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Human Health and Diseases — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYHuman Health and Diseases3 Marks
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Is developing fever a bad sign or a good action? Explain.
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Answer

  1. Fever is the innate immunity mechanism. When there is fever, the body rises.
  2. This is in response to infection in a natural way.
  3. Developing fever is a natural defence mechanism.
  4. Fever helps to accelerate the physiological processes by which the invading pathogens are destroyed.
  5. Fever stimulates the production of interferon and helps in recovery from viral infections.
  6. Taking all these points into consideration, getting fever is a good action that innate immunity is working properly, however, entry of pathogen in the body causing illness is a bad sign.

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