Biopathics Resources

An immune system protects an organism against disease involving biological processes. It identifies and kills tumor cells and pathogens. It detects viruses and other agents. The immune system distinguishes the organism’s healthier tissues and cells in order for it to function properly.

The immune system protects the organisms from infections with layered defenses. The immune system has two types of defense mechanisms; innate immune system and an adaptive immune system. Pathogens (bacteria and viruses), physical barriers prevent them from entering the organism. If a pathogen makes its way through the physical barriers, the innate immune system provides a non-specific response immediately.

All plants and animals have innate immune systems. If the pathogens evade the innate response successfully, a third layer of protection (which vertebrates possess), the adaptive immune system is activated. The immune system adapts when it recognizes an infection from the pathogen. The adaptive immune system adapted its response. The response is improved and retained in the form of an immunological memory. The pathogen has been eliminated and it allows the adaptive immune system to response faster and have stronger attack each time this specific pathogen is encountered.

If the immune system has disorders, it can lead to disease. Immunodeficiency diseases and disorders occur when the immune system is less active and responsive than normal. The results could be life threatening with recurring life threatening infections.
There are ways to boost an overactive or hyperactive immune system. Also ways to help your immunity:

1. Transfer factor is the theory that immunity information in the human body can be transferred from cell to cell.

A cell has the uncanny ability to teach the immune system to recognize viruses and bacteria that cause harm to the human body. The immune system’s primary job is to fight off the harmful bacteria and viruses. The molecules from the transfer factor create a memory of the past pathogens that were in the body. It maintains the effectiveness of the immune system.

2. “A mother passes on vital immune know-how (gathered from her own experiences) in the first critical days of life. Mammals pass on this information through the mother’s first milk, or colostrums, while other animals pass it through the egg. Transfer factors and nanofraction molecules are important components of this education acting as nature’s first supplements.”

3. Getting plenty of sleep can help your immune system. Your body needs to restore and replenish itself. Getting plenty hours of sleep will make you healthier and build your immune system stronger at the same time.
Lori Matthews studies health, nutrition and wellness. She enjoys writing articles on health for both people and pets. Please visit transfer factor for more information.
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In my numerous years of owning a cat, I have never even considered de-clawing my cats. Yes, I have a tendency to get a bit angry when sections of my furniture end up looking shredded after a while, but I look at it this way: My felines have put up with a lot of my own faults (such as when I did not buy them premium cat food like I should have, and then had to go back out again when they refused to eat it. By the way, I do think that a premium cat food is very important and i recommend Life’s Abundance premium cat food in particular); so it’s high time that I also put with a few of theirs, which includes them scratching up my furniture now and again. But all in all, if you are not like me, please consider the following arguements:

1. De-clawing is a practice that originated here in the United States for WHATEVER reason – it behooves me, but you should know that this procedure is illegal in England which views it as a cruel and inhumane practice, as it should be. Let’s hear it for England for standing up for cats’ rights.

2 De-clawing may solve your furniture scratching problem but could cause another. If you do get your cat de-clawed you should be aware that although your cat may be unable to scratch the furniture later on, the procedure alone may traumatize your cat, causing a drastic personality change in your beloved Kitty or resulting in a depressed Kitty unwilling to eat her cat food. So, the Kitty you send into the operating room, may not be the same loving Kitty that comes out. If you’re willing to take that risk, then so be it.

3. De-clawing will prevent your cat from protecting himself IF you happen to let your cat out. So if you do decide to de-claw your cat, you will then need to make a follow-up commitment, which you may find even more difficult, if you haven’t already, to keep your cat indoors for its own protection. What does this mean? It means that you will not only leave cat food for your cat indoors, but your cat will be restricted to your home 24/7, everyday in every season since he can no longer protect himself without his claws. If you can make this commitment and the above points don’t bother you, then you do have de-clawing as an option since it is available here in the United States by a number of vets.

Whatever decision you make, do not allow de-clawing your cat be the reason why you keep your cat. If you’re so fed up with your cat that you see de-clawing as the only solution, you ought to heavily weigh if indeed that will solve your dilemma, because once you de-claw a cat, it may be a bit more difficult for shelters to find your pet a good home.