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What are the Infectious Agents You need to protect Yourself from?

Kristel Staci
Last updated: 2022/11/04 at 5:59 PM
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Although our body is built to be strong, and to resist to potential infections, your immune system may not always be sufficient to keep you safe from getting sick. Therefore, giving it a little bit of help, is something you should definitely do, at all times. Below, we will help you to identify the infectious agents, so that you can protect yourself better from them.

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Helping Out Your Immune SystemWhat are the Different Types of Infectious Agents?BACTERIAVIRUSESFUNGIPROTOZOANSHELMINTHS (WORMS)Best Ways to Prevent InfectionsWASH YOUR HANDS FREQUENTLYVACCINESMEDICINES

Helping Out Your Immune System

There are obvious actions that you can take to keep your immune system strong. First: Eat well. For your body to work in perfect conditions, it needs nutrients that is found in food. Therefore, a balance diet will help you fight infections. Then, stay in shape. You need to exercise your body, if you want it to play its role of protector. Finally, sleep well, but not too much, otherwise it will deplete your energy, instead of revitalizing it.

The other action you can take, to help your body, is to provide it with an NMN molecule supplement with specialised producuts from Elevant. It will play a part in the creation of NAD+ cells inside your system. That will provide you with immune support, will create more energy and will reduce the effect of aging. But most importantly, in regards to the subject of this article, it will play a part in keeping you away from infections.

What are the Different Types of Infectious Agents?

BACTERIA

Bacteria are particular, because many of them are actually necessary for your body to function well. Lactobacillus acidophilus is a good example of that, as it helps you digest food in your intestines. At the same time, it also kills organisms that could make you sick, all the while providing you with nutrients.

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But the ones that can cause you harm, can also be very dangerous. That is because they produce toxins that damage cells and make you sick. They can also enter into your tissue and damage it. Some of the most common or best known are: Strep throat, tuberculosis and urinary tract infections.

VIRUSES

Although bacteria are quite small, viruses are even smaller than cells. If you want to understand how they work, think about them as if they were a capsule full of genetic material, created to bring doom to your good-working cell. After they are inside your body, they are released from their envelope, and they go about destroying the cells they come in contact with.

We have all seen how powerful a virus can be, with the pandemic of COVID-19, last year. Before that, viruses caused a large number of deaths every year, as well. They often do so, when the person is already weakened (seniors or people with other health issues). Here are some of the other best-known viruses that can attack you, beside the common cold: AIDS, Ebola, genital herpes, influenza, measles, chickenpox and shingles.

FUNGI

When we think about fungi, we are first reminded of the ones we eat. The most common ones being mushrooms. But there are also the molds in the blue cheese and yeast that can be found in bread. However, fungi can cause very serious infections to our body. The candida is the most common one. It can bring urinary infections, as well as inside the mouth and throat. Finally, you will also find fungi infections on the skin, like athlete’s foot and ringworm.

PROTOZOANS

Many diseases can be caught while traveling to countries less developed. That is particularly true for protozoans. They live in other hosts and can be passed on to you through food, water, soil or insect bites. They are quite active when they come inside your body, as they turn into hunters. Most of them will elect your intestinal tract as their home and will cause you problems such as Giardia, malaria or toxoplasmosis.

HELMINTHS (WORMS)

Contrary to the previous infectious agents, helminths can grow to become very big, once inside you. This is the Greek word for worms. Usually, a person will ingest their eggs. They will hatch and grow inside them. But it happens that you can also eat the worm itself, which will survive, once inside you, by feeding off your nutrients, depleting your energy and making you sick.

Best Ways to Prevent Infections

WASH YOUR HANDS FREQUENTLY

Before the pandemic, people were not so aware of the importance of washing their hands. Now, wherever you go, you will find a hand sanitizer dispenser in front of restaurants, boutiques and other public places.

VACCINES

That is another element that we learnt from the coronavirus crisis. Sometimes, the best solution (most efficient one) is the vaccine. Some of them need to be taken only once, while others have to be repeated.

MEDICINES

The third option is either to protect you, in case where you go in a region where you could become infected (malaria is a good example), or it is also a solution for viruses like genital herpes, which you have to take, in order to keep it from coming back.

Along with medicines, you can add nmn supplements to your diet that can improve your overall health. It is safe to use, but if you are under medication it is best that you speak to your doctor first, find more information on Nmn here.

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Kristel Staci July 7, 2021
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