These cells swallow the bacteria or viruses, digest and then spit them out afterwards.
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Your immune system consists of various components that together protect your body from unwanted invaders. Kurzgesagt explains this short and sweet making it easy to understand!
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Your immune system defends your body from infection. If you can support it, there will be benefits.
Your immune system creates, stores, and distributes white blood cells that fight bacteria and viruses you are exposed to.
When a virus enters the body, it's quickly detected as a foreign invader. The immune system responds by tagging these viral cells with an "eat me" signal. This signal alerts the body's defense cells to identify and destroy the invaders. White blood cells, such as macropha...
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