If you think that there are a lot of us, people, and therefore we are the masters of our planet, then you are deeply mistaken. Millions of microorganisms, invisible but powerful, will prove the opposite to you: people are just convenient reservoirs for reproduction and a comfortable life. And after all, the truth is - take blood tests to the virological laboratory, and you will certainly find at least a dozen "roommates". Sometimes the spread of a particular virus is simply amazing. For example, more than 90% of the world's population is infected with the virus herpes simplex... And if microbiologists called the 20th century the century of bacteria, then the beginning of the third millennium is the era of viruses. Let's talk today about viruses and bacteria in the human body.
Viruses are microscopic carriers of genetic information. They have a nucleus with its own RNA (ribonucleic acid, stores genetic information), surrounded by a shell, on the outside of which various receptors are located for communication and penetration into target cells. Viruses are able to adapt to the conditions of the external environment, namely, to produce specific substances (enzymes) that can infect cells of various types. That is why each virus has its own specific target - hepatitis virus infects hepatocytes (liver cells), influenza virus - cells respiratory system, herpes virus - nerve cells, human immunodeficiency virus - lymphocytes, etc.
But for every virus there is an iron rule - a virus cannot live in nature outside a living human body (like bacteria, for example). That is why a characteristic feature of viruses is that the infection tends to spread to the largest number of living beings. After all, not only people get sick with viruses, but also monkeys, dolphins, and even chicken embryos that are so popular during the experiments with virologists (people are just eggs). To survive, viruses need to be cunning and dodgy - to break the "sheltered" organism, but not at lightning speed, but in such a way as to have time to multiply in sufficient quantity and "emigrate" in time before the "default". That is, he needs to be able to hide so that the owner does not even suspect about his existence for some time. In medicine, this period is called the latency period. viral disease... And if for the influenza virus the latency period is several hours, then for the human immunodeficiency virus it is 5-7, and sometimes even 10 years.
What is left for us? Die out from the invasion of omnipotent invisible viruses and bacteria? No, we, living beings, are also not bastards. We have a powerful shield against any infection - the immune system. The structure of the immune system is extremely complex, it has been honed over the course of evolution for millions of years. Despite the fact that the 20th century was a breakthrough in the study of infectious diseases and the development of immunology, many questions remain unanswered. But on the whole, enough knowledge has already been accumulated to understand the basic laws of the work of our defense. The immune system is armed with a whole army of immune cells - some recognize the enemy, others grab him and firmly bind him, and others ruthlessly devour. Each has its own specific task, which is monitored by its own "security service".
The coordinated work of all immune cells forms the body's immune response to the invasion of any virus. In order to keep the situation under control in any of the most remote corners of the body, there is a detachment of immediate immune response and a multi-level system of connections with all organs and systems of the body. Perhaps the immune system has the most extensive connections with other human organs. But this is not only her advantage, but also the "Achilles' heel", a weak point. Immunity is very sensitive to the smallest changes in the internal environment in the body. Lack of vitamins, hormonal imbalance, sleep problems, fatigue, alcohol abuse, prolonged exposure to the sun, taking certain medications, any chronic diseases and chronic stress - all this negatively affects the functioning of the immune system. First, an immune deficiency develops, and then an immunodeficiency syndrome develops. An interesting fact - the immune system is designed in such a way that any acute stressful situation (that is, not long lasting) stimulates the immune system.
If we understand the laws governing the work of immunity, then we will be able to help it, and not counteract it. What is needed to protect such an important link in the human body? In short - a healthy lifestyle and positive thoughts! A person with a tangle of unresolved psychological problems and complexes, even if they are trivial in the eyes of others, will "catch" any virus. And, conversely, during the mobilization of mental forces, people, as a rule, do not get sick with viral infections. Therefore, optimism is powerful antiviral agentthat no one but you can synthesize. This healing system includes many techniques, the benefits of which boil down to one thing - strengthening the immune system. Whatever you choose - sunbathing, contrast showers or swimming in an ice-hole - the main principle is "do no harm", that is, gradual and regular. And in any case, do not start hardening with a cold! It is known that vitamins A, E, C, trace elements selenium, zinc, copper are a kind of fuel for immune cells. In addition, the immune system is very sensitive to a lack of protein in the diet, which happens, for example, in those who lose weight on an illiterate diet. The fact is that the level of the acid-base composition of the internal environment of the body (pH) directly depends on the nature of the food. The infection prefers a more acidic environment, which is provided by large amounts of meat, sausages and alcohol. Sugar in excess also has a depressing effect on the immune system. Consequently, there are minimal products - fatty, smoked and sweet.
A virus is an infectious agent that can reproduce only in living cells of humans, animals, plants or bacteria.
The soil for the development of viruses in the human body is the energy of a certain quality, of a destructive nature, produced by it as a result of internal problems with self-esteem, self-esteem, the meaning of its existence.
The appearance of viruses in the body signals a person about the lack of joy in life, the collapse of any illusion and the experience of sadness, bitterness about this. A similar quality of vibrations (energy), which creates the basis for infection with a virus, for example, sexually, can be created, both in the current life, and be inherited, in the form of hereditary programs (predisposition, vibration, information) that carry a message ancestors about the understated meaning of life, which they were guided by, the humiliation they experienced, the loss of the Divine in themselves, unworthiness, disappointment and longing for the lost.
The transmitted program can "sleep" and be activated in a situation where a person experiences deep disappointment, a decrease in self-esteem, an infringement of dignity, and loss of the meaning of life that existed before. The state of a person in such experiences is a certain quality of energy, supported by the current situation and hereditary programs, create the best conditions for infection with the virus.
First, a virus becomes infected, as a result of favorable conditions for its life, and then the virus, as the simplest creature wishing to live, begins to maintain these conditions for its existence - the energetic and informational background of loss, despondency, humiliation of a person. It turns out a vicious circle, supported from two sides: a person who thinks and feels in a certain way, and a virus that multiplies and maintains the infected energy in the body.
The virus integrates into the cell and becomes part of the person.
To kill a virus, you must kill part of a person. Medicine treats the virus with drugs, and the virus feeds on energy, man.
A person swallows a pill, but thinking and feeling humiliated, lost, meaningless, does not stop. Antiviral drug acts on anything but thoughts.
To kill a virus, a person must be cured of the causes that create vibrations that are conducive to the life of the virus.
If a person does not change his attitude towards himself and the world, does not find meanings that heal his self-esteem, longing, sadness, loss, the virus will live and flourish.
At a young age, for example, the herpes virus manifests itself as a cold on the lips. A person drives away his thoughts and attitude towards himself and the world with the help of hyper-activity (career, family, children, travel, etc.). In old age, a person has little activity, but there are many thoughts about himself and the life he has lived. Everything that was driven away rolls over and covers with the head, the general energy of the body decreases.
What can I say, old people are not in demand in society, and often their relatives and friends are not needed, so they will not see the joy of life at all. Add to this separation from the Divine, if a deeply elderly person is not a believer and does not experience union with God. This is where the lurking herpes group virus (shingles, Zoster) is to roam. This is a very severe form, with severe pain.
Medicine does not cure this, it begins to poison the old body with drugs in order to drown the virus and relieve pain. All drugs for old people affect brain activity (and so that they don't think any garbage, but medicine has an official scientific explanation, however, the essence is the same), they become lethargic, scattered, sleep more, think less, live under drugs, like plants.
The old people often simply do not have the strength to change anything in their head and soul. Plus, the intransigence and habit of defending one's worldview (beliefs) is reliably developed from a person from childhood. All this prevents the quality of energy (vibration) of the old person from changing. Neither in the soul nor in the head of a person there is God, there is no correct idea of \u200b\u200bthe world, the meaning of life. And life is waning ...
My old mother's herpes began to be active with a cold on her lips when my father had a stroke. Mom began to be afraid to be left alone, the foundations of life were shaking ... Herpes raged in full force 2 months after the death of my father.
The meaning of her life limped on both legs and herpes fell with such force, with such pains that she was forced to forget about the departure of a loved one, with whom she had lived for almost 60 years. There was no time to grieve and there was no strength left for grieving, only pain. I had to be active, to be treated, to look for a way out to recovery so that the virus would recede.
This is another unobvious task of the virus - to make the cell become active. He lives at the expense of its resources, therefore, in order to survive, the cell will need to be active or die ... Through the cell, the virus pushes the entire body to come into an active state - to seek the meaning of life, move towards the spiritual component of life, because the material has already been worked out - and career, and ambitions, and family, and children, and even the need for society.
There is only one thing left - the Supreme, the spiritual, the Divine. So, the virus is the messenger of the Supreme. Otherwise, how to invite a person to the Highest for worldly affairs? Only through illness. Do not pay attention at a young age, in old age it will catch up.
P. S. So, in working with a person, we always pay attention to his "colds" on the lips: something happens with the meaning of life ... something was passed on by ancestors ... This is important!
“The overwhelming majority of organisms living on Earth today consists of cells, and only viruses do not have a cellular structure.
According to this most important feature, all living things are currently divided by scientists into two spheres:
precellular (viruses and phages),
cellular (all other organisms: bacteria and groups close to them, fungi, green plants, animals and humans).
Viruses are tiny organisms, ranging in size from 12 to 500 nanometers. Viruses cannot be seen with an optical microscope because they are smaller than the wavelength of light. They can only be seen with an electron microscope. Small viruses are equal to large protein molecules. The most important distinguishing features of viruses are as follows:
They contain only one type of nucleic acid: either ribonucleic acid (RNA) or deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), and all cellular organisms, including the most primitive bacteria, contain both DNA and RNA at the same time.
They do not have their own metabolism, they have a very limited number of enzymes. For reproduction, the metabolism of the host cell, its enzymes and energy are used. Viruses, according to Satprem, "use the intelligence of cells."
The most primitive viruses consist of an RNA (or DNA) molecule surrounded on the outside by protein molecules that create a virus envelope. Some viruses have one more - outer, or secondary, shell; more complex viruses contain a number of enzymes.
Nucleic acid is the carrier of the hereditary properties of the virus. The proteins of the inner and outer shells serve to protect it.
Since viruses do not have their own metabolism, outside the cell they exist in the form of "non-living" particles. In this case, we can say that viruses are inert crystals. Once in the cage, they "revive" again.
When multiplying to create components of their particles, viruses use nutrients, information medium and energy-metabolic systems of cells infected by them. After entering the cell, the virus breaks down into its constituent parts - nucleic acid and envelope proteins. From this moment on, genetic information encoded in the nucleic acid of the virus begins to control the biosynthetic processes of the host cell.
In the host cell, a separate synthesis of the envelope and the nucleic acid of the virus is carried out. Later, they combine and form a new virion (fully formed mature virus).
Viruses do not multiply on artificial culture media - they are too picky about food. They need living cells, and not any, but strictly defined ones.
Viruses of bacteria, plants, insects, animals and humans are known to science.More than a thousand of them have been discovered. The processes associated with viral reproduction most often, but not always, damage and destroy the host cell. The multiplication of viruses, coupled with the destruction of cells, leads to the occurrence of painful conditions in the body.
Viruses cause many human diseases: measles, mumps, flu, poliomyelitis, rabies, smallpox, yellow fever, trachoma, encephalitis, some cancers, AIDS, herpes.
Scientists are now increasingly suggesting that viruses are the cause of nervous disorders and mental illness. For example, Professor Norbert Novotny of the University of Vienna has evidence that the Bourne virus, which causes fatal brain diseases in animals, but does not pose, as previously assumed, a danger to humans, is capable of infecting the human brain, causing schizophrenia, depression and chronic fatigue.
The Borne virus is known to cause severe cases of brain inflammation in horses and sheep. As a result of the disease, animals stop eating, lose interest in the environment and in most cases die of paralysis within 3 weeks.
Currently, there is no effective treatment for sick animals. Recent data suggest that in the human body, the virus is still capable of causing certain changes, in particular, changes in the transmission of nerve signals, which inevitably lead to mental disorders.
It has been shown that people suffering from nervous disorders have a high level of antibodies to the virus. In addition, the virus is also secreted in many people with chronic fatigue syndrome.
Scientists have found that many viruses live in the human body, but they do not always manifest themselves. Only a weakened organism is exposed to the effects of a pathogenic virus.
The ways of infection with viruses are very different:through the skin with insect and tick bites; through saliva, mucus and other discharge of the patient; through the air; with food; sexually and others.
A number of viruses are known that are not carriers of diseases.Many of them enter the human body, but do not cause any clinically detectable diseases. They can exist for a long time and without any external manifestations in the cells of their host.
Otherwise, this would lead to the complete disappearance of the host as a biological species, and with it the pathogen itself. At the same time, any pathogenic organism cannot exist as a biological species if its main host develops immunity too quickly and efficiently, allowing it to suppress the reproduction of the pathogen.
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Therefore, a virus that causes an acute and severe illness in a species maintains the circulation of the virus in nature. For example, the rabies virus in nature persists among rodents, for which infection with this virus is not fatal.
For many viruses, such as measles, herpes and partly influenza, humans are the main natural reservoir. These viruses are transmitted by airborne droplets or by contact. "published
Even healthy people have viruses in their bodies that may not cause any symptoms or diseases.
Even in the body of a healthy person, viruses can live, but at the same time they do not harm him. 09/16/2014 A new study has shown that the same viruses that make us sick can live in a healthy human body. These viruses do not cause symptoms such as sneezing, coughing, or other illnesses. The study showed that normally healthy people carry about five types of viruses in their bodies. This study is the first comprehensive analysis to describe the diversity of viruses in healthy people.
The body contains not only bacterial, but also viral flora!
Most people are familiar with the idea that there is a normal bacterial flora in the body. Many people wondered if there was a viral flora. However, scientists did not have a clear answer to this question. It is now known that there is a normal viral flora that is rich and complex. In 102 healthy young people aged 18 to 40, scientists studied 5 places in the human body where viruses live: the nasal mucosa, skin, mouth, feces and vagina. At least one virus was found in 92% of the body, and some healthy organisms contained 10 to 15 viruses. Scientists were surprised by the number of viruses detected. They believe that the entire body contains a significant amount of viruses.
Viral body imprint
Scientists studied the DNA sequence of viruses isolated from the body and found that each person had a different viral imprint. The researchers noted that some of the viruses create stable low-level infections. Scientists do not yet know whether viruses present in the body have a positive or negative effect on overall health. However, they suggest that in some cases, these viruses strengthen the immune system, which provides an immune response to dangerous pathogens; at the same time, other persistent viruses increase the risk of disease.
Viruses in a healthy body do not cause disease
Scientists subject volunteers to rigorous screening to confirm they were healthy and asymptomatic acute infection... They also have not been diagnosed with human papillomavirus infection (HPV), which can cause cervical and throat cancer, in the past two years, and have not had an active form of genital herpes.
Analyzing samples, scientists have found seven families of viruses, including strains of herpes viruses that are not sexually transmitted. For example, herpesvirus 6 and 7 were found in the oral cavity in 98% of individuals. Several strains of papillomavirus have been found in about 75% of skin samples and 50% of nasal samples. New strains of the virus have been found in both locations.
Not surprisingly, the vagina was dominated by papillomas (38% of women were carriers of these strains). Some women had oncogenic strains of the papilloma virus. These strains were more common in women with vaginal bacterial communities who had lower levels of Lactobacillus and an increased number of Gardnerella bacteria associated with bacterial vaginosis.
Adenoviruses, viruses that cause colds and pneumonia, were also common in many areas in the body of healthy people.
It is possible that some of the viruses found in humans were the cause of a latent infection acquired several years ago. But many viruses have been found in bodily fluids, where the presence of a virus is indicative of an active infection. Dormant or latent viruses hide in cells rather than in body fluids (saliva or nasal discharge). Scientists in the future plan to distinguish between active viral infectionsthat do not cause any symptoms and those that make a person sick.
It is important to know that viruses are present in the human body without causing problems, and that viruses can be responsible for serious diseases that require medical attention.
Blood is the body's liquid tissue. It circulates through the closed system of blood vessels and moisturizes tissues, as well as all human organs. In medical terminology, there is the concept of a blood test ( general analysis blood) is the establishment of its constituent parts, as well as their quantity and quality. In many cases, laboratories conduct a blood test for various infections, since various kinds of bacteria, viruses, microbes and other organisms penetrate into the human body. Such a blood test helps to determine their amount in the body and, accordingly, the type.
Types of blood tests for viruses
Modern medical laboratories conduct several types of blood tests for viruses. These include enzyme immunoassay, serological blood test and polymerase chain reaction.
An enzyme immunoassay is used to determine antigens and (or) antibodies in its composition. There is a qualitative (determines the presence of antigens or antibodies) and quantitative (determines the amount of antigens or antibodies) research method. Also, an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay reveals the level of hormones, immunological complexes and other biologically active substances. Basically, an enzyme immunoassay is used in such cases:
- blood test for viruses of hepatitis, herpes, Epstein-Barr and others;
- a blood test for sexually transmitted infections (chlamydia, gonorrhea, Trichomonas, mycoplasma, ureaplasma, syphilis);
- determination of hormone levels;
- diagnostics of oncological diseases;
- diagnostics of immunodeficiency;
- diagnostics of allergies.
Serologic blood test is used to diagnose infectious diseaseas well as establishing the stage of the infection process. This method is based on the interaction of antibodies and antigens. In addition, it allows you to detect the presence of viruses of various diseases in the blood test.
Manifestation of the Epstein-Barr virus in a blood test
The Epstein-Barr virus (Human Herpes Virus type 4) is a virus of the herpesvirus family. One of the most famous and widespread human viruses. The Epstein-Barr virus appears in a blood test when Burkitt's lymphomas progress in cell culture, as well as in the human brain. Besides, infectious mononucleosis indicates the presence of the Epstein-Barr virus in the blood test.
You can become infected with the Epstein-Barr virus through saliva, less often during blood transfusions and bone marrow transplants. The virus tends to be released into the external environment through the oropharynx within 18 months after infection. Often, in adults with the Epstein-Barr virus, antibodies are found in the blood test, which indicates chronic infection.
Decoding a blood test for viral infections
There are many types of blood tests for viruses. But everyone has their own interpretation. It depends on the type of virus being detected, as well as the blood test method used. For example, with hepatitis C, a blood test for the virus is prescribed, and the transcript of a blood test with a virus of this type should not show the level of viral load.
If, for example, when decoding an enzyme immunoassay for the hepatitis C virus, immunoglobulin G is detected, this indicates that this pathogen was present in the human body earlier. Antibodies have developed to him and no treatment is needed. When a study has established the presence of antibodies of both class M and class G, this may mean that chronic illness manifests itself in an acute form and requires treatment. If, during an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, class M immunoglobulins are present in the blood, this is evidence of a primary human infection with the hepatitis C virus. When decoding a blood diagnosis for this type of virus, the number of antibodies found is indicated. But for a more detailed explanation of all the results, a doctor's consultation is required.
With herpes, a blood test for the virus is also performed, and the decoding of a blood test for a virus of this type can take the following values: IgM-, IgG- (there is no immunity to the virus and there is a danger of primary infection), IgM-, IgG + (there is no risk of primary infection, but the risk of secondary exacerbation depends on the state of the immune system), IgM +, IgG- (primary infection is detected and treatment is necessary), IgM +, IgG + (secondary exacerbation is detected).
In addition to the above studies, another type is used - a blood test for the herpes virus. This type of analysis is performed to determine the herpes simplex virus in human blood. The disease proceeds in the form of small pathogenic ulcers that resemble blisters. They appear on the skin and mucous membrane (the surface of the nose, throat, mouth, urethra, rectum, vagina). Herpes can occur as single rashes, but in most cases, a person has several outbreaks. Two types of herpes simplex virus have been identified:
- herpes simplex virus 1 is a herpes simplex fever that manifests itself on the lips. It is spread through kissing and sharing of cutlery (spoons, forks, cups). With this type of herpes, sores can also spill out on the genitals of a person;
- herpes simplex virus 2 is genital herpes (for example, in or around the vagina). This type of infection can occur in babies who are naturally born to women with a positive blood test for the herpes virus. In most cases, this type of herpes is sexually transmitted.
A blood test for the herpes virus is done only for genital infections. For research, blood is usually used, as well as spinal fluid, urine or tears. In this analysis, antibodies are detected that are produced by the immune system to fight the disease. This type of research is rarely carried out, since the results are not always accurate. In addition, when analyzing blood for the herpes virus, it is impossible to establish the form of manifestation of the disease (primary or chronic infection). This process takes time to develop antibodies after the first infection, and a person may not show a positive result on examination. Some blood tests for the herpes virus can determine the type of disease (herpes simplex virus-1 or herpes simplex virus-2).
Herpes infection is believed to be incurable. The virus is constantly present in the human body after illness. It remains in certain types of nerve cells and causes multiple ulcers and rashes. Re-infection occurs in the event of stress, overwork, exposure to sunlight or other infections, such as a cold or flu.
A blood test for the herpes virus is performed in order to find out:
- whether the herpes simplex virus is causing a rash around the mouth or genital area
- what type of virus (herpes simplex virus 1 or herpes simplex virus 2) is causing the rash around the mouth or genital area
- whether the infection was passed on to a partner of a patient with genital herpes
- whether a baby born to a mother with genital herpes has an infection.
The results of various tests for the herpes virus are obtained at different intervals. For example, the conclusion of the rapid viral culture method can be found out after two to three days. The results of the standard method can be obtained within 14 days. Antigen test results are available every other day.