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The surprising reason you feel awful when you're sick - Marco A. Sotomayor

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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? Marco A. Sotomayor explains what’s actually making you feel sick.

Each time that the immune system is active it secretes cytokines. What do you think happens with autoimmune diseases?

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