Your immune defense

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    Two shields of our immune system – defense and immunization

Your immune defense

Our two-stage immune system in action

Two defensive shields

The non-specific (first) and specific (second) immune defense

Two shields – Rapid first defense and permanent immunization

Acquired and innate immunity

Our immune system is really clever. It works in two stages connected one after the other.

The Sprinter

The “sprinter” of the non-specific immune defense forms our first protective shield against any new pathogens in our body. It acts locally, specifically, quickly, powerfully and effectively – when well positioned. It detects viruses, bacteria and even degenerate cells by itself. This happens all the time in our bodies – we usually don’t even notice it. In medicine, substances such as vitamin C, zinc or selenium are attributed to an immune-strengthening effect. However, this is not sufficient in the event of an incipient illness. Dr. B. Vlcek his achievement was to identify a body-owned substance capable of modulating the non-specific immune defense. The deoxycholic acid that this website is about.

The long-distance runner

From about the 3rd day, this first non-specific immune barrier is exhausted and is replaced by the next immune stage – the “long-distance runner” of the specific immune system. This one has already prepared for his new task in the background, because his immune cells have to be trained first to recognize the new intruder. This is why it is sometimes referred to as the adaptive or acquired immune system. When it comes to fight viral diseases, the specific immune is left with nothing, compared to the innate immunity, especially in the first acute phase. If the pathogens that visit our body are viruses, they do not stay long in the free bloodstream. They hide in host cells, in which they multiply immediately. The beauty of the specific immune defense, however, is that it gives us a more or less persistent immunity to a very specific pathogen. Vaccination is based on this principle of natural immunization. We already give our body the necessary information in advance of a possible infection, which it needs for the immediate immune defense of this disease in the event of cases. For some pathogens such as polio or rabies, this works wonderfully. For others, such as seasonal flu, only unreliable.

Immunstärkung mit DCA

Drei Zeitpunkte um Einfluss auf unsere Immunreaktion zu nehmen

Eine Unterstützung unseres Immunsystems können wir prinzipiell in drei Phasen einer Krankheitsbekämpfung betreiben.

Vor der Ansteckung, zu Anfang der Erkrankung und in deren Verlauf. Die Grafik hier zeigt es.

In the FIRST 3 DAYS of an illness, we can use DCA to modulate our non-specific immune system in a targeted manner and thus support our first immune barrier.