  The first barrier of the immune system is the skin.  Ears, Nose, Mouth and eyes are all monitored by the immune system and is a very normal way of how we as humans process things.

When the barriers are broken. the immune system might not notice a threat right away.  For example, a child is crawling and cuts the leg.  Airborne bacteria or viruses enter the wound.  Days go by and as parents the wound looks great or is it?  Bacteria at this point has a few options.  Is this environment favourable?  Good bacteria and new bacteria could co-exist.  The bad side is when bacteria decides to take over the body.  To do this they need to change the environment around them which results in damaging the body.  When the body starts to get damaged, your immune systems first line of defense kicks in.  These cells are called Macrophage cells which guard almost every spot of the body.  They work by consuming large amounts of bacteria and killing them by breaking them down with enzymes.  In order for Macrophage cells to work they require water.  They tell the body that they need water and you’ll notice the wound is red with inflammation.  So what happens when their is too much bacteria?  Macrophage will send out small proteins that tell the immune system they need help.  These proteins contain the location and a small amount of information on what is taken place.  During the route to the immune system the small messenger protein is spreading word to local neutrophils.  These cells leave their location and rush to the area.  A very dangerous cell, when they target the bacteria they end up killing good cells in the process (related to autoimmune disease).  They will sacrifice themselves as well.  If the bacteria over comes this.. then it’s time to really step it up.  Cells called dendritic enter the area and monitor what is going on.  They take apart bacteria and viruses to determine behaviour.  They also take readings from other good cells in the area to hear what they went through.  When the dendritic cell makes a decision, it leaves the bacteria infested area and travels to lymph nodes. Sometimes when we get sick these are very large (which is a great sign).  If they're not large, then you know your body has fought this before ;)  What is happening is cells called “T” cells are being created.  Using the information from the dendritic cell, T cells are trained to deal with what is happening at the battlefield.  Thousands of T cells are made and rare M-cells are created.  T cells go to the battlefield to help out by giving macrophage cells a boost of energy(food time).  Others go to the central lymph node and meet up with B cells.  The B cell learns what the T cell was trained to do.  The B cell then creates antibodies very specific for the bacteria behaviour.  Millions of antibodies flood the bacteria invasion and hook onto the surface of them.  This helps the Macrophage cell to consume these cells more efficiently and at a much faster rate.  Antibodies are so powerful that they even disable what the bacteria does until they’re devoured.  If that worked, T Cells in the area tell the M cells that the threat is dying.  Great because when future behaviour like this is present, the immune system knows exactly what to do.  Everyone has different ways of dealing with behaviour but the majority of the time it works either way.  There is a lot more of what goes on with the immune system but this is how it works in the most basic way.

Normally when we’re given a vaccine the doctor will tell you that it’s disabled or dead.  This doesn’t do us any good, we don’t gain anything from dead bacteria/viruses.  How can our immune system learn from something that is lifeless?  In fact when they mapped out the human genome, a human body these days contains 90% dead viruses floating around.  Macrophage cells don’t really know what to do with them.. not a threat.  Other vaccines contain “B” lymph nodes which also have the antibody.  This is where vaccines get very tricky and can help.  I like to call these synthetic antibodies because they’re not made by your own immune system.  If our body is having a hard time and isn’t producing enough antibodies in time, synthetic antibodies can help.  They help by attaching to the bacteria/virus that are present and disabling them.  Allowing the Macrophage cells to consume them in a normal process.  Other vaccines contain viruses that are weak, the immune system may attack these but the behaviour is missing.  Most of the time the immune system doesn't do anything with weak viruses because they don't change.  We've seen influenza pick these up which isn't good.  Titer test is a good thing to have done before you inject your body with a vaccine.  If you acquire a virus, a blood sample can be drawn and sent in for a titer test.  This will tell you a lot and will firmly allow you to make a decision in getting a vaccine to help with the fight.

Of course our bodies are exhausted in the aftermath and to much overload on Macrophage cells can kill us.  It’s very important to eat right, with the perfect balance our bodies have the resources to fight. Energy from minerals and proteins available help sustain life.