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- Often snacks carelessly makes the body susceptible to infection with bacteria
- The body is not immune, but an enhanced immune system
Do you often snack carelessly on the side of the road and soon experience indigestion? Yes, unclean food can be the cause of your indigestion. For example, you often snack on the side of the road or eat at the sidewalk, which tends to be unclean.
But you may also have seen someone whose food is always clean, immediately fall ill when they eat street food just once. Or, there are also people who snack every day carelessly, but how come they never seem to get sick? How can?
Often snacks carelessly makes the body susceptible to infection with bacteria
If you often hear the advice not to snack carelessly, this is because the food and drinks that are sold at street vendors are usually not good enough. This less clean food will cause you to experience indigestion or other infectious diseases.
Digestive disorders are mostly caused by various types of bacteria, such as E. coli, Salmonella, Listeria, Campylobacter, and Clostridium perfringens. All types of pathogens or germs are usually found in contaminated food or drink.
In fact, when foreign objects or bad bacteria enter the body, whether it's from food or not, the body will immediately fight back. This resistance is carried out by white blood cells that are part of your immune system.
When the bacteria in food enter the body, the white blood cells will automatically try to stop the growth and kill the bacteria. but if the bacteria are stronger - either in number or type - then the white blood cells lose and you will experience various symptoms.
The body is not immune, but an enhanced immune system
If you don't get sick from random snacks - while your other friends get sick - then that doesn't mean you are immune to disease bacteria. You can still experience typhus, diarrhea, or various other infectious diseases from the same bacteria. But when the bacteria first attack and then lower your immune system, it doesn't mean that your army of white blood cells loses the "war".
The white blood cells continue to fight back, even if they end up losing and you experience certain symptoms, such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Even after losing the war, your immune system has the ability to remember its opponents. This is done to anticipate if one day the bacteria will attack again in the future.
When bacteria with the same type and amount return to attack the body, your white blood cells will not be easy to lose. This condition may make you not get sick even though you repeatedly eat contaminated food.
It is different if your food contains the same bacteria but in greater numbers than before. Then your white blood cells do not have enough strength to fight back, so in this condition your body may become infected again and eventually fall ill.
However, this doesn't mean you shouldn't worry about the cleanliness of your food. These bacterial infections can still cause dangerous diseases when the germs overpower your immune system, for example when your immune system is weak.
