The Heat and Cold Might Matter More Than We Think
There’s an
old saying which states that if one can’t take the heat than he should get out
of the kitchen. It wasn’t coined with the intent of giving anyone medical
advice. But people have discovered an interesting principle which coincides
perfectly with the saying. Basically, pathogenic material is perfectly tuned to
the temperatures of the being they want to infect. Viral and bacterial beings
thrive at the temperature of the human body. In fact, we can see this idea at
play by looking at how we react to an infection.
As pathogens enter our body the immune
system reacts. And one of the most familiar examples of this reaction in action
is the way in which our temperature rises. It’s one of the fundamental ways in
which we can determine if someone is sick. This change of temperature is an
attempt by the body to create in inhospitable environment …