Why does the body produce pus when you get a skin infection or a zit? To me it just seems like a counter-productive reaction as it often has to be drained in order to heal well.
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Antibodies are what happens when your body knows there’s an infection and what kind. Pus is what happens when it doesn’t know what kind. White blood cells, specifically neutrophils, swarm the area, eat all they can, and then kill themselves along with everything they ate. My immunology teacher compared it to carpet suicide bombing.
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