Blood Parasites
How they affect your body
How they affect your body
Blood parasites and your immune system
Blood parasites, like those that cause malaria, can affect your immune system in different ways.
When these parasites get into your body, they can make your immune system respond in a specific way. This response can change how your immune system works and can help the parasites hide from your body’s defences. The parasites have also developed many ways to avoid or change how your immune system works.
This can make it harder for your body to fight off the parasites. Overall, the way blood parasites and your immune system interact is very complicated, and scientists are working hard to understand it better.
Malaria parasites and your immune system
When it comes to malaria, the parasites can stop your body from fighting them off.
They do this by changing how your immune system works. For example, the parasites can stop your body from making the right kind of cells to fight them. They can also stop these cells from working properly. This makes it easier for the parasites to stay in your body and make you sick.
How blood parasites affect your red blood cells
Blood parasites, like the ones that cause malaria, can change your red blood cells in many ways. One big change is that the infected red blood cells can stick to the walls of your blood vessels. This can stop your blood from flowing properly and make you feel very sick.
The parasites can also change the outside of your red blood cells and stop them from working the way they should.
This can make it easier for the parasites to hide from your body’s defences and make you feel even sicker. Overall, blood parasites can cause big changes in your red blood cells, which can make you very ill.
In summary, blood parasites can affect your immune system and your red blood cells in many different ways.
Scientists are working hard to understand these changes better so they can find new ways to help people who get sick from these parasites.