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An infection is the detrimental colonization of a host organism by a foreign species. In infection, the infecting organism seeks to utilize the host's resources in order to multiply (usually at the expense of the host). The infecting organism, or pathogen, interferes with the normal functioning of the host and can lead to chronic wounds, gangrene, loss of an infected limb, and even death. The host's response to infection is inflammation. Colloquially, a pathogen is usually considered a microscopic organism though the definition is broader, including bacteria, parasites, fungi, viruses, prions, and viroids. A symbiosis between parasite and host, whereby the relationship is beneficial for the former but detrimental to the latter, is characterised as parasitism. The branch of medicine that focuses on infections and pathogens is infectious disease.
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infections. The difference between an infection and a colonization is often only a matter of circumstance. Organisms which are normally non-pathogenic can become pathogenic under the right conditions, and even the most virulent organism requires certain circumstances to cause a compromising infection. Some colonizing bacteria, such as Corynebacteria sp. and viridans streptococci, prevent the adhesion and colonization of pathogenic bacteria and thus have a symbiotic relationship with the host, preventing infection and speeding wound healing.
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yumeryu3 (Dwayne Gilbert) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:29:31 -0000
http://ezinearticles.com/?Can-Beer-Make-a-Vaginal-Yeast-Infection-Worse?-What-You-Must-Know-About-Alcohol-and-Yeast-Infections&id=1256657
@ViitaVuiton Well I've had like 4 infections and I had the same problem with my other 3. I think it's cos I'm on benefits too xx
emcakes1983 (Emma Rogers) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:23:42 -0000
@ViitaVuiton Well I've had like 4 infections and I had the same problem with my other 3. I think it's cos I'm on benefits too xx
@RSCohn I bet, I used to get chronic ear infections, no fun :(
criostalmiceal (Chris Garcia) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:23:10 -0000
@RSCohn I bet, I used to get chronic ear infections, no fun :(
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I put a tub of Cottage Cheese on Sex-Ed teachers desk after a discussion about yeast infections, somebody snitched on me.
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I put a tub of Cottage Cheese on Sex-Ed teachers desk after a discussion about yeast infections, somebody snitched on me.
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