It starts with a tickle in your throat that becomes a cough. Your muscles begin to ache, you grow irritable, and you lose your appetite. It’s official: you’ve got the flu. It’s logical to assume that this miserable medley of symptoms is the result of the infection coursing through your body — but is that really the case?
Before watching - discuss:
What do they do when we're sick?
macrophages
cytokenes
the vagus nerve
the hypothalamus
prostaglandin E2
the rise in temperature
sleep
not eating
mild dehydration
aches
neurotransmitters
the limbic system
the cerebral cortex
Watch and discuss again:
The surprising reason you feel awful when you're sick
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