Your Immune System

**AmarFaisal** · 07-21-2007

An immune system is a collection of mechanisms within an organism that protects against infection by identifying and killing pathogens and tumor cells.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immune_system

I'd like to know how many times in a year do u fall ill. By Illness 'I mean fever, flu, diarrhea, or any other physical illness that'd require rest.

What interests me is how some ppl amazingly get sick more often than others who rarely get sick. I'd like to see the ratio.

**AmarFaisal** · 07-21-2007

According to the poll results uptill now ( only 8 members voted) rougly 60% of us have excellent immune systems, falling ill very rarely. Others are a bit on the weaker side.

Just as one of the memebers said, Ppl with ENT allergies fall sick more often than others. They usually fall sick at the begining of every season!!

**snakelegs** · 07-22-2007

i get sick about once a year - and then it is nothing major - just a cold. i am much healthier than most people i know, even though i have a neurological disease which will kill me if i live long enough.

**Keltoi** · 07-22-2007

I get sick about once a year, sometimes a little longer than a year. Usually nothing major, just a cough and congestion.

**AmarFaisal** · 07-22-2007

Mashallah, healthy ppl around.
My brother, younger sisters, fall ill with fever, cough, congestion, etc etc atleast 2 times ever year. It was confusing to me how me being elder do not fall ill as much as them who r younger than me.

However, I am anemic, so if the WBCs r responsible for our immun system being strong, I am a person with a very less count of RBCs. Doesn't that effect the WBCs as they both live together in the same enviroment (our blood)