What do viruses/bacteria exactly do inside of our bodies that makes them dangerous and causes us to get sick?
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Many have explained what viruses do, but failed to address the issues with bacteria.
Bacteria do not need live human cells to survive. But many still release toxins that kill our cells. Others don’t but most release products that activate our immune response and inflammation. If that spirals out of control you get sepsis, if not – a fever.
On the other hand, some bacteria are good at avoiding our immune response (tuberculosis, syphilis, Lyme disease). They grow and multiply in some tissues until slow and constant inflammation and some of their toxinss cause damage.
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