I actually think your brain is the first thing to succumb to fever damage, no? Still, quality cartoon.
It's getting hot in here
Submitted 6 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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OofShoot@beehaw.org 6 months ago
Zehzin@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Still alive? Get ready for my CYTOKINE STORM
ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
But Sir, those are banned by a body-wide treaty!
Zehzin@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I AM THE BODY
Legend@lemmy.sdf.org 6 months ago
But brain will be takin the most damage and have no control on it whatsoever .
Fizz@lemmy.nz 6 months ago
What if instead of viruses or diseases killing you it was your brains increasingly escalatory responses to the virus. Basically the braining saying I’m killing this thing or I’m gonna die trying. I dont the science behind it but I’m high as.
Webster@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You’re basically describing an allergic reaction.
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 6 months ago
There are many, many diseases caused by your own immune system attacking your body. The brain itself cannot “attack” anything unless you count seizures and the like. Maybe several forms of psychosis could fit the bill with even more stretching, but there is little your brain can do outside of interfering with bodily functions. If you seizure that hard outside of a hospital bed, you’re probably SOL in most cases.
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Lupus has entered the chat
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’s never House.
Toes@ani.social 6 months ago
Great description of Ebola.
Ultragigagigantic@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’m gonna live or die tryin’
dogsoahC@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Immune response isn’t controlled by the brain tho.
nxdefiant@startrek.website 6 months ago
I’m pretty sure there’s a shiny bead in your brain that regulates your temperature. Keep in mind, all my knowledge on this subject comes from Osmosis Jones.
dogsoahC@lemm.ee 6 months ago
AFAIK (undergrad biology), immune cells release signal molecules that cause temperature increase, more or less localized and wholly independent from the nervous system.
JackbyDev@programming.dev 6 months ago
You like this chain, Jones?
danekrae@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I concur!
leanleft@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
Closest thing I can think of is en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainstem.
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6034117/
The body may act intelligently… But not directly most related to the brain.