“The disease can’t kill me if I kill myself first”
Shame.
Submitted 10 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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WhiteHawk@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Dasnap@lemmy.world 10 months ago
“This peanut won’t kill us if I completely block the airways, I think.”
XEAL@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Use this simple trick to overcome depression
CJOtheReal@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
When you get a infection in your eye (inide the actual eyeball) your immune system will kill both eyes and its irreversible…
SnipingNinja@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
Only if it’s in both eyes, right?
Only if it’s in both eyes, right?
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Why doesn’t this happen anywhere else? Cut your finger? Both hands get infected. Ingrown toe tail? Both feet hurt.
tweeks@feddit.nl 10 months ago
It feels so weird to me that the small change in degrees might actually kill a virus. I mean, wouldn’t all viruses by now have become accustomed to “warmer climates”?
Or is it a cat / mouse game, our bodies being able to heat up more and them getting more fire resistant by the year. Was a fever less hot a couple of hundred years ago?
TIMMAY@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I am not an expert but I believe the temp threshold is for when proteins denature due to the ambient heat overcoming the strength of the bonds (mostly h-bonding i believe) that hold the protein in its specific tertiary structure and when you exceed it the proteins unfold/break
NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I read that this is a common misconception: the high heat is not enough to denature any proteins (else it would kill you too) and, what’s more surprising, it actually makes viruses/bacteria more active. But it also makes your immune system more active, with an overall win in effectiveness over the microbes, which is what makes it useful.
TheGreenGolem@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
But you do sound like an expert.
Gestrid@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
Immune system to the infection: “If I die, I’m taking you with me!”
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
“I can’t survive above 38.0 C for very long as well.”
OP must be weak. I had a fever above 38.0 °C for over a week once. Finally went to the hospital and my fever was gone by the time I arrived. Our bodies do some weird sh*t sometimes.
Nobody@lemmy.world 10 months ago
One of us will die, but that’s a sacrifice I’m willing to make.