What Actually Happens When You Are Sick?

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One thing I learned. The immune system is going to do everything to stop a disease or illness. Even if it means killing you.

You briefly discussed how being a smoker compromises your immune system, making getting sick harder on the body. Would you consider doing a video showing what smoking does to the whole body on the macro and micro level?

I was procrastinating with this instead of studying for an immunology exam. This basically summarised all the subjects needed. Thanks for making it enjoyable

Videos like this have made me much kinder to myself. Realising just how much work my body puts into staying alive and how mind-bogglingly complex it all is has given me a much deeper apprecition for a body that I always resented for being chronically ill and "broken". Now I feel like it's miraculous I'm here at all! I also really appreciate the reminder that activating your immune system requires a huge amount of energy. I've been feeling really tired and down and have zero motivation for anything since I suffered some significant burns last week. I just keep having to remind myself that it's perfectly normal and healthy to not feel up to anything while my body is busy taking care of me.

It’s insane the number of diseases which aren’t caused by a virus/bacteria - but your body turning against you for one reason or another. The body is scary whatever it’s targeting

A message to future generations: Please keep this channel and others like it alive. They are the champions of free education. 😇

As a sick person watching this video i can relate to this 😪 Edit: I'm all better now thanks immune system ☺️

The subject is so interesting and always makes me want to cry, I had numerous discussions with my wife's vaccine hesitancy, especially when it came to our children. It contributed to our divorce. Thank you for creating such a informative video that portrays such a serious subject in a positive light. My compassion goes out to all of us that have suffered from disease that could have been prevented from vaccines.

This hits home in a big way. I have a rare cancer that we treated with chemotherapy for 17 months with good results. My doctor and I decided to try immunotherapy. So six months into that, my blood sugar suddenly goes ballistic....635. Next thing I know, I'm in the ER and they are bringing my glucose level down in a safe manner. Two days in the hospital and they tell me that my amped-up immune system attacked my pancreas. So now, I have Type 1 diabetes and am insulin dependent.....and still have the cancer. But it's just another obstacle to overcome.

Mom had a very strong immune system (barely got really sick) and was only sick for 2 days at most when she did get sick. She developed an autoimmune disease a few years back and her immune system destroyed almost every organ systematically. The body is terrifying.

Kurzgesagt: "Your immune system is a jerk" Me: "Praise. Someone gets it" 🤣

Watching this while my immune system is spooling up in response to ..... something, is strangely satisfying. I don't yet know if it's allergies (yay >.<) or actual sickness (go team!), but it's still fun that I'm learning about it while experiencing it!

When I was 12 years old I contracted glandular fever (ie, the epstein-barr virus) and since then my body has never been the same. It completely destroyed my life. I'm now in my 20s and suffer from multiple autoimmune disorders, unable to work, have chronic pain, etc. So... yeah. Amazing what one small, pesky virus can do and how devastating the immune system can be when it turns on you.

I wish we could get to the point where we’re allowed to listen to our bodies telling us to slow down and rest when we’re fighting off and infection, rather than pushing through because we must be productive at all costs.

imagine watching this video with all the facts simplified and still not believing how your body works.

It would be fantastic if you do a part 2 video about the immune system in the context of autoimmune disorders to explain how the body attacks itself and what happens in these situations.

Just few days ago, I had a CT scan after having a long Covid disease. I didn't know how to read the results of the CT scan, but the doctor explained me that although I had not suffered any serious damage, my lungs still had some "scars". This was quite shocking to me, the idea that a "simple" flu could cause me permanent injuries had never even crossed my mind

The Immune book was the most interesting book about biology I've ever read

POV: you’re watching this while you’re sick