🦠 THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
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BATTLE
WAR INSIDE YOU
Every second, specialised cells hunt bacteria, viruses, and other intruders. Most battles end before you feel a thing. Your immune system blends fast general defences with slower, precise learning that can remember enemies for years.
🧫 MICROBE FACT
Your body hosts trillions of microbes. Most are harmless or helpful — immunity learns to tell friend from foe.
FIGHT!
FIRST LINE
🧱 Skin blocks most pathogens.
👃 Mucus traps invaders; stomach acid finishes many swallowed germs.
👃 Mucus traps invaders; stomach acid finishes many swallowed germs.
"Your immune system fights 24/7 — you're never not under attack!"
INNATE
⚡ Fast, general response within minutes.
🎯 Attacks anything that reads as "foreign."
🎯 Attacks anything that reads as "foreign."
ADAPTIVE
🧠 Slower start, laser focus.
🔗 Builds antibodies matched to each pathogen.
🔗 Builds antibodies matched to each pathogen.
INFLAMMATION
🔥 Heat, redness, swelling = cells rushing to heal.
✅ Uncomfortable but part of repair.
✅ Uncomfortable but part of repair.