How the Immune System Kills Infections including Worms


Many types of white blood cells---WBCs—kill all kinds of infections like worms and each one can kill them in multiple ways.
Once you realize this you see that everyone has almost assumed the immune system does not exist and thus do not understand that that problem is the immune system is weak.
This may be of interest if you have tried to kill infections forever but it has not worked using pharmaceuticals or herbals alone that may even be hard to tolerate.
You may need to both kill and support immunity.  Immunity may be the larger half of a solution, while killing might be supplemental, not the reverse as people seem to assume.
 
Here is an example of the ways just one kind of WBC kills parasite worms from AI on Google.
 
“Neutrophils kill parasites through a variety of mechanisms, including: 
  • Phagocytosis
Neutrophils recognize pathogens through surface receptors and engulf them into a vacuole. The vacuole then fuses with lysosomes, creating a phagolysosome with an acidic environment and enzymes that destroy the microorganism. 
  • Neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs)
Neutrophils release NETs, which are fibers of DNA, histones, and proteins that trap and kill pathogens. NETs can be beneficial, but excessive NET formation can cause inflammation and tissue damage. 
  • Trogocytosis
Neutrophils kill parasites by taking small pieces of the parasite's membrane. This process is called trogocytosis and is different from phagocytosis, which is used to eliminate dead parasites. 
  • Reactive oxygen species (ROS)
Neutrophils produce ROS to kill parasites. 
  • Azurophilic granules
Neutrophils release granules that contain antimicrobial proteins, such as myeloperoxidase and neutrophil elastase. 
 Neutrophils are a key part of the innate immune system and are the first line of defense against pathogens.”
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The big picture is that both major classes of WBCs from the innate versus adaptive immune system can kill parasite s.
Neutrophils are part of the innate immune system that responds rapidly in a broader but blunter manner. This includes  bosphils and eosinophils.
Eosinophils have been considered the most important of the anti helminthes (worms).
Eosinophils can help worms work with the body when needed as in the cause of helminthes. therapy when worms help healing. It is not clear when to use this therapy or not. That’s why I personally use energetic testing (look it up in my writing) to determine what solution to use when there is diagnostic uncertainty.  So supporting the immune systems with nutrition is a way for letting the body sort it out and heal itself.
 
The half of immunity are the adaptive immunity of the lymphocytes: B, T, and NK or natural killer cells These, too, can kill parasites.
T cells seem especially important because they have their own organ for finishing producing them, the thymus, protected behind the collar bone. I suspect it is placed there to be closer to the heart and brain as it is between the two.  
 
AI on Google summary:
“ T cells are a key component of the adaptive immune system that play a role in killing helminths, but they are not the only type of cell involved in the immune response to these parasites: 
  • Th2 cells: Activated T cells that produce cytokines like IL-4, IL-5, and IL-13 are important for immunity against nematodes in the gastrointestinal tract. This type 2 immune response can reduce the number of parasites by killing them directly in tissues or expelling them from the intestine. 
  • Cytotoxic T cells: These cells directly kill cells infected with pathogens or tumors. 
  • Regulatory T cells: These cells can help parasites survive longer by preventing autoimmunity and other immune dysregulation. This means that many people infected with helminths don't have an inflammatory response to the parasite”
 
The last point is interesting that it can help keep useful worms.
 
How to Boost Immunity
 
All blood cells are made in the bone marrow from stem cells. T cells are only half baked there and then finished in the thymus.
 
Supporting the immune system means primarily supporting the organs that make WBCs: marrow, thymus and spleen that recycles blood cells to boost levels in time of need.
It also means balancing the gut flora that work with immunity” probiotics bacteria and yeast, with probiotics.
Immune factors can be taken directly, some are postbiotics as they are made by probiotics.
Sealing the gut lining to prevent leaking gut of toxins also reduces the toxic load the immune system.
At the same time, all nutritional deficiencies should be addressed because basic nutrients are for every cell the body: vitamins, minerals, proteins, fats, sunlight, etc.
I have posted and written about all this repeatedly
 
One interesting contrast is that people are often taking herbals to kill things, when they need more animal products to heal their immune organs. I can’t go into detail because it’s too complicated and I can’t give personal advice in comments because individual needs vary with so many different intolerances.