define immunity and explain the different ways individuals develop immunity?
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Immunity is your body's resistance to disease organisms. It develops through exposure to bacteria and viruses. This is how vaccines work. They introduce a very small quantity of the organism into the body, and you react by growing cells that recognize and fight off the organism.
Your immune system is strengthened by exposure to a wide variety of bacteria and viruses. This is why it's important not to obsess over children's cleanliness. The more they are exposed to "dirt," the stronger their immune system will become. When we try to overprotect children (and ourselves) by strategies like antibacterial products, the more we actually put them at risk. I've seen parents throw away an apple or a cookie that a child dropped on the ground. Most kids would pick it up, brush it off and eat it, and that's what we all did when we were kids! And we're fine!
A cautionary note: your immune system is compromised by poor diet, fatigue and stress. Vitamin C is the great immune system support (humans and guinea pigs are the only mammals that don't manufacture their own Vitamin C). An adult dose of 1000 mg. of C a day is enough to protect you from the typical colds and flu that come along in winter...or any time, for that matter.
"immunity" is when your body is immune to different diseases. Immunity is first of all made from your mothers breastmilk when she passes all her antibodies to you, secondly from immunisation against certain diseases and finaly from just living life healthily and eating a good balanced diet, which helps your body fight infection when it tries to invade your body.
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