Immune Function

The immune function is the defence system of the body.

Our bodies have a symbiotic relationship with many micro-organisms, some live as no threat while others are invaders as diseases, foreign bodies, etc. The immune is made up of stages through which an invader must attempt to penetrate. First the physical barrier of the skin protects the body. If a micro-organism can go beyond the skin into the blood, it meets (if adequate nutrition is available) defences within the blood itself in the form of vitamin C cells that can wipe them out. The mucousmembranes and the interior of the body are coated with sticky matter and also fine little hairs designed to gather up and expel an invader. The stomach and intestinal tract have acidity levels that help destroy bacteria. Tonsils are the sentries of the defence system. In the deeper parts of the intestines and the vagina there are other helpfull colonies of bacteria that maintain the balance of the body and also fight unwanted invaders with secretions of natural antibiotics. Vital bacterial colonies living in the bowel are often wiped out through the use of prescribes antibiotics.

When a foreign protein (disease) enters the body either through the skin, the mouth, the bowel or by any other way it will be confronted by the immune system. These disease proteins are known as antigens and the body forms antibodies in response to them; specific to these antigens. Once created these antibodies are then not capable of recognising and dealing with other invaders. It is estimated that this process uses up 3% to 7% of the body's total immune capacity, to provide this defence, if the disease is acquired naturally. However somewhere from 30% to 70% of the capacity of the immune system may be used up in fighting a disease that was introduced by vaccination into the bloodstream. The body is unprepared for the invasion and so calls forth a larger amount of its resources to cope. This over stimulation of the immune function through vaccination can result in allsorts of problems and imbalances for the body... especially if the immune system is not yet fully mature.