4. Lowered Immunoresponse
When people explain the workings of the immune system to children then they often use the metaphor of soldiers that are fighting infections within the body – and this is a very literal way of explaining it, but it’s the best way of explaining what the immune system is and does, even to adults. Your immune system is activated when your body receives any kind of infection, and the goal of the immune system is to fight this infection as best as it possibly can – this leads to an immunoresponse, which is the body reacting to the infection to get rid of it in your system.
Your immunoresponse might involve additional symptoms like fever and tiredness, but this is sometimes the body’s way of fighting the infection and this is how you will feel as a result of this. But when you have walking pneumonia, your immunoresponse might be severely compromised.