Question

A small child managed to eat a bit of dirt while playing outside. Which of the following would prevent the child from getting sick from the bacteria ingested?

1. If there were not a pathogenic bacteria in the dirt

2. If the child had previously taken antibiotics for that type of bacteria

3. If the child already had the antibodies to fight the bacteria

4. If the child’s cells had complementary receptor molecules that bind to the bacteria

Answer 1

@ganeshie8 @dan815 @iambatman @waterineyes @Zarkon Can you guys please help?

Answer 2

May be I will go with 3rd option...

Answer 3

But I am not sure..

Answer 4

Alright, thanks.

Answer 5

Antibodies protect you from foreign particles coming inside the body.

Answer 6

Suppose, you get fever for the first time, this time your body does not have antibodies, so you take medicines, but suppose now your body has made antibodies they will be there in your body, so next time if any virus of fever comes, they will guard you by opposing that virus.

Answer 7

This is what my Knowledge says, but we have some more experts here excluding me.. :) @abhisar , you should help here. :)

Answer 8

Seems legit, but I'm just not really sure if it works the same way for bacteria like it does for viruses. But thank you.

Answer 9

Virus and bacteria all are same, they are treated like foreign particles in our body.

Answer 10

Ok. Makes sense. ^-^

Answer 11

Exactly as u doubt @MissMissy !
viruses are different from the bacteria and infect the human body differently

Answer 12

I dnt think any of the option is complete to justify the question's demand

Answer 13

But in case we need to select the most correct, it should be 3rd one

Answer 14

Thank you!